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Family Business Network 12th Nex Gen International Summit

The Green Hotel, Tallberg, Sweden 1 - 3 June 2016

Topic:'I to We in Family Business: Self Develop, Balance, Connect, and Explore!'

3rd Generation, Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation, India

Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar of Udaipur believes in celebrating his life every day, 24x7: this celebration is an endless journey in itself. It is a celebration about interacting with real people, young and old, understanding them, and helping them come to grips with issues, old and new. Born in the illustrious House of Mewar, and being a direct descendant of icons like Rana Pratap, gave him a proud and privileged background along with the responsibility to carry forward the legacies he has been bequeathed with. At 31, he is discharging his duties as the Trustee the Vidyadan Trust under the aegis of Maharana Mewar Charitable Foundation: deeply involved with developmental works and the growth of Maharana Mewar Public School of The City Palace. Wearing another hat, as the Executive Director of HRH Group of Hotels, India's largest chain of palace-hotels and sanctuary resorts under private ownership, he brings

his education and experience in hospitality to give the Group greater sustainability in the competitive world of hotels. He is also closely associated with Sauhardya Charitable Trust, which works toward providing food and education to under-privileged youth and children of rural Rajasthan.Lakshyaraj studied at Mayo College in Ajmer and graduated from the Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School in Australia. He completed a Professional Development Programme at Cornell Nanyang Institute of Hospitality Management in collaboration with Nanyang Technological University. He then completed his Bachelor of Commerce in Hospitality and Tourism from The University of New England.

Moderator: Ms. Rania Labaki

Academic Expert of NxG Committee, EDHEC Business School, NxG Committee, France. Along with a Ph.D. in Management Sciences from the University of Bordeaux, Rania Labaki holds the Family Firm Institute Certificates in Family Business and Family Wealth Advising. She is recipient of several international awards recognizing her contribution to research in the family business field.

Title: Reflections on the "I" growth:

As a Next Generation member, you are continuously facing the challenge of 'growing' while balancing, connecting and exploring within, and without, the family business environment. The 'I' growth poses different challenges in this age of globalization and has different facets depending on the cultural context in which you are embedded. Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar will share with us his thoughts on making our 'I' Grow, by discussing its opportunities and its challenges. He will also guide us through his vision about the difference between 'Going through learnings' and 'Growing with Learnings', drawing upon his inspirations, experiences and knowledge as a member of the 76th generation of the Royal Family of Mewar.

What can you expect?

The NxG Summit is a fantastic opportunity for you to meet your peers, share experiences, exchange ideas, explore new opportunities for yourself, your family, the business, the community and be inspired!

Attending from Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation:

Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation (MMCF) and the CII-FBN India Chapter has developed a knowledge-sharing relationship over the years. The FBN focus on sharing best-practices of families resonates with the evolving needs of MMCF as a not-for-profit organisation working on developmental issues. MMCF today is one of the most respected not-for-profits organisation of Rajasthan.

Professionalism at all levels; modern management and sustainable practices are other domains of interest for MMCF which the FBN network is able to satisfy. MMCF Trustees and senior functionaries have been actively participating in the FBN and FBN Next Generation programmes in India and overseas. They are able to interact meaningfully with other delegates and have confidently contributed to the proceedings.

During the Goa convention in December 2015, the lead-faculty Ms. Amy Schumann utilized the presence of Mr. Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar of Udaipur (as Trustee of MMCF) to discuss the case study prepared on the House of Mewar by ISB-Kellogg's team of Prof. John L. Ward and Prof. K. Ramachandaran in 2010. Issues of Custodianship and sustainability of the House of the Mewar were debated with intense audience participation.

Through the MMCF, Udaipur participation, the FBN Nex Gen members have been made aware of the developmental works undertaken in Udaipur. Though most of the FBN members come from families with different background, they are able to relate to the challenges which MMCF is facing in a fast-globalizing world.

More detail: http://www.fbn-i.org/