RAJ KUMAR
Ranchi, June 27: Various speakers shared their idea of service during a C20 Choupal organized today at a city hotel on service, sense of service, philanthropy and volunteerism.
During the idea sharing a speaker talked about ‘Roti Bank’ to improve hunger index, while the other speaker discussed ‘toy bank’ to give pleasure to those children having no capacity to purchase toys. Yet another speaker talked about practising what is being preached for the betterment of the environment and society.
In the programme while India’s vaccination to other countries was mentioned, discussion on food security provided to Indian citizens during covid was also discussed. Other matters discussed included Book Bank for poor, Yoga as a gift by India to world fraternity besides others.
Prominent speakers during the Choupal included Ranchi MP Sanjay Seth, SK Administrative Training Institute Director Mukesh Kumar, GAIL independent director Sanjay Kashyap, Mahanadi Coalfields Limited independent director Asha Lakra besides others.
Those who organized the Choupal included Sewa International and Citizens Foundation.
“Choupal is a traditional way of organising meetings in India. It provides a democratic environment for people to discuss relevant topics. As Choupal remains a relevant forum for knowledge sharing, C20 Choupal, would be doing consultation meetings with 20-30 NGOs, to include them in the C20 process. Each Choupal will discuss a working theme during its 3–4 hour long meetings. It will take the idea of C20 to different cities of India, and serve as a potential best practice for global application,” Citizens Foundation secretary and UNGCNI joint secretary Ganesh Reddy said.
