{"id":1591,"date":"2022-06-13T09:20:48","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T09:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trif.in\/india-rural-colloquy\/?page_id=1591"},"modified":"2024-07-11T11:03:05","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T11:03:05","slug":"about-irc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trif.in\/india-rural-colloquy-2023\/about-irc\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1591\" class=\"elementor elementor-1591\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-455b8f0 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"455b8f0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2347ca9\" data-id=\"2347ca9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c405253 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6c405253\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3680ebbc\" data-id=\"3680ebbc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b2a4aec elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5b2a4aec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.10.1 - 17-01-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About the Colloquy<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1677fa4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1677fa4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c412a05\" data-id=\"c412a05\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8a0ba7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f8a0ba7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What\u2019s India\u2019s $1 trillion-dollar economy?<br>Rural India.<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c34ec3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c34ec3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.10.1 - 17-01-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>India is an overwhelmingly rural society with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobaleconomy.com\/rankings\/rural_population_percent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">highest rural population<\/a> among the world\u2019s largest and richest countries. And with a staggering $1 trillion dollar economy \u2013 well over more many \u201curbane,\u201d developed countries, like Switzerland and Denmark \u2013 the question is, are we on the cusp of a rural renaissance in India? This year India became the most populous country on Earth with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/2022\/09\/india-uk-fifth-largest-economy-world\">fifth largest economy<\/a> and the fastest growing<a href=\"https:\/\/www.credit-suisse.com\/about-us\/en\/reports-research\/global-wealth-report.html\"> dollar-millionaires<\/a> \u2013 but India still has unacceptably <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theindiaforum.in\/economy\/trends-economic-inequality-india\">high rural poverty<\/a> and inequality.<\/p>\n<p>Yet tech leadership, bustling young talent, adequate food stock, national confidence and growing development spend with an enviable welfare-delivery architecture pitches India towards a rural renaissance.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ffc1c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ffc1c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Time for actionable conversations<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ef6235 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ef6235\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>So has the time come for inclusive and differential growth, for a democratic, ecological, bottom-up Bharat? With thought, discussion, design thinking, compassion, action and reaction, at this year\u2019s Indian Rural Colloquy (IRC) we ask: is rural India is on the brink of a renaissance?<\/p><p>At the 2023 Rural Renaissance IRC we will have a panoply of topical seminars between August 1-8 with leading development practitioners, policy makers, development administrators and philanthropies on issues that matter to rural communities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47ae5dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"47ae5dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Resonating with history<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b40fe15 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b40fe15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The IRC, which we ran August 1-8 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trif.in\/india-rural-colloquy-2023-2023\/irc-2021-report\/\">2021<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trif.in\/india-rural-colloquy-2023-2023-2022\/\">2022<\/a>, is also a tribute to the Quit India Movement week. That was when India, under the stranglehold of British colonial rule, decided it would rise up in a peaceful movement and force the British to quit their rule of India.<\/p><p>This monumental week echoes our quest in gaining dignity for all \u2013 our desire to ensure everyone, even the most marginalized, is free to access equal opportunities, so we may all become better versions of ourselves.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a72eea3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a72eea3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Be part of the discussion and part of the change!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8ea44ef\" data-id=\"8ea44ef\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9e8dc3 elementor-aspect-ratio-169 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"b9e8dc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=2Ndyaa7KHwU&quot;,&quot;modestbranding&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;yt_privacy&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;169&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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India is an overwhelmingly rural society with the highest rural population among the world\u2019s largest and richest countries. And with a staggering $1 trillion dollar economy \u2013 well over more many \u201curbane,\u201d developed countries, like Switzerland and Denmark \u2013 the question is, are we on the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.trif.in\/india-rural-colloquy-2023\/about-irc\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trif.in\/india-rural-colloquy-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1591"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trif.in\/india-rural-colloquy-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trif.in\/india-rural-colloquy-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trif.in\/india-rural-colloquy-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trif.in\/india-rural-colloquy-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1591"}],"version-history":[{"count":171,"href":"https:\/\/www.trif.in\/india-rural-colloquy-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9022,"href":"https:\/\/www.trif.in\/india-rural-colloquy-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1591\/revisions\/9022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trif.in\/india-rural-colloquy-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}