National Workshop on 'Innovative Approaches Towards Urban Poverty Alleviation'- Technical Sessions in specific focus areas throws light on the successful approaches & models

In order to streamline the presentations, in specific focus areas, five themes have been identified where the States/ Union Territories presented their successful approaches and models in the National Workshop on 'Innovative Approaches Towards Urban Poverty Alleviation'. On the first day of the Workshop, Thematic presentations were held on topics such as Infrastructure Development - Building a Path to Prosperity, Fostering Inclusive Urban Livelihoods: Building Bridges for All, Empowering Livelihoods through Technology. The States / Union Territories also shared the challenges they had faced during the implementation phase and how they overcame the same.

Ms. Jeenal Sawla, Principal Advisory, Smart City Mission, NIUA moderated the first Technical Session- Infrastructure Development - Building a Path to Prosperity. State Mission Director, Karnataka, State Mission Director, Himachal Pradesh, State Mission Director, Mizoram, State Mission Director, Madhya Pradesh and Mr. Benny Peters, Centre for Migration and Inclusive Development (CMID) were the panelists of the session.

Dr Madhu Rani Teotia, Director, DAY- NULM was the moderator of the second Technical Session Fostering Inclusive Urban Livelihoods: Building Bridges for All. The panelists of the session included Ms. Amruta, Lighthouse Community, Pune, Ms. Meghana Malhotra, Deputy Director, UMC, and Shri. Jahamgeer. S, Programme Officer (Urban), Kudumbashree.

Ms. Shalini Pandey, Director, PM SVANidhi moderated the third Technical Session-Empowering Livelihoods through Technology. Shri M. Sreevatsan, General Manager, NSIC, Ms. Panchami Choudhury, State Mission Director, Assam, Ms. B Priyanka, State Mission Director, Tamil Nadu and Ms. V Vijaya Lakshmi, State Mission Director, Andhra Pradesh were the panelists of the session.

On the last day of the National Workshop on 'Innovative Approach Towards Urban Poverty Alleviation', two Technical Sessions were held on 'International Best Practices in Urban Poverty Reduction' and 'Convergence for Inclusive Urban Livelihoods'.

Shri. Rahul Kapoor, Joint Secretary & Mission Director, DAY-NULM moderated the first Technical Session- 'International Best Practices in Urban Poverty Reduction'. Dr. Ravi Chandra, Livelihoods & Value Chain Specialist, UNDP, Shri. Abhishek Anand, Partner, MicroSave, Ms. Manvita Baradi, Director, Urban Management Centre (UMC), Ms, Sanskriti Shree, Centre for Civil Society and Dr Monish Jose, Assistant Professor, Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA) were the panelists of the session.

Dr. Sharmila Mary Joseph, Principal Secretary, Local Self Government Department, Government of Kerala was the moderator of the Technical Session-'Convergence for Inclusive Livelihoods'. The panelists of the session included Ms. Prakriti Mehtha, Deputy Advisor, Quality Council of India(QCI), Ms. Panchami Choudhury, State Mission Director, Assam, Ms, Amruta, Lighthouse Community, Pune, Ms. Meghna Malhotra, Deputy Director, UMC and Shri. Jahamgeer. S, Programme Officer (Urban), Kudumbashree.

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