Babar present book "Mera Baharat Mahaan, Kashmir Meri Jaan", New Business Model for society at Chat Conference Jaipur

GNS REPORT : Babar of J&K selected to speak at the Jaipur Chat (Changing Tomorrow) conference amongst the top 20 icons and change agents of India which included Roshan Abbas, Javed Jaffery, Pricess of Jaipur, CEOs and Typhoons from India, Olympics player, Bollywood Director, Venture Capitalists etc. Babar had done a lot of work in the region and was recognized and rewarded for his efforts in the region by various state groups. Babar explained that it was during an interaction with his friend, who was working on "Time" that they realized how overlapping his work on state branding and soft power was linked with the cycles in time and that how the society needed a new business model.

What was the overlap? Divergence was a reality for both business and society. It ran from stars to stock markets from aspirations to failures from country to a state. Divergence was a fluctuation that existed in patterns, in data, in thought. And this seemingly random fluctuation was connected to another random fluctuation. Now one may say that everything is connected, however few can demonstrate this connect. He explained that complexity was intrinsically simple and hierarchal. Complex systems had a similar character. This is why a capital market business had a similar core complexity involved in running a cooperative in Kashmir or simply running J&K. Human innovation and initiative was about understanding and channelizing this divergence. It was about anticipating and measuring volatility that comes with this divergence. We reward a business for the profit it makes and a business man for philanthropic contributions. But rarely do we hear a generational auto manufacturer getting up and saying making cars, putting them on roads takes us away from energy independence takes us away from a better town planning, takes us away from healthy consumption habits. Now one may say that chaos is how a society organizes itself. Should the society not work for a positive change? Should auto manufacturer not think of how it effects the big picture societal innovation? or are we trapped in an ostrich business approach, “the society is not my problem”. Why should I solve the problem created by the previous generation?”  It’s tougher to change the tragic destiny linked with “commons” to an advantage. It is mainly because the big picture divergence needs more resources, more collaboration and more giving. The mismanagement of commons feeds to divergence, causing social unrest and economic disruption.

Can we change this trend? Babar’s KASHMIRINK was an attempt to drive positive change at the grassroots level while maintaining business profitability. A new business model, which worries about climate change, conserves natural resources, addresses community problems while building the state brand. Babar along with his friend has developed a capability to comprehend the data associated with a society, build a communication network between players (business, state and community), illustrate overlapping research between various segments of the society, and help the new age businesses to understand divergence, enabling them to add value, time innovation, improve resource allocation and understand how society was interconnected with its variables.

This is when rhetoric becomes reality and making a country great could start from a state initiative. And what for Babar is “Mera Bharat Mahan, Kashmir meri jaan” could be for every state “Mera Bharat Mahan, Jaipur, Bombay, Dilli, Kolkta, Jaipur meri jaan”.