By Amit Kapoor and Meenakshi Ajith In 1776, Adam Smith asked a question that seems almost quaint today: why are some nations wealthy...
Inside India’s Million-Plus Cities, the Gaps Run Deep Cities are central to economic prosperity. As hubs of talent, firms...
By Amit Kapoor and Sheen Zutshi India’s human capital challenge is no longer principally about expanding participation, but about...
The report arrives at a pivotal moment for India, as the country advances toward its ambition of becoming a developed...
By Amit Kapoor and inputs from Darshana Guaratra The rise of Indo-Pacific: India-Japan’s next chapter 2026 might feel like...
Millets Need More Than Just Celebration. They Need a Value Chain The International Year of Millets may have ended,...
What Actually Moves Farmer Income? India’s average foodgrain productivity increased by 27% over the last decade, from 2014–15 to...
By Amit Kapoor and Meenakshi Ajith By Amit Kapoor and Meenakshi Ajith India’s economic ambition comes in round dollar...
When ChatGPT launched in 2022, few anticipated that the race for AI leadership would eventually hinge on data centre...
By Amit Kapoor and Sheen Zutshi The world cannot base its AI strategy on the assumption that the world’s...
India Produces Enough Food. But Is It Nutritious Enough? When Prime Minister Modi urged farmers last week to halve...
By Amit Kapoor There is an eerie symmetry between Delhi’s two great fires of June. On June 13, 1997,...
By Amit Kapoor & Meenakshi Ajith A currency is, in the end, a mirror. It reflects not just trade...
By Amit Kapoor and inputs from Meenakshi Ajith The energy transition has produced two kinds of winners so far: countries...
Dr. Amit Kapoor shared his views on “Circularity and Resilient Resource Systems” at the Celebrations of the National Institute...
By Amit Kapoor and Sheen Zutshi As artificial intelligence evolves, so do the anxieties around it. The discourse on...
The Hidden AI Story Behind SpaceX’s IPO By Amit Kapoor, Tanya puri and Mohammad Saad SpaceX’s much-anticipated IPO could be one...
By Amit Kapoor and Meenakshi Ajith Climate policy is rapidly becoming a question of economic strategy rather than environmental...
Beyond Welfare: The Economic Case for Affordable Urban Housing In most developing economies, the city is where productivity concentrates,...
By Amit Kapoor and Meenakshi Ajith There is a particular kind of insult that arrives not as a wound...
By Amit Kapoor and Meenakshi Ajith When the United Arab Emirates announced on April 28 that it was leaving...
Press Release Highlights The State of India’s Competitiveness Report was released on 11.05.2026 by the Institute for Competitiveness (IFC)....
पश्चिम एशिया में जारी संघर्ष और वैश्विक ऊर्जा बाजार में बढ़ती अनिश्चितता का असर दुनिया की अर्थव्यवस्था पर दिखाई...
By Amit Kapoor and Mohammad Saad AI is widely used not only because of its remarkable capabilities, but also because it has remained relatively affordable. That...
This report examines whether India’s structural foundations are strengthening in ways that allow the economy to navigate disruption while...
In this exclusive interview on DD India NewsHour, economist Dr. Amit Kapoor analyzes Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal for...
By Amit Kapoor and Kartik “Our first Kartavya is to accelerate and sustain economic growth by enhancing productivity and...
This report distinguishes itself through its comprehensive analysis of the scheme’s actual impact. Unlike prior studies that primarily quantify...
By Amit Kapoor and Kartik The oldest constraint in economics is not capital or labor but the limits of...
By Amit Kapoor, Richard Dasher and Inputs from Meenakshi Ajith A month before a gunman fired shots on Saturday...
By Amit Kapoor and Sheen Zutshi Artificial intelligence is increasingly a focus of India’s technological ambitions, whether in AI summit forums...
By Amit Kapoor and Mohammad Saad The ongoing Iran–USA–Israel conflict has revealed the evolving capabilities and risks of modern...
By Amit Kapoor and Meenakshi Ajith There is something quiet remarkable about the moment India finds itself in, urbanistically...
When a City Doesn’t’ Share Amit Kapoor India’s urban income story is, by many conventional measures, a notable one....
By Amit Kapoor and Nandini Vats Gurugram, which was once a satellite town of Delhi has now transformed into...
This report represents the first attempt to understand Indian oil companies from a dual lens, examining both internal capabilities...
Untapped Potential of India’s Orange Economy In June 2025, Prada launched a high-end handcrafted leather sandal whose design closely...
Dr. Amit Kapoor in Fire side chat with Dr. Mark Esposito, Faculty Associate, Center for International Development at Harvard...
Dr. Amit Kapoor delivered the U Akron Oldham Lecture on “Policy, Economic Development and Competitiveness: What the Populist Moment...
The report offers insights into the opportunities and challenges across the ethanol value chain from farms and distilleries to...
Dr. Amit Kapoor delivered a talk on “The rise of the start up ecosystem in India and its societal...
By Amit Kapoor For India, the question of innovation has become one of structural urgency rather than latent potential....
By Amit Kapoor with inputs from Meenakshi Ajith In the global marketplace, conflict is not an anomaly but a...
By Amit Kapoor and Meenakshi Ajith India stands at a rare historical moment when global supply chains are fragmenting,...
By Amit Kapoor and Nabha Sandip Joshi India has now redrawn its economic baseline. With the shift to a...
Mind the Capital gap: Beyond India’s AI summit moment India’s AI ecosystem is at an inflexion point; the groundwork...
India’s invisible urban fault line Indian cities are learning to do very modern things in very old ways. You...
Amit Kapoor and Meenakshi Ajith In 1971, John Lennon asked the world to imagine something disarmingly simple: no countries, nothing...
By Amit Kapoor and Darshana Gauratra Artificial Intelligence is increasingly becoming a core economic infrastructure. From private industry to...
India’s AI Growth Needs More Than Just Metropolitan Hubs By Amit Kapoor and Mohammad Saad Large urban centres are...
By Amit Kapoor and Ananya Khurana While the Green Revolution made Indian farms more productive, the next revolution must...
By Amit Kapoor, Pradeep Puri and Ananya Khurana Re-architecting FCI to Raise Farm Incomes India created the Food Corporation...
Dr. Amit Kapoor shared his views on “How will AI redefine competitiveness?” at the International workshop on AI, Cyber...
By Amit Kapoor & Sheen Zutshi The Economic Survey 2025–26 marks a significant moment in how India understands its...
Dr. Kapoor was part of the panel on “MahaAI: Building Safe, Secure & Smart Governance” at the AI Summit...
By Amit Kapoor and Anandita Doda AI as an economic story, not a tech story: where India is strong,...
Dr. Amit Kapoor was a speaker in the session titled “From Critical Raw Materials to Manufacturing: Scaling the Green Energy...
By Amit Kapoor and Inputs by Meenakshi Ajith The Unfinished Promise of Agglomeration India’s Economic Survey this year makes...
The third webinar in the Global South Research Collaborative’s Simplified Series focused on Funding and Funders in Health, with...
By Amit Kapoor and Meenakshi Ajith The easiest way to misread a trade negotiation is to treat it as...
By Amit Kapoor and Ananya Khurana The Union Budget of 2026–27 deserves credit for recognising a simple truth that...
By Amit Kapoor and Mohammad Saad Detailed, extensive, and honest – that is how the 2025-26 Economic Survey described...
By Amit Kapoor and Mohammad Saad In the 21st century, sovereignty is not merely political. It is digital, and...
Dr. Amit Kapoor was a part of the panel on “Tech Disruption and New Normal” at the High Level...
Sustaining multilateralism when the US steps back In recent times, global governance has become increasingly vulnerable to domestic political...
From Growth to Grit: Competitiveness as Kartavya The Union Budget 2026–27 does something unusual. It elevates competitiveness, rather than...
By Amit Kapoor and Meenakshi Ajith Extreme weather events in India are no longer deviations from the norm; they...
By Amit Kapoor and Meenakshi Ajith Sanitation reform in Indian cities has delivered visible gains, yet its deepest challenge...
By Amit Kapoor and Subashini Prakash Indian farmers stand at a curious crossroads, earning income from carbon credits not...
Missing Inflexion Point: India’s limited corporate R&D presence in the world As the global economy in uncertain times continues...
Dr. Amit Kapoor delivered a special address at the Inaugural session of International Faculty Development program of UPSIFS, Lucknow...
By Amit Kapoor and Mohammad Saad Skilled labour, digital infrastructure, access to critical minerals, R&D investment, scalable capacity, and...
By Amit Kapoor and Amitabh Kant Innovation is the fundamental driver for economic prosperity, and the work of this...
Climate vulnerabilities, the lived realities on the ground: A Case of Bihar Floods The climate upheavals of 2025 were...
By Amit Kapoor and Richard Dasher India is now becoming an unusually crowded graveyard of airlines. From Kingfisher, Jet...
Dr. Kapoor shared his views on growth forecast of India on DD India on January 9, 2026.
Dr. Amit Kapoor shared his views on Credit Guarantee Scheme for Exports on DD India on January 8, 2026....
By Amit Kapoor and Richard Dasher with Inputs from Meenakshi Ajith India has become a graveyard of airlines. From...
By Amit Kapoor and Mohammad Saad Ever since the launch of ChatGPT in 2022, AI usage in India has...
By Amit Kapoor and Pradeep Puri and Inputs by Ananya Khurana India proudly delivers free rice and wheat to...
By Amit Kapoor and Mohammad Saad AI has woven itself into the way we write, think, and work. Open...
By Amit Kapoor and Subashini Prakash For most of the digital age, the law treated identity as a security...
By Amit Kapoor and Pradeep Puri with Inputs from Ananya Khurana India’s fertiliser subsidy has long weighed heavily on...
By Amit Kapoor and Mukul Anand Lessons from the G20 Global Inequality Report Widening disparities in income and wealth...
By Amit Kapoor and Darshana Gauratra A decade after the Paris Agreement was adopted, climate ambition has reached its...
Amit Kapoor with Inputs from Meenakshi Ajith India’s cities are expanding upward, outward, and into new forms of daily...
Amit Kapoor and Pradeep Puri and inputs from Meenakshi Ajith India’s Aviation Crisis Is a Systemic Signal, Not an...
By Amit Kapoor and Sheen Zutshi A Mountain Range on Trial: The Aravalllis Story We’re Erasing The Aravalli range,...
By Amit Kapoor and Mohammad Saad Privacy is increasingly becoming an illusion in today’s digital era. Breaches of privacy...
From Lab to Land: Rethinking GM Crop Adoption in India This year’s Nobel laureates in Economics affirm that innovation...
By Amit Kapoor and Pradeep Puri (with Inputs from Ananya Khurana) Seeds of Change: Tracing the Global Roots and...
The Global South Research Collaborative’s third webinar on the topic “Funding and Funders: SIMPLIFIED” is scheduled to be held...
India needs a new accounting system beyond GDP capturing AI’s impact to ensure fair growth AI is rewriting the...
by Amit Kapoor and Anandita Doda Moving Up the Value Chain: How Quality, Design, and Branding Can Transform India’s...
By Amit Kapoor and inputs by Meenakshi Ajith Cities don’t emerge fully formed, rather they accumulate. They collect policies,...
Amit Kapoor and Meenakshi Ajith For those of us who live in Delhi-NCR, every winter is now a déjà...
By Amit Kapoor and Mohammad Saad Alchemy, a pseudo-science preceding chemistry attracted the attention of numerous people for quite...
by Amit Kapoor and Ananya Khurana As India stands at a pivotal juncture in agricultural trade to unlock the...
By Amit Kapoor The Promise and Precarity of India’s Gig Economy The gig economy is no longer a fringe,...
By Amit Kapoor and Meenakshi Ajith The real test of a nation is not how it grows in fair...
