‘No sustained financial progress might be achieved with out youngsters’

United Nations Kids’s Fund (UNICEF), in partnership with the Confederation of Indian Trade (CII), held a roundtable convention to debate the position of the personal sector in advancing little one properly being and growth in Chennai on Thursday (July 16, 2026). The roundtable was held on the theme ‘Why Spend money on Kids?’

As Tamil Nadu advances in direction of its imaginative and prescient of changing into a trillion-dollar economic system, investing in youngsters is more and more recognised as probably the most strategic investments within the State’s future human capital, financial competitiveness, and inclusive progress, mentioned specialists on the dialogue.

Stating that no sustained progress might be achieved with out youngsters, Cynthia McCaffrey, consultant, UNICEF India, mentioned: “Discussions had been held to see how we may help the economic system by means of company social duty (CSR) by collaborating with the company sector, authorities, civil society, academia for proof, organisations similar to UNICEF, and the communities.”

Talking on innovation and information networks of the enterprise sector, she mentioned these investments would assist influence the lives of kids.

S. Narasimhan, chairman, CII SR process power, mentioned: “The member corporations of the CII make investments lots of CSR into childhood growth. We mentioned with UNICEF to see how we may actuate extra such initiatives collectively. It’s not simply cash to take a position but in addition may very well be in type of manpower or infrastructure engagement within the initiatives.”