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    India’s clean energy dynamics after Trump’s Paris exit steady for now

    2020-03-12T08:25:43+00:00June 15th, 2017|2017/2018, June 2017, The Americas, Year|

    US President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris Accord may be a chance for India to shine, writes an energy expert.

    Trump’s pullout from the Paris Accord on climate change has brought India to the fore. Two claims are especially puzzling. One, the treaty lets India (and China) not do much till 2030, and that India is looking for developed countries to pay them $2.5 trillion for its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). India’s NDC calculations were taken with their own calculations, and have very little to do with the US (or any other country).

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      Global flashpoints: India must not remain in ‘splendid isolation’

      2018-08-06T13:33:26+00:00April 13th, 2017|2017/2018, April 2017, Last Word, Year|

      India has a major stake in the political tremors around the world. Any fault line is worrying. Even more so is the fact that we seem to be living in a world criss-crossed by such fissures, some overlapping and others not so. Any one of the them could set off tremors or even earthquakes of proportions unprecedented since the end of the Second World War. In Western Europe, that bastion of stability and shared prosperity for the last three quarters [...]

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        H1B: The visa that bites

        2018-08-06T13:34:57+00:00April 11th, 2017|2017/2018, April 2017, Special Edition – May 2017, The Americas, THE AMERICAS, Year|

        As the Donald Trump administration begins to deliver on his poll promise of cracking down on the alleged misuse of H1B visas, Indian IT companies are feeling the pinch. Donald Trump’s election rhetoric is returning to bite the Indian IT sector as policy formulations of the new US administration. First, here are some updates on the bad news on H1B visas, the visa category mainly used by Indian IT companies to ship Indian IT professionals to the US. Tougher norms [...]

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          In aid of a collaborative new relationship

          2018-12-03T12:41:51+00:00March 15th, 2017|2018/2017, India Investment Journal March Edition, India-UK, Year|

          Priti Patel took charge of the UK government’s Department for International Development (DfID) at a time when the country’s aid programme for India was evolving from the traditional hand-outs system to a more collaborative one. ‘India Investment Journal’ caught up with the minister as she completed six months in Britain’s Cabinet. “We don’t give traditional aid to India but if we look at the facts – the UK is one of the largest investors in India and India is one [...]

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            Stop tilting at windmills, Mr Trump & Co.

            2018-09-04T13:00:36+00:00February 10th, 2017|2017/2018, February 2017, Putting it in context, Year|

            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 of old would pass the order to pull up the drawbridges and every able man would take up position to repel the invaders. And most of you will be familiar with the story of Don Quixote, the fictional medieval Spanish [...]

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              India and China: It’s complicated

              2018-09-19T07:49:07+00:00February 9th, 2017|2017/2018, February 2017, India & China, Year|

              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 at you, then they fight you, then you win.” Much to the chagrin of many in New Delhi’s policy circles who saw India as a counterweight to China, Beijing has, at least publicly, refused to treat India as an equal. [...]

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                India has a huge role in my success

                2020-03-12T08:20:18+00:00February 9th, 2017|2017/2018, February 2017, Global Indian, Year|

                Pankaj Lal was among a handful of scientists to be honoured by outgoing US President Barack Obama with the Presidential Award. ‘India Global Business’ caught up with him to trace what led to this prestigious achievement and what being a Global Indian means to him.

                What does an honour like the Presidential Award mean to you?

                I am honoured and excited to receive this prestigious award. It’s always exciting for your peers to see the significant value in our work and for federal agencies to invest resources for this. This said, sharing the success with family, friends and students is the greatest reward.

                Harnessing science for social good and developing sustainable energy and managing natural resources well are some of the grand challenges facing modern society, and I feel satisfied that that our work is contributing a bit towards improved understanding of this area. This award is a testament that hard work will be rewarded at the opportune moment, and will continue to keep me striving for more in the future.

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                  India: The world’s friendly drug supplier

                  2018-08-07T08:04:05+00:00February 9th, 2017|2017/2018, February 2017, Sector Focus/Pharma, Year|

                  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 Trump for nuances and burning the midnight oil wondering how to maintain their lead in their largest market. IT’s less glamorous but equally successful knowledge sector cousin, the Indian pharmaceuticals industry, is also worried about how the new US administration’s [...]

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                    Indian professionals wait and watch Trump’s executive pen

                    2020-03-16T09:25:06+00:00February 9th, 2017|2017/2018, February 2017, The Americas, Year|

                    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 billionaire Donald J. Trump marked his first days in the Oval Office in characteristic style by signing some of the most controversial executive orders in history. The suspension of the US refugee programme for 120 days and a cap on [...]

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