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India Rural Colloquy 26 India Rural Colloquy 26 Register Now
4 August 2026 LUCKNOW

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Theme
Women-Led Rural Transformation
From Lakhpati Didi to Rural Economic Leadership

Venue: TBD

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Programme

Lucknow Schedule

Draft programme — session times and a few speakers are still being confirmed.

Time TBA
Welcome and Opening Ceremony
Time TBA
Can UP's Villages Become Engines of State's Economic Transformation
  • Brajesh Pathak, Hon'ble Deputy Chief Minister, Government of Uttar Pradesh (GoUP)
Time TBA
Unlocking Rural Enterprise at Scale
  • Neha Prakash, Director, Employment, Government of Uttar Pradesh
  • Sarveshwar Shukla, State Nodal Officer of UP CM Yuva Mission, GoUP
  • D R Sahu, University of Lucknow
  • Amit Kumar, SIDBI
  • Neeraj Ahuja, TRI
Time TBA
Women-led FPOs as Engines of Rural Market Transformation
  • Deepa Ranjan, Mission Director, Uttar Pradesh State Rural Livelihood Mission
  • Shipra Deo, Landesa
  • Ashok Kumar, TRI
  • Nishant Gupta, Flipkart Group (TBC)
12:15 – 1:15 PM
Launch of Knowledge Product
Time TBA
Valedictory Session

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