University Conferences
Bilateral trade between India and the US reached $41.75 billion in 2007-08. And India exported about $24 billion in IT, ITES, research and development and Engineering services to the United States in 2007.
What will India’s widening role as a key shaper of the world economy mean to the global marketplace? Business leaders, politicians and economists from India and elsewhere will take up that question as they gather at America’s most prestigious universities for a series of conferences co-sponsored by the Alliance for US India Business.
The conferences include:
- “The Indian Growth Story: Sleeping Elephant or Roaring Tiger,” a March 15 event at HarvardBusinessSchool where students, businessmen and corporate officials will discuss the benefits and challenges of conducting business in India. The conference will also include panel discussions featuring prominent Indian business leaders, as well as keynote addresses from Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns, chief U.S. negotiator of the recent US-India bilateral accord on civil nuclear cooperation; and TP Chopra, CEO of General Electric India. More information can be obtained at www.hbsindiaconference.com, or by contacting Lavanya Anantharaman at Lanantharaman@mba2009.hbs.edu This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .
- “India: The Road Ahead,” a forum scheduled for March 21, 2009 at Wharton Business at which professionals, alumni, faculty and students will discuss “the unprecedented opportunities that lie in India’s way and the challenges that need to be addressed to realize these opportunities.” The event includes nine panels covering everything from investing in India to entrepreneurship to tourism to the film industry. Participants can register at http://whartonindia.org
- The Duke India Business Forum, an event scheduled for March 22, 2009 at Duke University featuring sessions on health care, entrepreneurship, marketing in India, achieving growth through environmentally friendly and ethical business practices and Indian innovation, among other topics. More information is available at http://www.dukeibf.com/DukeIBF/Home.html
- A half-day conference scheduled for April 3, 2009 at the Yale School of Management focusing on opportunities and challenges faced by foreign investors, and on how the world financial crisis has impacted India’s economy. Panels will include leading entrepreneurs, policymakers and business leaders from both the US and India. More information is available at:http://students.som.yale.edu/clubs/SABF/conference2009/index.html
- “India: Rising to the Challenge,” a conference scheduled for April 10, 2009 at Columbia University examining how the emerging world will look to India and China for guidance in maintaining consumer driven growth at a time of economic crisis. The forum will focus on the challenges in producing such growth, as well as the benefits for those involved. Anyone seeking information should go to www.cbsibc.com
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