A peek into the cyber security landscape

    2018-12-05T11:39:17+00:00November 18th, 2016|2016, Flagship Schemes, India Investment Journal November Edition, Year|

    An ethical hacker flags up opportunities in the field of cyber security for ‘India Investment Journal’ and explains why global companies should be looking towards India for this crucial sector. As we all know, Brexit or the June 23 referendum whereby British citizens voted to exit the European Union, had far reaching implications across several fronts. Cyber security is just one of them. It churned global markets, impacting currencies, instigating the British pound to fall to its lowest level in [...]

      Warm but awaiting new direction

      2023-05-11T11:21:38+00:00November 18th, 2016|2016, India Investment Journal November Edition, India-UK, Year|

      India’s relations with the UK are deep and friendly. But the much expected impetus to closer ties will have to wait till clarity emerges on London’s divorce with Brussels. The rhetoric remains as warm as ever. But the visit of British Prime Minister Theresa May to India in early November, her first official visit as British leader outside Europe, did little to take the relationship forward from an apparent post-Brexit pause that has puzzled most analysts and foreign policy experts. [...]

        Well Oiled: Wheels begin to turn in India

        2018-12-05T10:35:29+00:00November 18th, 2016|2016, Cover Story: Oil & Gas, India Investment Journal November Edition, Year|

        Bold policy initiatives and a move towards tapping India’s natural gas potential are set to transform the oil and gas industry in the country. Sometimes an under serviced high potential industry or sector needs a commensurate high profile billion-dollar global deal to get things moving. For India’s domestic oil and gas industry, last month’s $13 billion-deal between Ruias of Essar Group and a Russian consortium led by petroleum giant Rosneft PJSC seems like that Eureka moment. The deal sees Rosneft [...]

          CSR cannot be an afterthought

          2020-03-12T14:13:17+00:00November 18th, 2016|2016, Flagship Schemes, India Investment Journal November Edition, Year|

          Kartik Kilachand, the CEO & co-founder of Magnus Gyan, is a serial entrepreneur with a focus on India-US initiatives. More recently, he moved to being a social impact entrepreneur – leveraging technology for providing skills training for under-privileged youth to create employment opportunities. He tells ‘India Investment Journal’ about his journey so far and the motivation behind his serial entrepreneurship. I have been an entrepreneur nearly all my life, except for the first five years after my graduate studies at [...]

            Fulfilling the potential of US-India bilateral ties

            2018-12-05T10:20:35+00:00November 18th, 2016|2016, Flagship Schemes, India Investment Journal November Edition, Year|

            The chairman of the US India Business Council and executive chairman of Cisco Systems writes exclusively for ‘India Investment Journal’ on the course India-US ties are likely to take and how the IT major is playing its part in this bilateral partnership. Around the world, anti-trade sentiment is on the rise. It has taken center-stage in the US presidential election, and helped drive the UK’s recent “Brexit” vote to leave the European Union (EU). Meanwhile, the global economy entered into [...]

              India’s solar power sector to shine brighter

              2018-12-05T10:44:31+00:00November 18th, 2016|2016, Flagship Schemes, India Investment Journal November Edition, Year|

              As the world, especially emerging economies, grapple with the challenges posed by climate change, it is essential to come up with innovative solutions to address energy shortages that can significantly benefit people with no or limited access to energy. An International Finance Corporation (IFC) expert analysis where India fits in. At COP 21 in Paris last year, leaders from across the world recognised climate change as an urgent and irreversible threat to the planet that required nations to curb greenhouse-gas emissions. The dialogue encouraged [...]

                A revolution at the heart of Clean India

                2018-12-05T10:45:03+00:00November 18th, 2016|2016, Flagship Schemes, India Investment Journal November Edition, Year|

                Mumbai-headquartered Mahindra Group is one of India’s leading multinational conglomerate. The corporate social responsibility (CSR) chief of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd shares the group’s vision of contributing to the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan with ‘India Investment Journal’. In response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call to the nation exhorting all schools to have toilets exclusive for girls by 15th August 2015, the Mahindra Group pledged its support for the Clean India Campaign through the 'Swachh Bharat Swachh Vidyalaya' (SBSV) programme and [...]

                  Just the right time to invest in India’s infrastructure

                  2018-12-05T10:46:11+00:00November 18th, 2016|2016, India Investment Journal November Edition, Policy India, Year|

                  A leading Indian entrepreneur weighs up India’s incredible infrastructure challenge and why it is the right time for it to attract the much-needed foreign direct investment (FDI). The Indian infrastructure story is at an interesting crossroad. On one hand, being the world’s fastest growing major economy, India needs to create fresh capacity in its infrastructure to maintain the growth momentum. On the other hand, the banks, which have been the main source of funds for infrastructure projects, are saddled with [...]

                    India on track for sustainable growth

                    2018-12-05T11:07:28+00:00November 18th, 2016|2016, India Investment Journal November Edition, Policy India, Year|

                    A policy expert analyses if India’s current rate of growth is any cause for worry or a sign of sustainable recovery.  India increasingly attracts positive attention from foreign sources. This is evident when one meets with groups of foreign investors who see India as an attractive investment opportunity. This renewed investor interest in itself is not surprising given the rather uncertain and downbeat conditions in a large number of advanced and emerging economies. However, in domestic circles, there is a [...]

                      EU remains committed to broad, ambitious FTA with India

                      2018-12-05T11:08:09+00:00November 18th, 2016|2016, Around The World, India Investment Journal November Edition, Year|

                      India and the European Union (EU) are poised for a broader and more ambitious engagement was the key outcome of the Trade and Investment Partnership Summit (TIPS) 2016, the annual flagship event of the Europe India Chamber of Commerce (EICC), held in Brussels in November. India and the European Union (EU) have been working on signing a free trade agreement (FTA) since 2007 but an agreement remains elusive over key sticking points on both sides. A senior EU trade official [...]