Oil prices: Government between a rock and a hard place Just as the Indian economy was limping back to normalcy after...
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India’s Coming Productivity Crisis Economic growth originates from two main sources. The first lies in getting more people to...
Strict KYC for digital payments = death of India’s digitalisation push?
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, 0Strict KYC for digital payments = death of India’s digitalisation push? In a situation that is all too familiar...
A lunch discussion was hosted by GIPC with Dr. Amit Kapoor, Chair, Institute for Competitiveness and President, India...
Probit regression model can almost accurately predict election outcomes
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, 0Probit regression model can almost accurately predict election outcomes Before India goes in for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections,...
Is the Economy Out of the Woods Yet? By all estimates, the Indian economy has entered into a phase of recovery. After...
Developing economies have outdone themselves in the last few years. Low disposable incomes and resource challenges have incentivized...
Dr. Kapoor made a presenation to Dr Bibek Debroy and Shri Ratan P. Watal, Chairman and Member Secretary respectively of...
Global debt at historical high: Modi government on right track but Xi’s China in a precarious situation
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, 0The Global Debt Problem Any undergraduate student of economics would vouch for the fact that an economy in a...
GNFC Neem Project: The Ecosystem of Shared Value (Ivey Publishing)
amitkapoor, , Cases, Shared Value, 0This case is suitable for graduate and post-graduate courses in general management and strategy, and for post-graduate courses...
GNFC Neem Project: The Ecosystem of Shared Value (Harvard Business Publishing)
amitkapoor, , Cases, Shared Value, 0A radical change was triggered in the fertilizer industry in India in fiscal year 2015-16, following a policy...
Times are changing and ideas for economic growth need to keep up
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, 0Times are changing and ideas for economic growth need to keep up All economies want to produce more within...
Trade War Fears and the Emerging Market Resilience
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, 0Trade War Fears and the Emerging Market Resilience The much-dreaded trade war has come dangerously close to fruition after...
Internet Penetration Post – Jio Expected to Boost GDP by Over 5 percent
amitkapoor, , Press Release, 0News Release: Internet Penetration Post – Jio Expected to Boost GDP by Over 5 percent April 6, 2018 New...
It’s All About Productivity Only sustained productivity growth can raise living standards It is quite commonplace to hear the...
“Creative Economy” as a champion of economic value generation
amitkapoor, , Creative Economy, Speaking, 0Dr. Amit Kapoor was a part of the closed door dialogue organised by Digital India Foundation (DIF) with high-level...
Innovation-driven economy key to tackling inequalities
amitkapoor, , Innovation, Media, News & Coverage, 0Dr. Amit Kapoor shared his views on Intellectual Property, Innovation and Economic Growth at the Back to Basics: The Role...
India needs to create and sustain essential competitive advantages
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, 0India needs to create and sustain essential competitive advantages Our chief economic advisor very succinctly put it recently that India is both a...
States must stop relying on Centre’s handouts Since the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh in 2014, the award of “Special...
Clusters and Innovation: Regional Foundations of Competitiveness
amitkapoor, , Cluster Mapping, Innovation, Speaking, 0Dr. Amit Kapoor shared his views at The 2018 India Conference on Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition (IIPC)...
Democracy in the age of data “Data is the new oil” has been a clichéd maxim of the internet...
Dr. Amit Kapoor shared his views at the Back to Basics: The Role of Property in the IP System...
Cluster and Workforce Development: The role of clusters and cluster organisations in connection with skills development. The role of emerging...
This discussion paper is aimed to help the policy making process by identifying traded and local clusters present...
Agrarian distress: India pays price of reforms by stealth
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, 0Agrarian distress: India pays price of reforms by stealth The 180 km-long march of Maharashtra’s farmers from Nashik to Mumbai that swelled to...
Are we prepared for the future of work?
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, Education, India Council, 0Rising to the challenge of new job demands requires skilling at all levels. Besides, who can tell what the...
The videos showcases the experiences of people living in Varanasi who have started using Jio. Shubham Singh, Sunil Bharatiya, Rakesh...
Five years on, mandated philanthropy not delivering in India
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, Shared Value, Social Progress, 0Five years on, mandated philanthropy not delivering in India India is now into the fifth year of its unique experiment...
How blockchain will fundamentally change our lives in future
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, 0The use of internet has undergone rapid evolution in a matter of few decades. In the 90s, the internet...
View: The world needs evolutionary transformation, not economic nationalism
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, 0View: The world needs evolutionary transformation, not economic nationalism The developing wave of economic nationalism across the world has...
Current Trends in Corporate Sustainability: Indian & Global
amitkapoor, , Speaking, Sustainability, 0Dr. Amit Kapoor chaired the Plenary I on Current Trends in Corporate Sustainability: Indian & Global at the India...
India’s Competitiveness: Where do we stand? It is quite commonplace to hear that India will be an economic superpower in a...
How telecom has become driver of economic change in India
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, Telecom, 0How telecom has become driver of economic change in India For most part of human history, change was glacial...
Late convergence stall The usual brouhaha around the Budget strips the Economic Survey of the attention it deserves. The...
Long-awaited market correction finally in full swing
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, 0Long-awaited market correction finally in full swing History has strange ways of repeating itself. The economic situation in the...
Dr. Amit Kapoor was a part of the panel discussion on Budget 2018-19 on February 3, 2018 at...
Budget 2018: Balancing populism with economics
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, Budget, India Council, 0Budget 2018: Balancing populism with economics The Budget is finally out and to put it simply, Mr. Jaitley did...
Dr. Amit Kapoor was a part of the panel discussion on Budget 2018-19 on FirstPost.com on February 1,...
Budget 2018 expectations: After Economic Survey, much now depends on what FM Arun Jaitley has in store
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, 0Budget 2018 expectations: After Economic Survey, much now depends on what FM Arun Jaitley has in store In its own...
Dr. Amit Kapoor shared his insights on Access to FELT elements (Finance, Electricity, Labour, Transport) at the CUTS...
Last week Uday Kotak of the Kotak Mahindra Bank had a warning for the stock markets entering a possible...
The Global Dialogues & Conversations India this year is putting together its largest ever entourage of ministers, policymakers and...
The price prescription Post-GST, we need a more targeted taxation and retail policy on tobacco products India is the...
Budget 2018 will be Modi govt’s biggest challenge in 4 years. Here’s why
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, Budget, India Council, 0Budget 2018 will be Modi govt’s biggest challenge in 4 years. Here’s why Unlike most countries, budgets are usually...
Dr. Amit Kapoor shared his insights at the State of the Economy series on January 11, 2018 on...
India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world that has grown at a rate of above...
Aaj Savera – Interaction with DD Anchor Nidhi Kumar
amitkapoor, , Cities, Interview, Media, News & Coverage, Shared Value, Social Progress, Strategy, 0Dr. Amit Kapoor in conversation with DD National Anchor Nidhi Kumar. The program was aired on January 8,...
FSSAI not a Lone Ranger, states have to complement it
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, 0In the same week as a Delhi court acquitted all the accused in the 2G fiasco, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), which had a...
India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world that has grown at a rate of above...
The new year is upon us. It has been 17 years into the 21st century and if one word...
The new year is upon us. It has been 17 years into the 21st century and if one word...
This is the ninth year for the release of the State Competitiveness Report. The report looks at an...
<a href=’#’><img alt=’MOC ‘ src=’https://public.tableau.com/static/images/SC/SCR_Tool/MOC/1_rss.png’ style=’border: none’ /></a> Creativity is gaining attention as an important driver for economic growth...
Rocky ride for the economy in 2017 It has been almost a decade since the world underwent a litany...
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Tapping Into the Evolving Telecom Sector
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, Telecom, 0Tapping Into the Evolving Telecom Sector The Indian telecom industry is passing through complex times. It has been almost two decades since the Atal...
Shared Value Summit 2017 discusses on how to imbibe the spirit of inclusivity in the business models
amitkapoor, , Press Release, Shared Value, 0Shared Value Summit 2017 discusses on how to imbibe the spirit of inclusivity in the business models Shared Value...
Dr.Amit Kapoor shared his views on “Developing Digital Workforce” at the Digital India Summit, a flagship event of...
Dr. Amit Kapoor shared his insights at the Global Economic Outlook series on December 13, 2017 on Lok...
Strengthening Livelihoods of the Poor: Role of Private Sector
amitkapoor, , Shared Value, Speaking, 0Dr. Kapoor shared his views on Strengthening Livelihoods of the Poor: Role of Private Sector at the Livelihoods Asia Summit...
It’s best to steer clear of Bitcoins lest the bubble bursts
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, 0It’s best to steer clear of Bitcoins lest the bubble bursts It is impossible to make sense of the...
Creativity is gaining recognition as an important tool for understanding the economic growth and prosperity of a particular region...
Bad news for Modi? Bleak prospects for Indian economy for next few quarters
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, 0Bad news for Modi? Bleak prospects for Indian economy for next few quarters The much-awaited second quarter gross domestic...
Consumer Protection Act: A Reform In Limbo The Bill includes quite a few forward-looking, innovative measures that will go...
Tobacco consumption: Why bidi, not cigarette, is bigger challenge for India
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, 0Tobacco consumption: Why bidi, not cigarette, is bigger challenge for India It seems like a good time for India...
‘Padmavati’ protests much ado about nothing? It’s that time of the year again when our sentiments are hurt, and...
Dr. Amit Kapoor was a part of the Round Table Discussion on “Unlocking India’s Mineral Wealth: Policy Priorities”...
Dr. Amit Kapoor shared his views at a high level panel on “Understanding the nature of the ‘Tragedies...
Graded measures, not knee-jerk reactions needed against air pollution
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, 0“Delhi is a wakeup call for the world on air pollution. It clearly tells us that unless decisive actions are...
Plotting Social Progress We need a cohesive measure of social progress in individual States The accomplishments of modern India...
Is Doing Business Really Easy? Modi’s efforts in building India’s global appeal to investors seems to have finally yielded...
Dr. Amit Kapoor sharing his views on the #SocialProgressIndex of States of India at the India Development Debate |...
Dr. Amit Kapoor moderated a session at an interactive workshop, entitled ‘Diversity and Inclusion’, organised by The High Commission...
World markets ripe for the taking, but where is India’s strategy?
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, Strategy, 0World markets ripe for the taking, but where is India’s strategy? In an expected and welcome turn of events,...
Economic growth doesn’t guarantee social progress
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, Social Progress, 0Economic growth doesn’t guarantee social progress Since the recent growth figures disclosing the deceleration in the Gross Domestic Product...
Dr. Amit Kapoor sharing his views on CNBC TV 18 on the release of Social Progress Index: States of...
In 2014 Institute for Competitiveness, India joined hands with Social Progress Imperative to lay the foundation for their...
India’s states should track and act on social parameters
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, Social Progress, 0India’s states should track and act on social parameters Political conversations across the country in the last few weeks...
Social Progress India launches Social Progress Index: States of India 2017
amitkapoor, , Press Release, Social Progress, 0New Delhi, India / 25th October 2017 Highlights: The study released by Institute for Competitiveness, India in collaboration with...
Government should wake up to scourge of illegal LEDs
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, 0Government should wake up to scourge of illegal LEDs The Indian LED lighting industry is going through a boom...
The real reason why Modi is struggling to find a fix for India’s job crises
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, 0The 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
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, 0India’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
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, 0India 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
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, 0Fiscal 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?
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, 0Can BRICS credit rating agency ever take off? The BRICS Summit was largely an uneventful affair this year. Apart...
Economic Issues Will Have a Decisive Say in 2019 General Elections
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, 0It 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...
Scaling up core micronutrient interventions: It’s $12 bn vs $574 mn
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, Healthcare, India Council, 0Buzz 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...
India needs to holistically tackle child malnutrition
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, Healthcare, India Council, 0It is no secret that India has had an appalling record in keeping her children healthy. It is no...
Remember the debilitating crisis of 2008? Something scarier is heading your way
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, 0It has been a decade since the biggest financial crisis in living memory swept the globe. In a run...
JSW Steel: Shared Value at Vijayanagar Steel Plant (Harvard Business Publishing)
amitkapoor, , Cases, Shared Value, 0By 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...
Not just a boardroom battle: Here are the real reasons behind the Infosys crisis
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, 0Infosys is yet again in the news for all the wrong reasons. The poster child of the Indian IT industry just...
India’s social advancement dependent on rise in productivity
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, 0The Indian rupee has been on a rising spree this year. Beginning from historical lows back in December-January, when...
Need of The Hour is to Keep Core of Infosys Intact
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, 0Dr. Vishal Sikka’s exit from Infosys seems to have been accentuated by the streak of comments made by co-founder...
Shared Value an important lever in Prime Minister’s Vision of New India 2022
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, Shared Value, 0On the 75th anniversary of the Quit India movement, The Prime Minister urged the citizens to create a new...