This was one of the first events under the aegis of ICSD, held from 1–2 November 2007. Hon’ble Vice-President of India, Prof. M Hamid Ansari, inaugurated the conference. The conference drew wide participation from various distinguished leaders from all fields both from India and overseas. The discussions at the event provided extremely useful policy-relevant key points. The conference provided an opportunity to identify and build a consensus on the strategic directions that the country must follow in order to overcome or avert challenges in ensuring resource and distributive sustainability as India unravels on a high growth trajectory.