| Summary: Building Centres of Excellence |
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While there was confidence among the participants at the 23rd India Economic Summit, there was no complacency. India's Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram, for example, was candid in his assessment of the challenges ahead. |
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| Introduction |
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Preface
The theme of the 23rd India Economic Summit, Building Centres of Excellence, acknowledged India's remarkable achievements in creating highly competitive and innovative companies... |
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| Challenges |
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State and National Competitiveness
In recent years, India has clearly been one of the most successful economies in the world in attracting the attention of global business strategists and drawing in foreign investment... |
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Inclusive Growth
There are two types of poor in India: the millions packed into India's growing urban slums and the even greater number eking out life in its rural heartland... |
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Infrastructure Development
"The greatest challenge facing India is to build an effective, efficient, scalable and sustainable infrastructure", noted Hector de J. Ruiz, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, AMD (Advanced Micro Devices), USA; Co-Chair of the India Economic Summit... |
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Risk Management
India's boom is replete with risk. The World Economic Forum's India@Risk 2007 report outlined just six of the major global risks to the country... |
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Building Centres of Excellence in the WorkSpace
Participants looked at various innovative models that are transforming India into a centre of excellence... |
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