the*spark forum
collaborative convenings for resilient livelihoods
collaborative convenings for resilientlivelihoods
high-impact dialogues, from focused roundtables to flagship summits
from the World Economic Forum to Skoll World Forum to Raisina Dialogues, convenings have shaped some of the world’s most transformative ideas. the*spark forum is India’s leading platform for livelihood development to accelerate progress towards a poverty-free India, inclusive Viksit Bharat@2047. It curates high-impact, cross-sector convenings ranging from mono-thematic roundtables and policy forums to deep-dive strategy labs and large-scale multi-thematic summits.
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charcha, the*spark forum’s flagship convening, brings powerful voices together to imagine, shape, and act on resilient livelihood solutions for India’s most vulnerable. Since 2020, it has grown into the country’s leading livelihoods platform, uniting leaders from government, markets, and civil society to drive thought leadership, foster collaboration, and accelerate progress toward a Viksit Bharat.
voices at charcha
charcha over the years
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from the speakers
highlights from the speakers
Ram Papatla
Managing Director, Trust and Safety, Google
I always come here thinking that I will be inspired and I will be excited. I have gone like 100x of what I came in with.
Lynett Ochuma
Deputy Director, Dept. of Social Production, Govt. of Kenya
When we meet we are able to identify areas where we can leverage on, where we can develop synergies and where we can also have partnerships.
Amish Tripathi
Author
Conversations are important. India is a land of sambal and particularly when you have different points of view, all engaging respectfully and politely with each other.
Peyush Bansal
Co-Founder & CEO - Lenskart
I suddenly get a lot of energy sitting in these sessions. It just lets you step back and realise some of the problems that we are facing as India and the work that we need to do.
Puneet Chandok
President, Microsoft India
Conversations like charcha are important because they bring all stakeholders together & begin an honest dialogue on how we can come together and solve some of the biggest problems in India to move the country forward.
Shankar Maruwada
Co-Founder, EkStep
The more we converse, the more we connect, the better it is for each one of us and the better it is for the billions of citizens we are all trying to serve.
Deepali Khanna
VP - Asia Regional Office, The Rockefeller Foundation
Charcha is really important because we need to bring different actors together – what I call the “unusual actors.” They generally do not come together to share what they are doing and learn from each other.
Amitabh Kant
India's G20 Sherpa, Former CEO, NITI Aayog, Government of India
It was a pleasure and a delight for me to participate in charcha and interact with key stakeholders contributing towards resilient livelihoods for all.