Amongst the panel members were Mr. Shankar Vanavarayar, Co – Chairman, Family Business Sub Committee & Executive Director, Sakthi Auto Motors Ltd., Mr. Risto Väyrynen, Finland, Mr. Tamas Kurti, Hungary and Ms. Bhairvi Jani, Director, SCA Group of Companies. The next session of the day was centred on 'Getting to Higher Ground : How NxGs can leverage the family emotions?', by Dr. Rania Labaki and lastly on Brand New Generation by Mr. Sid Shah, Brand strategist and motivational speaker.

Day 3, 26.10.2013: The morning session social event began with the opening remarks and summary of proceedings of Day 1 and 2 by Mr. Arjun Chowgule and was followed by the Indian Case Study from Mr. Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar. Mr Mewar delivered an inspiring talk focusing on 'Step Up: Taking the Family Business to the Next Level'. His first plea to the audience was to 'break the stereotypes' and 'get out of the trap' that age, education and technology may be pushing us into. "If we remain trapped, we will not be able to think freely, independently; we do not need to think out-of-the-box, we only need to get rid of the box itself," he said, with characteristic panache, holding the audience spell-bound. Knowledge, he said, is more important than education; learning from all quarters is the stepping stone to achieving a sense of fulfilment is more important than success. He drew from his own experiences in India and Australia and highlighted how learning is a continuous process and cannot be assessed by educational degrees or examination marks.

Industry giants like Barclays Wealth and Investment Management shared insights. The lunch session was started with the topic 'Co-preneurship: Getting entrepreneurial…' by Laura Horstmann & Dr. Ingo Stork-Wersborg, Presibake, followed by a motivational concluding session on 'Auto Pilot Thinking' by Mr. R. Sridhar, Innovation and Coach partner, IDEAS-RS. The evening session was more of a summary and closing remarks and a thank you note by Dr. Rania Labaki and Mr. Arjun Chowgule. The convention concluded with a gala dinner at Hotel Radisson.

Mr. Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar had a luncheon meeting with Mr. Arjun Chowgule and, on the CII-FBN India Chapter request, he invited them to visit Udaipur and plan for hosting the 2nd Next Gen International Convention scheduled to be held in November 2014 in the 'City of Lakes'!

From Left: Mr. Raju Mansukhani, Consultant, Media and
Communications, MMCF; Mr. Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar, Trustee, Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation and
Dr. Mayank Gupta, Deputy Secretary MMCF, Development

Mr. Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar with Mr. Ulrich Schmidt-Maybach, Fourth Generation of Maybach Family & Founder, Wilhelm and Karl Maybach Foundation, USA

Mr. Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar presenting a case study on Day 3 during the morning session of the social event