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    Time to fast-track the Japanese connection

    2018-05-18T13:04:38+00:00December 9th, 2016|2016, World View, Year, Yearend 2016|

    India and Japan signed off a strategic civil nuclear agreement in November. Will it clear the way for a wider and deeper role for Japanese business in India?

    Narendra Modi is famously fixated with productive use of time. The man hours he has spent on Japan during a career dating back more than a decade to his days as chief minister in Gujarat, are eye-popping. He has always been drawn to Japan’s world-beating manufacturing, engineering processes and a perception of capital as a long-term partner as the preferred route to India’s own development.

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      Building new bridges with BIMSTEC

      2020-03-12T08:13:00+00:00December 9th, 2016|2016, South Asia, Year, Yearend 2016|

      From a passive acceptance of SAARC’s irreplaceable role as a platform for economic integration and developmental cooperation in the region, the Narendra Modi led government has changed India’s approach.

      In the autumn of 2016, the cancellation of the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit scheduled to be held in Islamabad was a defining moment in the life of this 30-year institution. The first SAARC summit was hosted by Dhaka in December 1985. Following that, heads of government of member countries were expected to meet every year.

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        Tata’s global bet

        2020-09-21T08:40:18+00:00December 9th, 2016|2016, World View, Year, Yearend 2016|

        The Tata Group is India’s most successful global firm but its geographical spread may not always be a good thing.

        The Tata Group is a much respected, admired and valued conglomerate in India and one that is also highly successful. Very often the two do not go hand in hand. It is also perceived as a very ethical corporate group, having played a significant role in nation building since its inception in 1868 – creating country’s first steel plant, power station, luxury hotel, domestic airline and information and technology company.

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          Is the Tata Group paying the price for being truly multinational?

          2018-05-18T13:04:38+00:00December 9th, 2016|2016, World View, Year, Yearend 2016|

          The New Year should mark a period of inward reflection for one of India’s truly global conglomerates – the Tata Group.

          What is common between Walmart, Apple, Google, General Electric, Volkswagen, HSBC and the Tata Group? These are all highly successful profitable companies or conglomerates that have branched out from their home countries to almost every corner of the world.

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            Africa’s importance to India

            2018-08-10T07:53:53+00:00December 8th, 2016|2016, World View, Year, Yearend 2016|

            A leading Indian diplomat based in Africa shares his views on why the continent is important to India. Any observer of Indian foreign and strategic policy may well raise the question: Why Africa? Why should a developing country like India expend its limited political, diplomatic, human and financial resources on Africa when there are myriad problems to be resolved within the country. Moreover, given India’s limited resources spent primarily cultivating the P-5 and other great powers like Germany and Japan, [...]

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              Is the UK pulling up the drawbridge on talent?

              2018-05-18T13:04:39+00:00December 8th, 2016|2016, India-UK, Year, Yearend 2016|

              The UK may be vehement that it remains outward looking and open to global talent but developments over 2016 reflect the opposite. The overall anti-immigrant rhetoric in the build up to Brexit, a crackdown on work visas and the continuing drop in Indian students choosing UK universities have contributed to the image of a country closing its doors.

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                Despite the headwinds India’s global march will continue

                2018-09-05T07:19:26+00:00December 8th, 2016|2016, Putting it in Context, Year, Yearend 2016|

                The year that began with lots of hope is drawing to a close on a note of concern and some cautious optimism. In between, there was shock, some not so pleasant surprises and renewed promise of a better future. It’s always a huge risk to pre-judge history but I think I’ll still go out on a limb and declare that when the definitive history of globalisation is written, 2016 will stand out as the year in which the idea of [...]

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                  A beachhead for entry into ASEAN

                  2019-02-07T18:28:04+00:00December 8th, 2016|2016, South Asia, Year, Yearend 2016|

                  Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV) collectively hold a lot of promise for Indian companies, both as a market and source of raw materials.

                  Most Indians are quite familiar with Vietnam. Apart from etching itself into the India’s (and the world’s) collective consciousness for its heroic and successful fight against a superpower in the 1960s and 1970s, it has also emerged recently as a close Indian ally in South East Asia against a new Chinese assertiveness.

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                    India-Russia: The ties that bind

                    2018-12-05T10:59:52+00:00November 18th, 2016|2016, Around The World, India Investment Journal November Edition, Year|

                    India’s close relations with Russia covers politics, defence, civil nuclear energy, anti-terrorism cooperation and space. The strategic partnership has endured the test of time. Here is a snapshot. India-Russia Annual Summit: October 2016 “An old friend is better than two new ones.” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi “Industries of both countries are improving cooperation; military and technical cooperation is also improving.” Vladimir Putin, Russian President 16 agreements across several fields India to spend over $5 billion to acquire S-400 Triumf [...]

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                      A monetary move to strike at pain points to investment

                      2018-12-05T11:01:11+00:00November 18th, 2016|2016, Final Word, India Investment Journal November Edition, Year|

                      It is, arguably, the most daring, and far reaching, economic reform ever. The demonetisation of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes by the Narendra Modi government hits at the roots of several problems ailing the Indian economy and addresses many of the pain points that deter foreign investors from entering India. Just consider some of the issues that scare away all but the most intrepid of investors: A byzantine bureaucracy where unaccounted cash is usually the best lubricant Having to [...]

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