The Indian budget every year has always been an eagerly awaited event. For many decades, the best minds in economics, finance, tax, business and industry throng the media house to analyze the provisions shared by the Financial Minister.
Sometimes major events completely disconnected may be data points for the plans of the different powers around the world. The challenge is to discern what purpose they serve? More critically, what are we moving towards?
When the US Ambassador threatened India's "Strategic Autonomy" policy over India's friendship with Russia - much more than meets the eye was at stake. Let us unpack how the Ukraine war has fundamentally changed the US and the world. And why are we here anyway?
What is common between Venkatesh Kini, Akhil Chandra, Gautham Mukkavilli and Seema Modi?
They all are expats who have done well abroad in their careers and have now headed back to India to take up greater responsibilities.
Kini was global VP for juices at Coca Cola in Atlanta and is now Senior VP in India. Akhil Chandra was GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare’s VP and GM for Asia, heading its South East Asia market and is now head of Reckitt Benckiser India. Gautham Mukkavilli is now CEO, beverages, PepsiCo India; while Seema Modi is MD of Heinz India.
“What drew me back was that this is a highly competitive and complex market which provides an opportunity to combine global learnings with Indian resourcefulness — providing a unique leadership experience.”
Slowing Europe and US markets while excitement in the Indian markets is a major attraction!
The Indian budget every year has always been an eagerly awaited event. For many decades, the best minds in economics, finance, tax, business and industry throng the media house to analyze the provisions shared by the Financial Minister.
When the US Ambassador threatened India's "Strategic Autonomy" policy over India's friendship with Russia - much more than meets the eye was at stake. Let us unpack how the Ukraine war has fundamentally changed the US and the world. And why are we here anyway?
This visit of India left me with many questions. Many observations and inputs from different people and sections. Food for thought that I have tried to contemplate on and make sense of. Sharing all that with you.
When you analyze the last 60 years of the economic miracles of Singapore, South Korea and Malaysia versus the continued impoverished Indian economy, you get very interesting lessons. Can Indians have the wherewithal in them to do in one generation so that the coming generations may rise?
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