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  • Despite the headwinds India’s global march will continue

    The year that began with lots of hope is drawing to a close on a note of concern and some cautious optimism. In between, there was shock, some not so pleasant surprises and renewed promise of a better future. It’s always a huge risk to pre-judge history but I think…

  • 2016: Year of the Disruptors

    2016: Year of the Disruptors

    India Inc. CEO Manoj Ladwa looks back at the year gone by to weigh up its many disruptions and how they may not all be necessarily damaging. When one looks back at 2016 from the vantage point of the coming year, one will be forgiven, with the benefit of hindsight,…

  • Go Global to be mantra for Indian companies in 2017

    Go Global to be mantra for Indian companies in 2017

    India Inc. CEO Manoj Ladwa weighs up why now is the right time for Indian firms to further plug into the global supply chain and generate thousands of jobs.  Indian businesses have, over the last decade, emerged as a major source of foreign direct investment (FDI) in many countries around…

  • Trumponomics: How Will Trump’s Presidency Impact India?

    Trumponomics: How Will Trump’s Presidency Impact India?

    If candidate donald Trump set the cat among the pigeons in India’s policy circles, President-elect Trump still hasn’t allayed all the anxieties he stirred during his election campaign. The question many analysts are asking is: How will Trump’s presidency impact India? There are no clear answers yet, despite his avowed…

  • India's bold political gamble will pay off

    India's bold political gamble will pay off

    PM Modi senses the country is united behind him on his bold move, writes India Inc. CEO Manoj Ladwa. If the Opposition is right, then the Narendra Modi government’s decision to demonetise Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes is nothing short of an economic calamity of proportions never encountered before.…

  • India’s economic jigsaw falling into place

    India’s economic jigsaw falling into place

    The cogs of growth are now mostly in place. The Narendra Modi government, which came to power on the promise of transforming the Indian economy, has, over the past two and a half years, made several important structural changes that should begin to show results over the coming quarters. It…

  • Making Brand India more bankable

    Making Brand India more bankable

    The Indian government’s shock demonetisation move is great news for investors waiting for India’s jump on the global transparency scales, says India Inc. CEO Manoj Ladwa. India just became a much easier place to do business in. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s shock announcement of the withdrawal – or demonetisation –…

  • Impact on India-US relations

    Impact on India-US relations

    Initial reaction to the election of President Trump and its impact on India-US relations. Catch @szarabi discuss the govt’s demonetisation move and U.S. election outcome with @manojladwa & Lalit Mansingh pic.twitter.com/HZycLd9Zj3 — BTVI Live (@BTVI) November 9, 2016

  • Questions Theresa May must answer

    Questions Theresa May must answer

    Days before Theresa May lands in India for her visit as British Prime Minister, India Inc. CEO Manoj Ladwa flags up some very crucial questions she must answer.  British Prime Minister Theresa May has chosen New Delhi as the first foreign capital she will visit outside Europe since taking office in July. Coming…

  • Hillary will be (just) a safer bet for India

    Hillary will be (just) a safer bet for India

    So Donald Trump “is a big fan of India and a big fan of Hindu (sic)”; is he? At a gathering of about 5,000 American Indians at New Jersey’s Raritan Center, addressing what was probably the first country-specific ethno-religious rally by a US presidential hopeful, the Republican candidate promised a “phenomenal future”…