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India’s worrying growth statistics and what they mean for the future
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, India Council, 0India’s Worrying Growth Statistics and What They Mean for the Future The Indian economy grew at 4.5 percent in...
Dr. Amit Kapoor, Chair, Institute for Competitiveness opines that the current economic slowdown is a temporary one and the...
Trade tensions are on the rise. Traditional manufacturing hubs are no longer competitive. New manufacturing destinations are on the...
India will be in top 3 countries in innovation in next 30 years
amitkapoor, , Future of States, Innovation, Interview, Media, News & Coverage, 0India in the next 30 years will be in the top three countries in innovation and will drive global...
The Special Case of Developing Economies: Are they Uniquely Placed in Online Economy?
amitkapoor, , Speaking, 0Dr. Amit Kapoor chaired the session at the CUTS – CCIER Biennial Conference organised on December 2, 2019 at...
Can Asia regain its former glory? For most of human history – or as far as data can tell...
Amit Kapoor and Ease of Living Index
amitkapoor, , Ease of Living, Interview, Media, News & Coverage, 0On the podcast, John talks with Amit Kapoor about how GDP is a poor measure of Human Well Being....
The report was unveiled at the Global Bio India 2019 organised by Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science...
Dr. Amit Kapoor was a part of the panel discussion “Biosciences to Bio-Economy” at the Global Bio 2019 organised...
The wave of resentment The world today is witnessing a pattern of resentment with multiple outbreaks taking place across...
India Sustainability Conclave 2019 is an interesting brainstorming platform with knowledge, networking and capacity building as additional take-away to...
Dr. Amit Kapoor shared his thoughts on the Innovation Landscape in India. The views were based on the India...
Dr. Amit Kapoor shared his views on the innovation landscape in India at the Cuts – USISPF Roundtable on...
Overcoming Hurdles Crucial for Child Development in India
amitkapoor, , Articles, India Council, Social Progress, 0The most effective investments a country can make is in its children. The young of today go on to...
The Asian Divergence Back in October 1949, when India was framing its constitution that would make it a democratic...
Institute for Competitiveness released the Child Progress Index at the India’s National Competitiveness Forum & #PorterPrize 2019 on October 17...
Innovation is today recognised as an important vehicle to the realise the goal of a New India. Accordingly, earlier...
Professor Michael E. Porter Addresses the Gathering at Porter Prize 2019
amitkapoor, , Porter Prize, Press Release, Press Release, 0Sub Heading: #PorterPrize was presented to TATA Chemicals, Tata Community Trust Initiatives, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance, Renew Power, Janssen India,...
Child Progress Index Released for the state of Uttar Pradesh
amitkapoor, , Press Release, Social Progress, 0Gautam Buddha Nagar, Ghaziabad and Baghpat emerge as top performers Source: Institute for Competitiveness New Delhi, Thursday, October 18,...
NITI Aayog with Institute for Competitiveness launches India Innovation Index 2019
amitkapoor, , Innovation, Press Release, 0Press Release Sub Heading: Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, and Delhi are among the innovation front-runners in the country. New Delhi, India Highlights: NITI Aayog with Institute...
Dr. Amit Kapoor shared his views at the North Chapter of India Economic Conclave 2019. India Economic Conclave, the...
The need of humans to develop at the fastest pace and surpass all its competitors, has led to indiscriminate...
India Innovation Index 2019 The India Innovation Index 2019 comes at a time when Innovation is a subject matter...
The diplomatic ties between India and Pakistan are at a new low with Pakistan trying to drum up international...
More than half of world’s income went to top 10% of population; India has highest income inequality among major global economies
amitkapoor, , Articles, First Post, India Council, 0As income levels across the world rose in the past decades, so did income inequality. In 2016, more than...
What India can Learn from China’s 70 Years of Economic Growth?
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, 0What India can Learn from China’s 70 Years of Economic Growth? China celebrated the 70th anniversary of becoming a communist...
The article was published with Harvard Business Review on October 4, 2019.
Climate Change and Rising Inequality across Countries The “war on nature must end”, appealed the sixteen-year-old Greta Thunberg as...
Game theoretic approach to India-Pakistan conflict
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, 0Game theoretic approach to India-Pakistan conflict The tensions between India and Pakistan refuse to abate. Ties between the two...
Indian economy struggles to expand with rising unemployment rates, stagnant wages, poor female participation in labour force
amitkapoor, , Articles, First Post, 0Even before biscuits, cars and growth numbers made the economic slowdown an uncomfortable reality for India, unemployment numbers gave...
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...