The real reason why Modi is struggling to find a fix for India’s job crises The problem of jobs...
Dr. Amit Kapoor shared his views at a panel discussion on “The Jammu and Kashmir dispute between India and...
India’s economy is resilient and will bounce back, but here is the deep-rooted problem Since the latest growth numbers have...
India improving on competitiveness index, but large ailments remain In a respite to the Modi government, which has been...
Fiscal stimulus could do more harm than good if Modi ignores these things It is almost a certainty that...
Can BRICS credit rating agency ever take off? The BRICS Summit was largely an uneventful affair this year. Apart...
It is becoming really hard to be optimistic about the Indian economy. As TN Ninan pointed out last week,...
Dr. Amit Kapoor shared his views on Social Progress Index and Data Driven Governance at the Global Progress 2017 in...
Buzz Aldrin, one of the first two people to land on the moon, was quoted saying “If we can...
Dr. Amit Kapoor shared his views at a round table on “Increasing access to medicines – perspectives from...
It is no secret that India has had an appalling record in keeping her children healthy. It is no...
It has been a decade since the biggest financial crisis in living memory swept the globe. In a run...
By 2015, JSW Steel Limited had established itself as one of India’s leading steel producers. Since 2002, it had...
Self-proclaimed godmen and a coterie of sycophants to back them and validate their claims have always been ubiquitous in India. This...
Infosys is yet again in the news for all the wrong reasons. The poster child of the Indian IT industry just...
The Indian rupee has been on a rising spree this year. Beginning from historical lows back in December-January, when...
Dr. Vishal Sikka’s exit from Infosys seems to have been accentuated by the streak of comments made by co-founder...
On the 75th anniversary of the Quit India movement, The Prime Minister urged the citizens to create a new...
The RBI expectedly cut the repo rate last week by 25 basis points, bringing the key lending rate to a six-year...
The data released by the Bloomberg Billionaire Index revealed some shocking statistics about the rise of inequality in India....
THINKERS Announces List of Foremost Thinkers in the Area of Economics and Governance in India New Delhi, Delhi, India...
Dr. Amit shared his views at the round table on science and innovation organised by Partnership for Safe Medicines (PSM)...
The Indian stock markets seems to be on a steroid-infused dream run. Both the National Stock Exchange’s Nifty-50 and...
Dr. Amit Kapoor shared his views as one of the panelist at the conference on “Creating an Enabling Ecosystem...
Indian household savings patterns have been witnessing some massive structural shifts off late. Households in India have historically been...
Last week Antarctica shed a trillion-ton iceberg from the Larsen C ice shelf that had been tethered precariously at...
The discussion paper relates to the social progress of 28 Indian states & 1 Union territory and is...
Since the election of Donald Trump to the White House and the subsequent allegations of Russia rigging the outcome,...
The annual US Congress-mandated report on human trafficking last week continued to place India in the tier-2 category, which includes countries...
This article undertakes the literature review to understand the emerging trends on the conceptualisation of business model theme....
The measurement of quality of life is critical to understand whether economic growth is fostering social development across the...
Insights shared by Amit Kapoor on Rising Foreign Investment on Lok Sabha TV on 20th June, 2017.
The role of interest rate in India’s growth is grossly underplayed. The movement of interest rates have been strongly...
Perspective shared by Amit Kapoor on Analysis of Newspaper Stories with Senior Journalists & Commentators on 14th June,...
Twice in two weeks the US has taken steps that will have dire repercussions on a global scale. First,...
The city is becoming the centre of economic growth in the modern world, but gaps between different cities are...
Source: Institute for Competitiveness New Delhi, Thursday, May 26, 2017 4:00 PM Harvard Business School Professor and leading management...
It has been an eventful three years for the Modi government. Back in 2014, BJP had inherited a system...
Contrary to popular belief, skill is a rarity among Indian graduates. In the field of engineering, for instance, quantity...
This case is suitable for graduate and executive education courses in general management and strategy and other post-graduate...
Insights shared by Amit Kapoor on 3 Years Of Modi Government on Lok Sabha TV on 26th May...
Source: Institute for Competitiveness New Delhi, Thursday, May 25, 2017 11:30 AM Harvard Business School Professor...
Source: Institute for Competitiveness Mumbai, Wednesday, May 26, 2017 1:00 PM Harvard Business School Professor and leading management thinker,...
Professor Michael E. Porter presented Porter Prize 2017 in Mumbai Source: Institute for Competitiveness Mumbai, Wednesday, May 26, 2017...
Source: Institute for Competitiveness Mumbai, Wednesday, May 24, 2017 1:30 PM Harvard Business School Professor and leading management thinker,...
Michael E. Porter discusses strategy with a gathering of top industry leaders in Mumbai Source: Institute for Competitiveness Mumbai,...
India has become the fastest-growing economy in the world. The next logical steps are to make this trend sustainable...
The Indian IT industry is at a crossroads. The sector first suffered the long-expected shock of the Trump administration’s...
Insights shared by Amit Kapoor on 7th Pay Commission on 9th May, 2017.
India’s NPA problem has a flip side to it: the issue of rising corporate debts. IMF, in its latest...
Taxing agricultural income has always been a politically sensitive topic. This was evident last week after NITI Aayog member...
Source: Institute for Competitiveness New Delhi, Monday, May 1, 2017 12:00 PM Institute for Competitiveness, India is hosting Michael...
Dr. Amit Kapoor was invited to share his views on “GDP: is not Destiny: Social Progress and Inclusion...
Dr. Amit Kapoor shared his views at the What Works 2017 Summit on April 26, 2017 at Reykjavik, Iceland. The...
South Asia is becoming one of the most interesting regions in the world economy, displaying unprecedented growth, averaging close to six...
Dr. Amit Kapoor delivered a virtual session to the delegates of INTEL Israel. He shared his views on the...
The Modi government has been pulling all stops to improve the ease of doing business rankings since it came into power...
Partnerships are critical to addressing the most difficult challenges that face women and youth in India. This panel will...
Analysis of competitiveness at the national level does not capture regional disparities. This Brown Bag Lunch (BBL) will discuss...
The onset of summer and rising mercury levels will soon lead to a huge demand for ice-creams and frozen...
An eventful financial year nears its end on March 31. It was a year of tumultuous ups and downs...
Dr. Amit Kapoor moderated a panel discussion on Policies at the “Convergence 2017: Enabling Environment for Sustainable Agriculture” on March...
The conversation around BJPs electoral win in UP has completely overshadowed the political scenario in the state of Punjab. Political commentators...
The just-concluded assembly elections and the unparalleled performance of the BJP have been the highlight of the weekend. The elections, happening...
The Indian economy has been witnessing a flux of good news lately. The GDP growth for the October-December quarter stood at seven per...
On March 11, Indian legislative assembly election results from five states — Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh...
It is only so often that the world finds itself at the cusp of a revolution and an industrial...
GDP is easily the most controversial measure in the field of economics. It is a measure of economic production...
If the buzz around Hyperloop materialises, a commute between Chennai and Bengaluru can be a matter of 30 minutes. The advent of Artificial...
Dr. Amit Kapoor shared his point of view on what it will take for India to become global superpower...
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley put the spotlight on the issue of tax evasion in his February 1 budget speech...
Competitiveness at the national level relates to the set of institutions, policies, factors, resources and competencies that enhance the...
The Union Budget for 2017-18 was easily the most anticipated one in recent times. The public was seeking the...
Unlike in most countries of the world, the Budget unusually holds widespread public interest in India. However, the Budget...
The agriculture sector in India employs more than 90 million people and contributes 15.4 percent gross value addition (GVA)...
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY – Urban) was launched by PM Narendra Modi on 25 June 2015, wherein the...
Healthcare is hardly a debated issue in India. Election manifestos usually pay lip service to the issue and successive Budgets...
Ever since Arvind Subramanian confirmed that the idea of universal basic income (UBI) would make its way into the...
As we get to celebrate 67 years as a republic on January 26 and 70 years as an independent...
Digital India Mission was unveiled by PM Narendra Modi on 3 July 2015. Over the last two years, considerable...
The anticipations regarding what the Union Budget 2017 has in store for different sectors have already started. In the...
A special “Nobel Series” session was a notable addition at the latest Vibrant Gujarat Summit (January 9-12). Nine laureates were invited to...
Dear Readers, Our themes for this issue of Thinkers are dynamic as they are evergreen—innovation and entrepreneurship. Quite honestly,...
The most recent Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI) reflects a contraction in the manufacturing activity in India in December. Most...
There has been much debate on how the world will be in 2017. Several trends are visible and some...
Practices that enhance competitiveness while improving socio-economic profiles of communities bring better growth Milton Friedman vehemently argued against the...
The year coming to a close saw the unraveling of several key events at both the international and domestic...
India is a country of epic proportions and almost the size of a continent. The whole of Europe has lesser number of inhabitants than India but...
The Institute for Competitiveness is an international initiative in India which has been doing a study on India since...
Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Sikkim emerge as the states performing better on state...
Jayalalithaa was to Tamil Nadu what Narendra Modi was to Gujarat. Their respective states symbolise their legacy and present unique models of development that...
The Shared Value Summit 2016, organised recently, presented an interactive learning platform for discussion about the opportunities and challenges...
The decision at the just-concluded 171st ministerial meeting of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) to reduce...