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November 8, 2006 - June 27, 2007
In 2007, the Corporate Program and Manjeet Kripalani, the Council’s 2007 Edward R. Murrow press fellow and current bureau chief of BusinessWeek in India, hosted this new and important series to explore India’s role in the global economy. Corporate members examined issues ranging from India’s infrastructure problems to its thriving outsourcing sector. Featured speakers includedNandan M. Nilekani, CEO and managing director of Infosys Technologies Limited, Vilas Rao Deshmukh, chief minister, Maharashtra State, Republic of India, and L. Brooks Entwistle, managing director and CEO of Goldman Sachs (India) LLC.
Meetings
Rise of a Globalizing India: Sustaining India's Growth: Infrastructure Demands and Urban Renewal
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| Speaker: | Vilas Rao Deshmukh, Chief Minister, Maharashtra State, Republic of India |
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| Presider: | Marcus Brauchli, Managing Editor, The Wall Street Journal |
With a growth rate of 9% this year fueled in large part by an ever-booming high-tech services industry, Indiais at the cusp of economic prosperity, or is it? A staggering road block to this economic growth may be the poor state of India’s infrastructure – lacking in everything from stable roads and a working highway system to reliable energy and clean water.India’s infrastructure challenges may impede its growing global competitiveness and stymie poverty alleviation. What strides have been made by the Indian government to address these issues? Has the domestic political system made progress difficult, and what options exist beyond government-driven initiatives? What opportunities are available for the private sector? How can private-public partnerships approach these problems? Join Minister Vilas Rao Deshmukh, chief minister of the Maharashtra state in India, as he discusses this critical issue.
Rise of a Globalizing India: India's Youth
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| Speaker: | Raja Bijapurkar, Independent Marketing Strategist |
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Rise of a Globalizing India: Is India's Economic Growth Running Out of Steam?
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| Speaker: | Chakravarthi Rangarajan, Chairman, Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council, Republic of India |
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| Presider: | James F. Hoge Jr., Peter G. Peterson Chair & Editor, Foreign Affairs |
Dr. C. Rangarajan is the economic adviser to the prime minister of India. He has served in a number of distinguished positions in government, from governor of the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, to governor of the country's central bank, the Reserve Bank of India, from 1992 to 1997. Dr. Rangarajan holds a doctorate in economics from the University of Pennsylvania, and has taught at both University of Pennsylvania and at the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad. Dr. Rangarajan is a dedicated reformer. Having infused the central bank with reforms, he has, as chair of the prime minister's economic advisory committee, been pushing for agriculture reform and the buildout of physical and social infrastructure. This year, Dr. Rangarajan was given the additional responsibility of economic development for the state of Kashmir. Dr. Rangarajan has often been talked of as this year's candidate for the position of president of India.
Rise of a Globalizing India: India's Financial Services: Where Are the Faultlines in this Hot Growth Sector?
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| Speakers: | L. Brooks Entwistle, Managing Director and CEO, Goldman Sachs (India) LLC |
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| Nachiket Mor, Deputy Managing Director, ICICI Bank | |
| Manjeet Kripalani, Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations |
Financial services in India continue to grow at a remarkable rate with foreign investment playing an instrumental role. Outpacing its neighbors, India challenges China -- its regional economic rival -- in yet another sector. What are the factors contributing to India's success in this space; will India maintain its lead and how? This session will examine the reasons for this extraordinary growth, and will look to the future of the financial services sector in India. What further reform is required in this sector? What, in particular, are foreign investors looking for? How level are the playing fields for foreign banks? What role do banks play in transforming India's income disparities? How sustainable is the India's gravity-defying stock market? Our speakers, L. Brooks Entwistle and Nachiket Mor, will discuss answers to these questions at this session.
Rise of a Globalizing India: The Next Wave of Outsourcing: More Disruptive Innovation?
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| Speakers: | Nandan M. Nilekani, CEO and Managing Director, Infosys Technologies Limited |
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| Joe Sigelman, CEO, OfficeTiger | |
| Presider: | Manjeet Kripalani, Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations |
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