ET GBS 2020: Here's what happened on Day 2

Dandapani, Hindu Priest, Entrepreneur and Former Monk shared his wisdom on integrating the practice of concentration into our every day. "Concentration is the ability to keep your awareness on one thing for a prolonged time," said Dandapani as he shared valuable tips, reasons and benefits of undivided attention.

Good leaders will always accept challenges and never shy away from them: Gen VP Malik speaking at ET GBS 2020.

Cashless is going in a big way, YOY growth is at 29% in Asia, faster than anywhere else in the world, said CTO PayPal.

Dr S Jaishankar on what can business do for foreign policies

- Investments, supply chains and trait by business makes our neighbourhood business policies credible today
- It creates a larger sense of regionalism which is key to our rise
- If there is a sense today of an extended neighbourhood that is because of the economic connect whether it is the ASEAN or the Gulf which are all about trade

Janpieter Koning, Co-Chairman, PAL-V spoke at ET GBS on the changing future of mobility. Taking technology on a whole new level, Janpieter Koning, Co-Chairman, PAL-V explains the basic principles of a gyroplane, at ET GBS.

Allen Lau, Co-founder & CEO, Wattpad
Prashanth Chandrasekar, CEO, Stack Overflow
Richard Pierson, Co-Founder & CEO, Headspace
Moderator: Ajit Mohan, MD-India, Facebook

Tony hall, Director General, BBCWorld shared his insights on trust in the age of disruption.

Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of Civil Aviation, Housing & Urban Affairs, India at ET GBS. Mr Puri highlighted on the urban rejuvenation agenda taken by the Indian government. He questions the assessments on the economy that are based on single sectors.

Dr Rajiv Kumar while speaking at ET GBS said that global trade scenario is in a mess & we have to live with it.

In an era of de-globalisation, does India need a fundamental reset of its growth model?

Expert comments from from Anshula Kant, MD, WorldBank; Samiran Chakraborty, MD & Chief India Economist, Citibank; Dr Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog

Smriti Irani, Minister of Women and Child Development and Minister of Textiles highlighted on the importance of fostering women led development by looking at women as enablers of the national economy.

Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, discussed the 5 trillion dream, said 'tough but not impossible'.

He also affirmed that indian's are on a mission to make sanitary pads available to all women in India in the next 12 months. "We are now a country where there is consciousness about cleanliness, which is going to hold us in good stead," said Piyush Goyal at ET GBS.

Imtiaz Ali, Indian Filmmaker, Producer, Writer
Rohit Jain, MD – South Asia, Lionsgate
Moderator: Sruthijith KK, Editor, ET Magazine

India is a major consumer of defence goods and we are trying to bring greater private sector participation in this: Rajnath Singh at ET GBS.