A Roundup of Industry Reactions As an entrepreneur and someone who has also been actively involved in exports to the USA for several decades, and more recently in manufacturing too, I have seen first-hand how trade policies shape businesses. US President Donald Trump recently announced sweeping tariff changes that has left many in the global …
Opportunities, Challenges, and the Road Ahead I had the privilege of studying in the United States in the early 1990s, and subsequently worked there for a few years. Over the past three decades, I’ve been actively engaged in business with USA, building a strong professional connection. In addition, my longstanding involvement with the Indo-American Chamber …
With an apparent slowing down of the Indian IT Majors over the past few years, one wonders where the era of third party outsourcing is headed. The story began in the late 1980s when Texas Instruments (TI) set the stage for outsourcing in the country. It marked the commencement of India’s outstanding journey towards becoming …
Where are we now and where should we be headed? As a precursor to the recently concluded G20 summit, the business forum B20 provided valuable inputs to the leadership to consider. Financial inclusion has been recognized as an enabler for 7 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The G20 has committed to advance financial inclusion …
Time for a post-pandemic economic reset Back in January 2020, when a medical student from Wuhan university tested positive for coronavirus and became India’s first Covid-19 patient, little did we know what lay ahead of us and the implications it would have on our economy. After two long years, the world now seems to be …