Meet on India to bring business leaders, policy makers to NY

Prominent business leaders and policy makers from India will offer an insight into how they think the country's "new destiny" can be shaped during a conference at the prestigious Columbia Business School here.
The 13th Annual India Business Conference will be held on April 8 at Columbia University. The theme for this year's conference is 'Route to Resurgence: Shaping India's New Destiny'.
"After 25 years of economic liberalisation, India as a nation has finally realised that the ingenuity of its entrepreneurs and the market potential of its billion plus people are the keys to its prosperity," the organisers said on the conference's website.

"With one of the largest number of start-ups in the world, today's India is thriving with opportunities and its lure is hard to ignore. The India of today is more confident and knows that it holds the key to its destiny," they said.
They added that this shift in thinking, despite India's many problems, is one of the most interesting ideas to explore and has implications not just for India but also for those who wish to do business in the country.
Amrinder Singh Chawla, assistant vice president of the South Asia Business Association that hosts the conference, said this year's conference is crucial "considering the recent major changes in the political and economic landscape of India owing to 2017 assembly elections and demonetization".

The conference will include keynote speeches by Partner and Head of Digital Finance at Goldman Sachs Harit Talwar, Former Chief Election Commissioner of India S Y Quraishi and University Professor of Economics and Law at Columbia University Jagdish Bhagwati.

The day-long conference will feature three panels on 'Rethinking Business Models for an Emerging India', 'The Transformation of Indian Entertainment Industry' and 'The Rise & Rise of Investments in India'.
The panels will include speakers such as Country Head - US Operations for State Bank of India Padmaja Chunduru, Resident Director, Tata Sons (North America) James Shapiro, Head of Growth and Data Sciences at online music streaming portal Saavn, Co-founder of South Asians in Sports Neha Uberoi and Head of Strategy, Connected Car Division, HARMAN International Roopa Unnikrishnan.

The annual conference is hosted by the South Asia Business Association at Columbia Business School and has brought together business leaders, politicians, policy makers and opinion shapers to share their thoughts on challenges and opportunities inherent in the Indian political and democratic system, the organisers said.