{"id":4089,"date":"2014-11-14T10:22:25","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T10:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/?p=4089"},"modified":"2026-02-18T06:28:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T06:28:25","slug":"stop-looking-at-rural-sector-as-a-csr-activity-reposition-it-as-a-valuable-and-vibrant-sector-of-indias-growing-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/stop-looking-at-rural-sector-as-a-csr-activity-reposition-it-as-a-valuable-and-vibrant-sector-of-indias-growing-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop looking  at rural sector as a CSR activity,  reposition it as a  valuable and vibrant sector of India\u2019s growing economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/11.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4090\" title=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/11-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/11-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/11.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Stop looking \u00a0at rural sector as a CSR activity,\u00a0 reposition it as a\u00a0 valuable and vibrant sector of India\u2019s growing economy , Opine industry stalwarts at AURUM 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With the emergence of Indian rural sector as an important growth engine in the Indian economy students of PGDM &#8211; Rural Management (Emerging Economies) at WeSchool organized \u2018AuRuM 2014\u2019 \u2013 The Annual Rural Roundtable Conference, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/31.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4091\" title=\"3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/31-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/31-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/31.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>overriding theme <strong>\u2018Rural Inc &#8211; Growing together competitively\u2019<\/strong> on September 27, 2014 at WeSchool Campus, Mumbai. The event witnessed the presence of large number of Senior (CxO) Level executives from\u00a0\u00a0 companies like Mahindra Finance, Idea Cellular, Godrej CP, Pidilite, Tata Rallis etc. The collective experience sharing of the top executives of the companies who have made positive inroads for empowering growth in the rural sector, focussed \u00a0on three key topic of discussion namely, \u201cFinancial Knowledge gap\u201d, \u201cEnhancing livelihood opportunities for inclusive growth leading to smart &amp; happy village\u201d and \u201cRural \u2019to\u2019 market and \u2018from\u2019 market gaps\u201d .<\/p>\n<p>The core idea behind this roundtable was not only to enable the young MBAs in \u00a0strengthening \u00a0their understanding about rural markets but also \u00a0identifying topics of research<em>. <\/em>What emerged out of these deliberations were topics that could be taken by students under the Global Citizen Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/21.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4092 alignright\" title=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/21-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/21-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/21.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>program ,over a period of\u00a0 \u00a06 months,\u00a0 that will be instrumental in developing their understanding of the various facets of the rural sector be it consumer goods, telecom, banking ,insurance, farm equipments ,energy and others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith 60,0000 villages, 70% of India\u2019s population lives in rural areas. 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