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Investing in India: The Maturation Process, What's Next?
The panel will review the explosive growth of PE and capital allocation in the Indian market in recent years. The panel will discuss the slow momentum in the Indian buyout industry and examine access to quality talent both on the investment and operational ends and debate the most attractive sectors for investment.
Speakers:
- Zubin Dubash - India Region Head, Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity
- Heramb Hajarnavis - Principal Investments Area, Goldman Sachs
- Ranjit Pandit - Managing Director, General Atlantic Partners LLC
Moderator:
Sri Rajan - Partner, Head, Bain & Company's India Private Equity Practice
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India's New Mandate: Addressing the Health Care Paradox
This panel aims to assess the policy, economics and the gaps in Healthcare production and delivery in India. Within a broad macroeconomic framework, panelists will discuss nationwide access to hospitals and doctors, rural health care infrastructure, availability of outpatient care and rehabilitation, and medical tourism. The panel ultimately endeavors to answer the question of how India's rapid economic growth can foster improvements in healthcare both domestically and globally.
Speakers:
- Rajiv Gulati - Director, India-China Strategy, Corporate Strategic Planning, Eli Lilly and Company
- Dr. Prakash Khubchandani - Founder and Managing Director, KrimsonHealth
- Suneeta Reddy - Director-Finance, Apollo Hospital Enterprises, Ltd.
- Ramesh Srinivasan - Partner, McKinsey & Company
Moderator:
Bhaven Sampat - Assistant Professor, Columbia University
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Retail & Consumer Technology: Selling to the New Indian Consumer
This panel examines selling to the Indian consumer. How must we understand the change in the Indian consumer's spending habits? Have foreign and Indian firms reacted to these changes and the ever burgeoning middle class consumer base? What strategies are going to work, moving forward? How does the government fit into the picture? How does the distinctive Indian market, with its unique income distribution across age groups, along with the cultural and social differences across geography and class, influence company strategies?
Speakers:
- Sunil Dutt - Country Head, Samsung Mobile India
- Rajeev Karwal - Founder and CEO, Milagrow Business and Knowledge Solutions
- V. Ramachandran - Director Sales & Marketing, LG Electronics India Pvt. Ltd
- Arvind Singhal - Chairman, Technopak
Moderator:
Erin Armendinger - Managing Director, Jay H. Baker Retailing Initiative, The Wharton School
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India's Underprivileged Majority: The Real Development Story
This panel aims to understand the dichotomy that is India. How is it that it continues to remain an underdeveloped country while having the fourth largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity? What explains this paradox? We aim to explore the reasons behind the widening gap between India’s rising middle class and its underprivileged majority and examine possible measures that can be taken to alleviate the situation.
Speakers:
- Vikram Akula - CEO and Founder, SKS Microfinance
- Shanta Devarajan - Chief Economist, World Bank's South Asia Region
- Ravi Kuchimanchi - Founder, Association for India's Development (AID)
- Indira Rajan - Chairperson & Managing Director, Minerva Group of Educational Institutions
Moderator:
Ramu Damodaran - Chief of the Civil Society Service, Outreach Division, United Nations Department of Public Information
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The Indian Diaspora
The Indian Diaspora's continued achievements in science, cinema, business and politics in the international arena are an important contribution to India's growth. This panel will attempt to understand the Diaspora's expectations from India in order for its participation in India's growth story to be greater.
Speakers:
- Neelam Deo - Consul General of India, New York
- Zarin Mehta - President and Executive Director, New York Philharmonic
- Sanjay Puri - Chairman, U.S. India Political Action Committee (USINPAC)
- Vivek Wadhwa - Fellow, Labor and Worklife Program, Harvard Law School & Executive in Residence/Adjunct Professor, Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University
Moderator:
Shibani Joshi - Reporter, FOX Business Network
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Infrastructure: Opening the Floodgates
Infrastructure in India has witnessed explosive growth over the past few years. This panel will address the commercial viability of building infrastructure, the role of FDI in this sector and also focus on investments in non-cosmopolitan regions.
Speakers:
- Anil Baijal - Senior Advisor, IDFC
- Nasser Munjee - Chairman, Development Credit Bank Ltd.
- G.V. Sanjay Reddy - Vice Chairman, GVK Industries Ltd.
Moderator:
Vikram Limaye - Executive Director, IDFC
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