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Role of Social Progress Index in measuring SDGs
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, Social Progress, 0Role of Social Progress Index in measuring SDG’s In this highly competitive and fast-growing world, every individual wants to...
Social Progress Index 2019 reveals progress in sustainable development goals too slow, threatens chances of fulfilling 2030 agenda
amitkapoor, , Articles, First Post, India Council, Social Progress, 0The new data reveals the world is underperforming on eight out of 12 major sections of the SPI Based...
Missing female labour force: India could lose out on economic dividends with inadequate job creation
amitkapoor, , Articles, First Post, 0India has been undergoing a curious trend. It was expected that India’s young demographic would pay significant dividends as...
Is Liberal Democracy Under Threat?
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, Democracy, India Council, 0Is Liberal Democracy Under Threat? Amit Kapoor Every century has its own defining moment. For the nineteenth century, it...
Fixing the Economic Slowdown The economy is facing a slowdown and is evident with growth slipping to a five-year...
The Problem of Growing Household Debt in India Since the 2008 financial crises, global debt has been on a...
The Economic Argument for Kashmir While much has been discussed and debated on the geopolitical and political implications of...
Dr. Amit Kapoor chaired the session at Sustainability Conclave organised by IIT Delhi on September 9, 2019. Sustainability Conclave...
The Dynamics of India’s Growth Recession The crisis brewing within the Indian economy has gained unanimous acceptance by now....
It’s time to strike balance between development, air pollution to minimise economic losses, health risks
amitkapoor, , Articles, First Post, 0It’s time to strike balance between development, air pollution to minimise economic losses, health risks From the ashen streets...
Climate Change: How it led to an Unequal World
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, 0Climate Change: How it led to an Unequal World When a sixteen-year-old girl who has avowed air travel has...
Jobless growth: Focus on manufacturing instead of services would have spurred employment, reduced poverty
amitkapoor, , Articles, First Post, 0The relative share of the manufacturing and service sectors in an economy depends on its stage of development. Throughout...
Arun Jaitley: A political journey By the time Indira Gandhi declared the Emergency on June 26, 1975, Arun Jaitley...
India’s female literacy has gone up but still 22 percentage points behind world average; education among young women rising
amitkapoor, , Articles, First Post, 0India’s female literacy has gone up but still 22 percentage points behind world average; education among young women rising...
Education and its economic outgrowths
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, Education, India Council, Social Progress, 0Education and its economic outgrowths In his Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted the issue of population...
Demographic danger: India’s population is not just exploding, it’s happening in a way that threatens the nation’s productivity
amitkapoor, , Articles, First Post, 0Demographic danger: India’s population is not just exploding, it’s happening in a way that threatens the nation’s productivity As...
Kashmir’s 1991 moment The special status of Jammu & Kashmir has been revoked and the state has been bifurcated...
Article 370 to be revoked: Move to make Jammu and Kashmir less dependent on Centre for funds
amitkapoor, , Articles, First Post, India Council, 0Article 370 to be revoked: Move to make Jammu and Kashmir less dependent on Centre for funds While the...
Enabling Cities as Drivers of Economic Growth
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, Cities, India Council, 0Enabling Cities as Drivers of Economic Growth Economic development always comes with a dash of urbanization. That is almost an...
Dealing with water woes For a considerable length of time, overuse and scarcity of fossil fuels had been the...
The study “Economic and Social Impact Analysis of Vedanta” released by Institute for Competitiveness, is aimed at analysing the impact...
Vedanta’s induced impact estimated at INR 3.74 lakh crore, or 2.2% of India’s GDP: Institute for Competitiveness
amitkapoor, , Impact, Press Release, 0Institute for Competitiveness study analyses Vedanta’s economic and social impact on India New Delhi, 31st July 2019 Highlights: Vedanta directly contributes...
Sesa Goa Iron Ore, a Vedanta Group company is engaged in exploration, mining and processing of iron ore. The...
As one of the largest oil & gas exploration and production companies in India with a portfolio of 8...
HZL produces refined zinc, lead and silver metal through their fully integrated operations comprising of mines, smelters, captive power...
BALCO is one of the big names in Aluminium industry. It has played a pivotal role in enabling growth...
Vedanta Aluminium – Jharsuguda is one of the largest Greenfield Aluminium cum Power complexes in the world. Vedanta Aluminium...
Talwandi Sabo Power Limited (TSPL) was incorporated as an SPV by Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) with the purpose...
Data as a Driver of the Indian Economy While oil was the central resource around which the world revolved...
Economic remedies for water crisis While contemplating our natural resources, conversations in the past often centered around fossil fuels...
Guest of Honor at the launch of the book titled “The Growth Hacking Book” at the International Growth Hacking...
Measuring Child Progress A society’s future is inextricably intertwined with its children. How they survive, grow and thrive determine...
Budget 2019: Kickstarting India’s developmental journey
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, Budget, India Council, 0Budget 2019: Kickstarting India’s developmental journey Since the time Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set a bold target of...
Economics of Child Progress In any society, children of today shape the future of tomorrow. The development prospects of...
The Fate of Nations: Tech Redefining National Competitiveness Strategies
amitkapoor, , competitiveness, Speaking, 0It goes without saying that those countries which cultivate technological breakthroughs, innovation, and diffusion will position themselves effectively for...
Focus Area within New Education Policy
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, Education, FLN, India Council, 0Focus Area within New Education Policy Even though India boasts of universalisation of primary education, with almost 100 per...
The trade war between US and China seemed like a distant conflict to most Indians. As the two largest...
National Innovation Policies: What Countries do Best and How They Can Improve
amitkapoor, , Articles, 0The Global Trade and Innovation Policy Alliance (GTIPA) is a global network of 34 independent, like-minded think tanks from...
The Budget and Beyond How does one determine the finances of a country where the growth rate is slowing,...
Corporate Karma: The Journey from Shareholder Value to Shared Value
amitkapoor, , Shared Value, Speaking, 0U.S.-India Business Council’s India Ideas Summit & 44th Annual Meeting got together leaders from business, government and society for...
Challenges and opportunities for developing countries regarding life-sciences innovation
amitkapoor, , Innovation, Speaking, 0The Global Trade and Innovation Policy Alliance (GTIPA) will held its Third Annual Summita high-level, conference focused on innovation policy...
Trade, Tariff and Tensions Whilst the tensions between the U.S. and China have blown hot and cold over the...
Innovative Frontiers of Development
amitkapoor, , competitiveness, Democracy, Innovation, Speaking, 0Dr. Amit Kapoor was part of the group discussions of experts organised by The Rockefeller Foundation’s Innovative Frontiers of...
Emerging Opportunities in Global Markets India has invested significant resources in erecting a biotechnology infrastructure from its biotechnology strategic...
The Stanford King Center on Global Development hosts the 19th Annual Conference on Indian Economic Policy on June 3...
Innovation Holds the Key to India’s Job Crisis
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, Innovation, 0Innovation Holds the Key to India’s Job Crisis India’s unemployment rate at 6.1 percent of the total labour force...
It’s time for the BJP government to introduce long-standing structural reforms
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, 0It’s time for the BJP government to introduce long-standing structural reforms After the BJP won a tally of 282...
Dr. Amit Kapoor at the plenary session discussed how Shared Value as a competitive strategy drives social progress and...
An innovative solution to job crises
amitkapoor, , Arthashastra, Articles, Education, India Council, Innovation, 0An Innovative Solution to the Job Crisis The fact that unemployment levels in India at 6.1 percent are at...
Dr. Amit Kapoor moderated a session on “Partnership Initiatives to Scale and Deliver Clean Energy” at the Africa Shared...
Dr. Amit Kapoor conducted a masterclass ” Enhancing Kenya’s Competitiveness, Social Progress and Shared Value through Big 4 agenda...
Cartels and collusion – will the cycle ever stop?
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, 0Cartels and collusion – will the cycle ever stop? The Indian pharmaceutical industry has become almost synonymous with the...
India is urbanizing at a rapid pace and it urgently needs to address the challenges that come with it...
Municipalities are critical units of local governance within a nation. The performance of municipalities is dependent on key strengths...
Shri. Kunal Kumar The Government of India’s (GoI) national objective of development for allconverges well with the Sustainable Development...
Shri. Durga Shanker Mishra Cities are drivers of economic growth and important units of local governance within a nation....
Foreword by Hon’ble Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
amitkapoor, , MPI, 0Shri. Hardeep Singh Puri I am extremely happy to announce that my Ministry is launching the firstever Municipal Performance...
Are Indian Tariffs Really High? The Trump-driven trade war does not seem to relent. In the latest development, US...
At a time of change, challenges, and growing inequality, society is increasingly looking to business to address pressing social,...
Debt resolution process should aim at keeping a company alive
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, 0Debt resolution process should aim at keeping a company alive As Jet Airways temporarily suspended its operations after its...
Municipal Performance Index and the Ease of Living index are aimed at complementing each other and give a holistic...
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It has been long been accepted that material well-being, popularly measured in terms of Gross Domestic Product (GDP),...
Message from Hon’ble Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
amitkapoor, , Ease of Living, 0Shri. Hardeep Singh Puri Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs takes immense pride in taking forward the exercise of...
Shri. Durga Shankar Mishra The world is witnessing the largest wave of urbanization. More than 50 percent of the...
Shri. Kunal Kumar I welcome all stakeholders to this edition of the Ease of Living Index Framework, 2019. The...
Enhancing Economic Competitiveness of Hyderabad – Practical Solutions
amitkapoor, , competitiveness, Liveability, Speaking, 0Dr. Amit Kapoor was invited on behalf of Telangana Government and ASCI to deliver a keynote address at the...
Although certain states and industries in India are pioneering innovations, significant regional and sectoral disparities persist. Dr Amit Kapoor...
Entrepreneurship in Asian High-Tech Industries
amitkapoor, , competitiveness, Innovation, Social Progress, Speaking, 0Dr. Amit Kapoor delivered a talk at Stanford University on “Entrepreneurship in Asian High-Tech Industries” on April 17, 2019....
Dr. Amit Kapoor shared his views in a conversation with business executives and foundation leaders around the intersection of...
Political parties need to focus on issue-based election campaigning
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, Election, India Council, 0Political parties need to focus on issue-based election campaigning The Indian elections that kicked off on Thursday is a...
Competitiveness, Economic Development, Innovation and Clusters
amitkapoor, , competitiveness, Innovation, Manufacturing, Speaking, 0Dr. Amit Kapoor shared his views on Competitiveness, Economic Development, Clusters and Innovation at the round table organized by National...
Rather than NYAY, strengthen public services landscape
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, 0Rather than NYAY, strengthen public services landscape The idea of launching Nyuntam Aay Yojana, a cash transfer scheme that...
Successful partnerships are a critical component in achieving the SDGs. However, partnerships have multifaceted challenges. This panel will focus on...
Reducing gender inequalities in education Better outcomes for businesses and society
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, Education, India Council, 0Reducing gender inequalities in education Better outcomes for businesses and society The benefits of diversity in the workforce are...
Digital tools looking like democracy’s nemesis
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, Democracy, India Council, 0Digital tools looking like democracy’s nemesis At the onset of the digital revolution, there was a high expectation that...
Two Innovation Dragons: China and India While China has been caught in a trade war with the United States...
Dr. Amit Kapoor in conversation with Olaf Groth, Professor, Hult Business School and Mark Esposito at Hult International Business...
Biotechnology can be Indian economy’s next success story
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, 0Over the last two-to-three decades, the major success story of the Indian economy has been the stellar growth of...
The biotechnology sector is more prevalent in Indian lives than is often acknowledged. It enabled the Green Revolution, which...
Global best practices that can serve as regulatory models for decision making
amitkapoor, , Speaking, 0Dr. Amit Kapoor shared his views at the conference on “Global Perspective on India’s Bio tech sector”. The conference...
Dr. Amit Kapoor moderated a Round Table on Innovation: An Industry Perspective on March 11, 2019 at NITI Aayog....
Rising disparity of income and opportunities led to rise of populism globally
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, Democracy, India Council, 0Rising disparity of income and opportunities led to rise of populism globally The political discourse across the world is...
This is the first installment of the IP Progress “Ask an Expert” series, highlighting the state of innovation and...
As the March 29 cut-off date for Britain’s exit from the European Union (EU) nears, there seems to be...
Dr. Amit Kapoor was the Master of Ceremony for the launch of Astounding Bhagavad Gita, which comprised of 670 pages,...
Towards creating a healthier and more productive India
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, Food Safety, India Council, 0Towards creating a healthier and more productive India The last four years of the Narendra Modi government have seen...
Can the UGC’s recent Quality Assurance Strategies Address Challenges in Open Distance Learning Education in India?
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, Education, India Council, 0Can the UGC’s recent Quality Assurance Strategies Address Challenges in Open Distance Learning Education in India? Considering the significant...
A budget of good politics and economics
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, Budget, India Council, 0As was being expected, the interim Budget presented by Piyush Goyal was not a traditional vote-on-account by any means....
Dr. Amit Kapoor shared his expert comments on Budget 2019 at ABP news Channel on February 1, 2019.
Dr. Amit Kapoor was part of the consultation meeting on condom alliance to revive the condom market in India....
The age of awakening: The story of the Indian economy
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, 0The age of awakening: The story of the Indian economy India is an elaborate mix of contradictions and complexities....
India needs to improve its educational outcomes to catch up with China
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, Education, India Council, 0Both China and India, started building their national education systems under comparable conditions in the late 1940s, but varying...