Category: Business

  • Covid crisis underlines pressing need for multilateral institution reforms

    Covid crisis underlines pressing need for multilateral institution reforms

    The Covid crisis, the biggest global challenge this century, has focused attention on the weaknesses of global bodies mandated to deal with international crises. This should serve as a wake-up call for the world to begin the long-delayed process of reforming the UN and other multilateral bodies by placing technology…

  • Immigration policies will play a big role if US, UK are to maintain global leadership

    Immigration policies will play a big role if US, UK are to maintain global leadership

    The White House wants to comprehensively overhaul US immigration rules even as the UK and India are negotiating a Migration and Mobility Partnership Agreement for a more seamless flow of talent between India and Britain. Countries that have the smartest immigration policies stand to benefit most in the emerging world…

  • Quad cooperation on rare earths could decide winner of technological race

    Quad cooperation on rare earths could decide winner of technological race

    The world has belatedly woken up to the strategic potential of rare earth metals and the leverage China’s dominance over this sector gives it. The Indo-Australian bilateral strategic partnership on rare earths could provide a template for cooperation between the Quad members, writes India Inc Founder and CEO Manoj Ladwa…

  • The time for dithering over China is over

    The time for dithering over China is over

    The Endless Frontiers Act being proposed in the US takes the Modi government’s own decisions to stand up to China’s strong arm tactics one step forward. Other democracies like the UK, the EU, Japan and Korea must join forces to outcompete China. If they don’t, we might end up in…

  • It can’t be business as usual with China

    It can’t be business as usual with China

    China has not been transparent about its handling of COVID-19, and now is clandestinely profiteering while the rest of the world struggles to cope. This is not the sort of responsible behaviour we expect of a world power, writes India Inc. Group Founder and CEO Manoj Ladwa. [fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=””…

  • Time to raise our game on gender balance

    Time to raise our game on gender balance

    India Inc. Founder and CEO Manoj Ladwa reflects on the imperative for gender equality in leadership and the need to walk the talk on International Women’s Day. As I was walking through Dubai Airport this week, I was startled by a Standard Chartered advertisement which pointed out that only 6.6 per…

  • Theatre of the absurd: India’s telecom sector

    Theatre of the absurd: India’s telecom sector

    All stakeholders are to blame for the mess India’s telecom companies find themselves in, and it’s damaging India’s efforts to project an investor friendly image abroad, writes India Inc. Founder and CEO Manoj Ladwa. [fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_spacing=”” rule_style=”custom” rule_size=”” rule_color=”” backgroundcolor=”#d7d7d7″ class=”” ]Highlights: India’s Department of Telecommunications’ unreasonable demand…

  • Don’t cloud Modi’s progressive agenda

    Don’t cloud Modi’s progressive agenda

    The shrill debate around the Indian government’s recent decisions on Kashmir and citizenship has clouded a slew of measures that reflect a broader, more progressive social and economic narrative, writes India Inc. Founder and CEO Manoj Ladwa. If you read much of the media coverage on India these days, you…

  • Coronavirus outbreak: India offers Global Inc. an alternative

    Coronavirus outbreak: India offers Global Inc. an alternative

    The coronavirus crisis should nudge the world towards some quick thinking to de-risk and diversify its bets, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. It’s official: the coronavirus outbreak in China is the world’s first “global health emergency” in this new era of major power rivalry. Besides the obvious…

  • The next Brexit chapter: Trust and trade

    The next Brexit chapter: Trust and trade

    India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa looks back at the long and arduous journey of the UK’s exit from the European Union (EU), through some iconic ‘India Global Business’ front covers since 2016, and weighs up the UK’s very own tryst with destiny. [fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_spacing=”” rule_style=”custom” rule_size=””…