I thought this was an interesting
development – 5 cities in India holding 3 day retirement events - Retirement
India Expo 2011.
“This is India’s first attempt to
galvanise businesses in ageing,” said Sheilu Sreenivasan, founder president,
Dignity Foundation, a 16-year-old NGO specialising in productive ageing
opportunities. She said the three-day event held in Chennai and Bangalore last
fortnight had registered 22,000 senior citizens and 8,000 couples. The event,
which will also cover Pune, Mumbai and Hyderabad till October 24, is targeting
to register over 1,000,000 senior citizens.
“The 50 plus ageing population is not
a spent force but offers business opportunities for various companies engaged
in banking, insurance advice, investment planning, retirement living, health
care and wellness, fitness, leisure and lifestyle resorts, consumable.”
She said the growing 50 plus
population in the country was a big market waiting to be tapped. “After being
in the senior service delivery system for 16 years, we realised the need for
convenient products, mobility aids, communication aids like hearing, telephone
with special amplifiers etc are essential for senior citizens to lead a
comfortable life.”
Different country same messages. I
wish them well with their events. Dick Stroud
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