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Ideas beyond GDP.
Dr. Amit Kapoor was a part of the sixth virtual meeting on “Beyond GDP Sprint 2023” on September 21,...
Dr. Amit Kapoor delivered the address on “Beyond GDP” at the UN General Assembly in Newyork on April 17,...
Report on Social Progress Index: States and Districts of India
amitkapoor, , Report, Social Progress, 0The report was released at an event organised at the Jawahar Lal Museum Library (Seminar Room) on December 20,...
Social Progress Index (SPI) for States and Districts received by EAC-PM, released today
amitkapoor, , 2022, Press Release, Social Progress, 0Puducherry, Lakshadweep, and Goa emerge as best-performing states; and Aizawl (Mizoram), Solan (Himachal Pradesh), and Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) are...
EAC-PM to release the Social Progress Index (SPI) for states and districts
amitkapoor, , Press Release, Press Release, 0EAC-PM EAC-PM to release the Social Progress Index (SPI) for states and districts Posted On: 15 DEC 2022 5:19PM...
Covid 19: Vulnerabilities and Priorities
amitkapoor, , Covid 19, Social Progress, Speaking, States, 0Covid-19 is an unprecedented crisis with ripple effects on virtually every aspect of society. At stake is not just...
Covid 19: Vulnerability Index- Mapping for the Indian States
amitkapoor, , Covid 19, Report, Shared Value, Social Progress, 0The Institute for Competitiveness, released the Vulnerability Index: The Mapping for Indian States 2020. Himachal Pradesh is the most vulnerable...
Look Beyond GDP to Measure Prosperity, Urges Amit Kapoor
amitkapoor, , Articles, India Council, News & Coverage, Social Progress, 0When economists, policymakers, and media commentators discuss growth or compare living standards across countries, they typically turn to a...
Competitiveness, Economic Development and Strategy: Going Beyond GDP as Measure of Human Well Being
amitkapoor, , Social Progress, Speaking, 0We need alternative metrics to complement GDP in order to get a more comprehensive view of development and ensure...
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...
Institute for Competitiveness released the Child Progress Index at the India’s National Competitiveness Forum & #PorterPrize 2019 on October 17...
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,...
The article was published with Harvard Business Review on October 4, 2019.
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...
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...
Measuring Child Progress A society’s future is inextricably intertwined with its children. How they survive, grow and thrive determine...
Economics of Child Progress In any society, children of today shape the future of tomorrow. The development prospects of...
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...
Successful partnerships are a critical component in achieving the SDGs. However, partnerships have multifaceted challenges. This panel will focus on...
India’s economic growth not inclusive enough, inequality rises
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, Social Progress, 0India’s economic growth not inclusive enough, inequality rises The Indian growth story has been far from perfect. That is...
Smart cities not about sensors, they are about PPPP
amitkapoor, , Cities, Media, News & Coverage, Social Progress, Speaking, 0Dr. Amit Kapoor’s coverage of the talk delivered at the Smart City Expo India held in Jaipur on September...
Driving the digital transformation of local governments
amitkapoor, , Cities, Social Progress, Speaking, 0Dr. Amit Kapoor shared his views at the Smart City Expo in Jaipur on September 26, 2018. The seeing...
India improves by 2.29 points on the SocialProgress Index in the last five years
amitkapoor, , Articles, Press Release, Social Progress, 0News Release: India improves by 2.29 points on the SocialProgress Index in the last five years September 21, 2018...
Dr. Amit Kapoor outlined the objectives of the CSR Mapping Initiative at the 43rd Anniversary Annual General Meeting &...
The great divide: How inclusive growth still eludes India
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, Social Progress, 0The great divide: How inclusive growth still eludes India Inequality and lack of access to public goods and services...
Long road ahead to ending hunger, malnutrition
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, Social Progress, 0Long road ahead to ending hunger, malnutrition The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) incorporate zero hunger as one of the 17 targets to...
Dr. Amit Kapoor shared his views at the High Level Political Forum side event at UN on July...
How to push India’s competitiveness
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, competitiveness, India Council, Social Progress, 0How to push India’s competitiveness Social and economic progress are the two pillars on which a country’s competitiveness stands...
The study analyses social progress of 637 districts from 33 states and Union Territoriesby applying the Social Progress Index...
Sustainability Reporting Frameworks: Experience of Companies
amitkapoor, , Social Progress, Speaking, Sustainability, 0In the lead up to World Environment Day 2018, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of...
Social Progress India launches Social Progress Index: Districts of India 2018
amitkapoor, , Social Progress, 0News Release: 2018 Social Progress Index: Districts of India Editor’s Notes: The complete 2018 Social Progress Index: Districts of...
News Release: 2018 Social Progress Index: Districts of India Editor’s Notes: The complete 2018 Social Progress Index: Districts of...
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...
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,...
Dr. Amit Kapoor shared his views at a high level panel on “Understanding the nature of the ‘Tragedies...
Plotting Social Progress We need a cohesive measure of social progress in individual States The accomplishments of modern India...
Dr. Amit Kapoor sharing his views on the #SocialProgressIndex of States of India at the India Development Debate |...
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...
Dr. Amit Kapoor shared his views on Social Progress Index and Data Driven Governance at the Global Progress 2017 in...
The discussion paper relates to the social progress of 28 Indian states & 1 Union territory and is...
Social Progress Index: India’s quality of life improves, but scores low on communication, environment
amitkapoor, , Articles, Social Progress, 0The measurement of quality of life is critical to understand whether economic growth is fostering social development across the...
Michael E. Porter, Professor Harvard Business School coming to India in May, 2017
amitkapoor, , Porter Prize, Press Release, Press Release, Shared Value, Social Progress, 0Source: Institute for Competitiveness New Delhi, Monday, May 1, 2017 12:00 PM Institute for Competitiveness, India is hosting Michael...
Dr. Amit Kapoor shared his views on Social Progress at the Hero Mind Mine Summit 2017 on April 20...
Amidst all the celebratory din on the clearing of the GST bill, the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment...
India is among the underperformers on access to Information and Communications Technology One of the parameters of assessing societal...
Gross domestic product (GDP) has established itself as a de-facto standard for measuring the economic performance of nations over...
India needs to up its social development indices
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, India Council, Social Progress, 0Social development and environmental concerns are often not accorded the attention they deserve in public policy discourse. The reason...
India makes it to top 100 countries in Social Progress Index
amitkapoor, , Articles, India Council, Social Progress, 0In the recently released Social Progress Report for 2016 by the Social Progress Imperative, a non-profit organization based in...
In the early 1930s a need was felt to capture all economic transactions by individuals, companies, and the government...
India lags in social progress and tolerance
amitkapoor, , Active Voice, Articles, Social Progress, 0For decades, Gross Domestic Product has been used to evaluate the economic performance of a nation. It measures the...
GDP has dominated as a measure of national performance over the large part of last hundred years though an...