FLAME University Purpose Summit 2021
focused on constantly evolving meaning of ‘purpose’ in life
The FLAME University Purpose Summit 2021’, a two-day virtual event organized by FLAME University on January 23-24, 2021 came as a wake-up call for students and the business fraternity at large to recalibrate our priorities and look at ‘purpose’, which has attained an all-new meaning in a postpandemic world.
A recent survey by Gallup has revealed that 70 per cent of employees worldwide are disengaged with what they do as they lack purpose in what they do. In such a scenario, ‘purpose’ is extremely important in today’s time when most of us are living purposeless lives.
The aim of summit was to enable meaningful conversations and an exchange of ideas between different stakeholders including policymakers, business heads, academicians, political leaders, journalists, social workers, artists, and entrepreneurs, all of whom are grappling with the coronavirus pandemic and its after effects.
“I asked myself what is my purpose.
At the age of 26, I realized that I was a prisoner of my visiting cards and EMIs. We are always striving for benchmarks for success which in real terms don’t matter. That
The two-day virtual summit centered around the theme of ‘purpose’ featured eminent names including Sanjeev
Bikhchandani, Naina Lal Kidwai, Raman Roy, Vineet
Nayar, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Vallabh Bhanshali,
Neera Nundy, to name a few. The sessions were wellattended virtually and struck a chord among the audience especially under the current circumstances.
made me recalibrate my goals and
I left my job at an MNC the year after,” said Sanjeev Bikhchandani,
Founder and Executive Chairman at Info Edge and Co-founder of
Ashoka University, while addressing the first keynote at the summit.
There are a lot of students, who are worried about what the market would look like and whether jobs would entry level, open it up is post-Covid. difficult. Something “At the unfortunate has happened in the form of Covid and affected economies the world over. Give yourself one extra year to get where you want to, but during that year, upgrade your skills, get an apprenticeship and enhance your
CV,” he added. Day 2 saw two very insightful sessions from economist and former
Deputy Chairman of the Planning
Commission of India, Montek Singh
Ahluwalia and Vallabh Bhanshali,
Co-founder and Chairman of ENAM
Group. The event also featured an all-women panel comprised of
Rukmini Banerji - CEO, Pratham
Education Foundation, Naina Lal
Kidwai – Former Chairman, HSBC
India, Neera Nundy – Partner and Co-Founder, Dasra India,
Puja Marwaha, Chief Executive,
Child Rights and You, and Jane
Walker – MBE, CEO and Founder,
Purple Community Fund, who came together to discuss social transformation, and carving a niche for themselves with a focus on social change. The two-day virtual summit received a rousing response and resonated across a large section of the audience. It has paved the way for many such relevant events in the future.
One of the pioneer’s for liberal education in the country, FLAME
University is one of India’s premier educational institutes that offer its students an interdisciplinary educational experience. It was set up with an idealistic vision and a social commitment to make a noble contribution to society at large.