At the prestigious Co-op Kumbh 2025, organised by NAFCUB at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi, Ms. Jalpa Jain, Director of Apani Sahakari Bank, Ahmedabad, delivered an inspiring and forward-looking address during the session “Youth in Cooperatives: Future Leadership and Innovation.”

Addressing a hall full of cooperative leaders and international delegates, Ms. Jain began by declaring that “Cooperatives are not stories of the past- they are the world’s oldest startup model, now powered by the world’s youngest energy.”

She emphasized that while capitalism scales profit and governments scale policy, “cooperatives scale people- and India has the youngest people.”

Highlighting the need for intergenerational collaboration, Ms. Jain said, “The question is not whether youth are ready, but whether we are

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