CSR Conclave – India’s New CSR Regime : A Gamechanger

India is the first country in the world to make corporate social responsibility (CSR) mandatory, following an amendment to the Companies Act, 2013 in April 2014. Businesses can invest their profits in areas such as education, poverty, gender equality and hunger as part of any CSR compliance. To deliberate on the country’s new CSR mandates, we are pleased to inform you that the Bombay Chamber, under the auspices of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee, is organising a CSR conclave titled India’s new CSR Regime: A Gamechanger on August 25, 2022 from 3.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. (IST) virtually.

3.00 pm to 3.05 pm

Welcome Address
Sandeep Khosla, Director General, Bombay Chamber

3.05 pm to 3.10 pm

Theme Setting/Opening Remarks
Anjali Bansal, Immediate Past President, Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry and
Founder, Avaana Capital

3.10 pm to 3.30 pm

Keynote speakers:
Shri. Jayant Sinha, Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Finance, Parliament of India
and BJP Lok Sabha Member of Parliament from Hazaribhag, Jharkhand

3.30 pm to 3.45 pm

Mrs. Rajashree Birla, Chairperson, Aditya Birla Centre for Community Initiatives and
Rural Development speaking on ‘Learnings from our CSR Journey’

3.45 pm to 4.35 pm

Panel Discussion 1: CSR Compliance: The Paradigm Shift
Moderator: Aabha Ganjoo, Country Development Manager, BASF India Limited
Panel Members:
● Bahram Vakil, Founder & Senior Partner, AZB & Partners
● Ritesh Tiwari, Senior Vice President, Bombay Chamber and CFO, Hindustan Unilever Limited and Unilever South Asia
● Noshir Dadrawala, CEO, Centre for Advancement of Philanthropy

4.35 pm to 4.55 pm

Fireside Chat on Linking CSR to ESG – S. Anjani Kumar, Senior Partner, Deloitte India
in conversation with Amit Sachdeva, CSR Man of India, Ambassador of SDG Choupal
initiative of NITI Aayog and Editor-in-chief of CSR Good Book

4.55 pm to 5.15 pm

Keynote Address
Keki Mistry, Vice Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, HDFC Ltd

5.15 pm to 6.05 pm

Panel Discussion 2: An impactful CSR Strategy
Moderator: Jyoti Kumar Bansal, Chief – Sustainability, CSR, Branding & Communications, TATA Power Ltd.
Panel Members:
● Sunil Duggal, Chief Safety officer and Group CEO, Vedanta Ltd.
● Pankaj Dhandharia, Partner and Markets Leader, EY India
● Srikrishna Sridhar Murthy, Co-Founder and CEO, Sattva Consulting

6.05 pm to 6.10 pm

Closing Remark
Pearl Tiwari, Chairperson, CSR Committee Bombay Chamber and
President (CSR & Sustainability), Ambuja Cements Ltd.

6.10 pm to 6.15 pm

Vote of Thanks
Sandeep Khosla, Director General, Bombay Chamber