May
3
Kiran Karnik, former President of Nasscom, was the closing keynote speaker at the Indian Business Conference 2008. Karnik said, Innovation will the key to India’s future. And good innovation doesn’t just mean product innovation (new products coming out of India), but could also include process innovation. For e.g.
For anyone that has traveled in a crowded [...]
May
3
Five Differences Between India and China
May 3, 2008 | 3 Comments
Rajiv Lall, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC), was the opening keynote speaker at the India Business Conference 2008. The India-China economy comparison is inevitable in any business conference. As the head of IDFC, Lall talked about India’s infrastructure issues by comparing it to China’s.
Note: I haven’t had the [...]
Jun
16
Thomas Friedman redefines the flat world
June 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment
I attented the Personal Democracy Forum last month. New York Times columnist, Thomas Friedman, in his keynote announced the addition of 3 new chapters to this popular book “World is Flat” (3rd edition) .Â
Mahatma Gandhi once said, “Be the change you want to see in the world”. That was Gandhi’s message to 250+ million Indians, challenging them to organize and rise [...]
Apr
14
India Unleashed 2007
April 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Notes from the The South Asian Business Association (SABA) conference at Columbia University:
India shining:
50% of India’s population is under 30 years old
India #1 in milk production and #2 in fruit & veg production
Hindalco - World’s #1 Aluminium producer
Mittal - World’s #1 Steel producer
Reliance invests 22M in Chevron, Dow Chemicals and few other US based companies
Challenges [...]
