Since the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant Janta curfew and lockdown, our country and the whole world has suffered a lot in 2020 both on health front and on economic front. COVID-19 has jolted the whole world economically resulting in fall of GDP of all major countries in the world and also a large scale loss of human life.
Our PM Narendra Modi being a visionary has come up with a call of ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’. The English meaning of Atmanirbhar Bharat is self-reliant India or self-sufficient India. The basic idea behind this concept is making India self sustaining and self generating, an economy that can sustain itself on its own and which minimises its dependence on the outside world.
While declaring the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan and during the announcement of COVID-19 related economic package, PM Modiji stated that the 5 pillars of Atmanirbhar Bharat are economy, infrastructure, technology driven systems, vibrant demography and demand.
Various slogans initiated under Atmanirbhar Bharat include ‘Vocal for Local’, ‘Local for Global’ and ‘Make for World’.
This book focusses on several important aspects related to Atmanirbhar Bharat like economy, banking, national security, self dependence, women empowerment etc. and contains views of various intellectuals and specialist on the above subjects vis-s-vis how to make India self-sufficient.

CA Sunil Vashisht is a qualified Chartered Accountant and practicing as a Chartered Accountant since 1985. He has been nominated as an Independent Director on the board of Syndicate Bank and Bank of Maharashtra. He has also served as an Independent Director on the board of Madras Fertilizers Limited (MFL), A Govt. of India Enterprise. He has been actively involved in various committees of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). He was the Ex-advisor of the Banking Study Group and Committee of Members in Industry of ICAI.

He has vast experience in banking, finance and auditing. He is actively involved with various organisations like PHD Chambers of Commerce and Industry, ASSOCHAM, Bhiwadi Manufacturers Association (BMA), Federation of All India Small and Medium Enterprises (FISME) and Investors Forum.

He was the District Governor of Lions Club International, District 323 E1, during 2009-2010 and organised various programmes and camps for betterment of society. He was awarded an International Award for Humanitarian Services by Lions Clubs International in Sydney, Australia in the year 2010. He has widely travelled across the globe for humanitarian causes and Lions Clubs International.

He believes in the ideology of RSS and is actively associated with Bharat Vikas Parsihad, Swadeshi Jagran Manch and Deendayal Research Institute. At present, he is associated with various social activities through the organisations like Rashtriya Vichar Manch (Regd.) and Sadbhawna Shanti and Jagrati Mission Foundation (Regd.).

His mission is to serve the poor & needy and work for the service of humanity at large.