February 2017
February 2017
An assertive China presents Prime Minister Modi with his most intractable foreign policy challenge, but there are indications that Beijing [...]
With Brexit around the corner, one of Britain’s neighbours is making a play for Indian investments as a member of [...]
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is a consistent presence on definitive global lists as one of the world’s most powerful women. As the [...]
David Landsman is the Executive Director of Tata Limited and recently took charge as the Chair of the Confederation of [...]
The start of the year has already been packed with lots of upheavals and changes. This edition of ‘India Global Business’ tracks all of those changes in the global economy that have impacted India’s own globalisation march. The central focus this time is on the very complicated relationship with China and how it has evolved in recent times.
India and China: It’s complicated
An assertive China presents Prime Minister Modi with his most intractable foreign policy challenge, but there are indications that Beijing may be getting a little edgy. Mahatma Gandhi had said of his adversaries: “First they ignore you, then they laugh [...]
Stop tilting at windmills, Mr Trump & Co.
Donald Trump and his fellow travellers in Europe are doing their countries a disservice by recklessly pulling up the drawbridge on immigration, writes India Inc. CEO Manoj Ladwa. Everyone knows that whenever their fortresses and castles came under siege, kings [...]
New globalisation paradigm in the offing
Outbound FDI from India will increasingly be driven by a need to fill knowledge and product gaps aimed at the domestic market. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has greased the wheels of the investment cycle with allocations of almost $90 billion [...]
Envoy pitches for Indian professionals in UK
The new Indian high commissioner to the UK believes India and the UK can work together towards a win-win visa regime. “In the field of IT, our professionals are renowned the world over. It is very important that our IT [...]
India: The world’s friendly drug supplier
The Indian pharmaceutical industry is holding on to a sliver of hope that it could become the supplier of choice for the US market. Indian IT sector CEOs aren’t the only ones weighing every word uttered by US President Donald [...]
Affordable bio-pharma innovation that is Made in India
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is a consistent presence on definitive global lists as one of the world’s most powerful women. As the Chairman and Managing Director of Biocon Limited, she is a trendsetter in the field of biotechnology in India. Here she [...]
Indian professionals wait and watch Trump’s executive pen
Just days after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th US President, there is much upheaval around his series of unilateral executive orders. There is yet another draft reportedly awaiting his signature, which could hit Indian professionals hard. American [...]
China is simultaneously a threat and an opportunity
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has struck a delicate balance of engaging with China where there is mutual benefit and standing up to the South Asian neighbour where India’s strategic interests demand. Dealing with China is arguably Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s [...]
Is India really Donald Trump’s ‘true friend’?
There are not too many countries towards whom the new United States President, Donald Trump, has shown a consistently friendly demeanour. India is one of them. As Trump told Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his most recent phone conversation to [...]
For India to Go Global is natural
One of India’s leading international businessmen traces the factors behind India’s natural instinct towards going global. The question isn’t whether India can turn global; it is how quickly will India be accepted among the leading nations in the world. Global [...]
Global Indians making their scientific mark
Just days before Barack Obama’s term as US President came to a close, he presented a series of President Medals to honour achievements across various fields. Here we profile the Global Indian winners of the Presidential Early Career Awards for [...]
Do good boards imply good decisions?
Many companies establish a professional board of directors comprising “stars”, but sometimes even star teams with sophisticated individuals may take bad decisions, writes a corporate governance expert. From among many factors that could be responsible for such decisions, two stand [...]
India needs a meaningful bond market
Parag Saxena is the CEO of New Silk Route Partners, one of India’s largest Private Equity (PE) funds with a primary focus on India and the Southeast Asia markets. He tells ‘India Global Business’ about the company’s journey since inception [...]
Ireland makes a pitch for Indian investments
With Brexit around the corner, one of Britain’s neighbours is making a play for Indian investments as a member of the European Union (EU). Ireland has a strong proposition for any company choosing to do business in Europe. A part [...]
Thinking out of the box: Reconfiguring the India-Pakistan-China Triangle
A foreign policy observer believes it is time for India to move towards a more flexible approach towards China. It has been suggested that New Delhi’s bid for membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) was an “extraordinary exercise in [...]
Post-Brexit UK will continue to attract Indian companies
David Landsman is the Executive Director of Tata Limited and recently took charge as the Chair of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) India Business Forum (IBF) in the UK. He took time out for ‘India Global Business’ to talk [...]
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