The gathering of change-makers at the Udavi campus in Auroville.Straight after New Year’s Eve, a four-day gathering of change-makers from across India was held at the Udavi campus in Auroville. Literally a “confluence of alternatives”, Vikalp Sangam is a network of social organisations re-imagining and re-shaping Indian society. Active in various fields from environment to education to social justice, including some of India’s most well-established NGOs as well as start-up social enterprises, they meet throughout the year to exchange, inspire each other, and seed new ways to collaborate in order to move the needle forward in a given area. This was their first nationwide confluence around the theme of economy, as it is increasingly clear to people engaged across sectors – be it education or health or democracy or media – that to re-imagine and work towards a more just and sustainable society we need to radically alter our economic system.
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