Friday 5th October,

11.15-12.30 Session : Stewardship through 76 generations

Moderator : Prof. Ajay Bhalla

Speaker : Shriji Arvind Singh Mewar

Room : Breakout Room 3

1. Shriji was the session’s speaker at a workshop on The House of Mewar – Stewardship through 76 generations where, in discussion with Professor Ajay Bhalla he talked about the meaning and relevance of Stewardship in 2012. Professor Bhalla introduced The House of Mewar that has been a case study where, over a period of two years, the issues of Custodianship were studied by Professor John Ward of the Kellogg School of Management and Professor K. Ramachandran of the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. The focus of the study was on how The House of Mewar has sustained its values for more than 13 centuries when it has had to diversify to protect its heritage and cultural legacy. The family’s role as stewards not only of the business but of the territories in which they live has transformed both family and business and contributed to an enterprise which has demonstrated long-term sustainability.

Delegates attending the workshop listened to how Shriji, has re-defined the role of custodianship in a dynamic family business context, the role of trusteeship values and how these have extended beyond the business and how he has evolved an appropriate succession strategy.