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| The proposed theme for the 4th Annual India Business Forum is “India – More than Just An IT Story” |
| India has moved on from being just an IT success story. The IT & ITES success has clearly played an important role in putting India on the world economy map and is well documented. Now India faces the challenge as well as the opportunity to repeat this success story over a broader spectrum spanning manufacturing, knowledge based services, entertainment, research and development – to name a few. |
| The Economist ranks India 3rd on the FDI confidence index and second as a location for manufacturing investment. However, investment and India is today not just one way traffic anymore. Indian entrepreneurs are increasingly investing capital and resources in the developed world via cross border acquisitions and grassroots investment. |
| This year’s IBF Conference aims to provide a magnified view on the emerging Indian sectors of Retail, Real Estate and Pharmaceuticals and bring you in contact with successful Indian entrepreneurs that are leading India’s continuing evolution into an engine of economic growth, which shall together with China, drive the global economy in the years to come. |
| Confirmed Keynote Addresses |
Prof Raghuram Rajan - Economic Counselor and Director of Research, International Monetary Fund
Mr Yashwant Sinha - Former Finance and Foreign minister of India
Sir David Wright - Vice Chairman, Barclays Capital |
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| Keynote Discussion |
Mr M. Damodaran - Chairman, The Securities and Exchange Board of India
Mr Jerker Johansson - Co-Head, Institutional Sales & Trading, Morgan Stanley |
| Panel Discussions |
Theme: India's elevation the third position in The Economist's FDI confidence index to provide the context of the panel discussion. The Indian equity markets have been a major destination for these heavy FDI inflows into India. This panel will aim to debate the issues surrounding capital inflows into India, progress achieved to date and future plans surrounding the regulatory environment governing capital flows and foreign direct investment in the Indian equity capital markets
The panelists that have confirmed their participation are:
Theme: "Advantage India to Indian Advantage: Indian companies had flourished under the previous patent regime that resulted in creation of an extremely competitive manufacturing base and associated with enviable research skills. Today global buyers are back on the Indian map wanting to eagerly establish supply chains from late life cycle to even early stage discovery supplies. This coupled with the existing edge in clinical trials offer a compelling reason to be in India for pharmaceutical players."
The panelists that have confirmed their participation are:
- Dr Karel De Bruijn - Head of Global Services, Novartis AG
- Mr Habil Khorakiwala - Chairman Wockhardt
- Mr S Abhaya Kumar - Joint Managing Director, Shasun Chemicals & Drugs Ltd
- Mr GV Prasad - Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd
- Sajjan Jindal, Head, JSW Group
- Mr P. Puranam - Assistant Professor, Strategy, Innovation and International Management, London Business School
Theme: "Liberalisation of the Indian Retail and Real Estate Sectors - The Why and the How? The Indian Retail sector is estimated at around $180 billion, and is growing at 20% per annum. More importantly, organized retail is expected to grow from 2% in 2001 to 20% by 2005 end. This has and is expected to fuel a boom in the real estate market.
With the Indian Government mulling a phased liberalization of these two sectors, this panel aims to provide a nuts and bolts view on what is presently happening in the Indian Retail and Real Estate space and debate on present and proposed policy issues."
The panelists that have confirmed their participation are:
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