Naushad Forbes
 "Naushad Forbes")
Naushad Forbes
Naushad Forbes is the Co-Chairman of Forbes Marshall, India's leading Steam Engineering and Control Instrumentation firm, and leads the the steam engineering companies within the group. He is also chairman of the Ananta Aspen Centre, and the Centre for Technology, Innovation and Economic Research (CTIER). He was a lecturer and consulting Professor at Stanford University from 1987 to 2004. He received his Bachelor's, Master's and Ph.D from Stanford University. Dr Forbes is also on the boards of several educational institutions and public companies, and has long been an active member of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and was its president during 2016-17.
Naushad Forbes is the Co-Chairman of Forbes Marshall, India's leading Steam Engineering and Control Instrumentation firm, and leads the the steam engineering companies within the group. He is also chairman of the Ananta Aspen Centre, and the Centre for Technology, Innovation and Economic Research (CTIER). He was a lecturer and consulting Professor at Stanford University from 1987 to 2004. He received his Bachelor's, Master's and Ph.D from Stanford University. Dr Forbes is also on the boards of several educational institutions and public companies, and has long been an active member of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and was its president during 2016-17.
Naushad Forbes
Why creative destruction is essential to India's long-term economic rise
Nobel economics insights show how innovation, institutions and creative destruction drive long-run growth, offering key lessons for India's development goals by 2047
 "Why creative destruction is essential to India's long-term economic rise")
India must learn from Japan to win the economic war with Donald Trump
Our own negotiations have so far come to nought. We face amongst the highest tariffs of any country. Mr Trump has supplemented his tariffs with claims and threats
 "India must learn from Japan to win the economic war with Donald Trump")
RDI scheme should fund firms that can deepen R&D, have absorptive capacity
The RDI Scheme should fund firms with adequate absorptive capacity - but which firms and how will be key
 "RDI scheme should fund firms that can deepen R&D, have absorptive capacity")
Trade and Trump: Time to counter tariffs with global cooperation
Mr Trump thrives on uncertainty; he likes to keep the world agog, guessing what comes next
 "Trade and Trump: Time to counter tariffs with global cooperation")
Three wishes for 2025: Tech innovation, reforms, and idea-driven politics
Industry must invest in technology and international sales, economic policy must focus on structural change and productivity, and politics on ideas
 "Three wishes for 2025: Tech innovation, reforms, and idea-driven politics")
Diversifying global leadership: India's opportunity in a US+1 strategy
As the world diversifies its geo-economic reliance on one country, we should also diversify our geopolitical reliance on a single nation
 "Diversifying global leadership: India's opportunity in a US+1 strategy")
Ratan Tata and Christopher Benninger: Champions of Indian aesthetics
The aesthetics of Ratan Tata and Christopher Benninger made India a nicer physical place
 "Ratan Tata and Christopher Benninger: Champions of Indian aesthetics")
Innovation, competition, ambition: Why Indian firms must invest more in R&D
The success story of a few dozen firms could fire Indian industry to build proprietary technology and deploy it worldwide
 "Innovation, competition, ambition: Why Indian firms must invest more in R&D")
Jobs & growth: Good news and bad news
Our potential for decades of high growth demands the creation of millions of high-quality jobs in labour-intensive industries
 "Jobs & growth: Good news and bad news")
There is another way
Strong, decisive rule is not the only way to effectiveness. Our experience since 1991 shows diffused economic and political power can deliver the goods even better
 "There is another way")
Higher education: Struggle or promise?
To realise the potential of our higher education system, policy must do less to achieve more, and reflect its diversity
 "Higher education: Struggle or promise?")
Is Narayana Murthy right?
The founder of Infosys' comment about working 70-hour weeks says productivity should be at the heart of a national debate
 "Is Narayana Murthy right?")
NRF: What research should be funded?
An effective National Research Foundation would prioritise excellence over relevance, support a wide range of projects, and stress funding millions of individual researchers
 "NRF: What research should be funded?")
NRF: A landmark initiative
National Research Foundation has the potential to transform both higher education & scientific research
 "NRF: A landmark initiative")
A national innovation system for pharma
A world-beating pharmaceutical industry built on innovation is within reach if we make the changes needed in our firms, public research and regulation
 "A national innovation system for pharma")
Towards a National Innovation System
Indian industry must see R&D as its way of building a future based on proprietary technology
 "Towards a National Innovation System")
R&D: India's missing giants
India needs some giant investors in in-house R&D. Let's start with our most successful firms
 "R&D: India's missing giants")
R&D: An inside job
For innovation to power economic growth, Indian industry must raise its investment in in-house R&D five-fold
 "R&D: An inside job")
Where is the economy headed?
The economy has recovered from Covid, but incompletely, and old problems still persist
 "Where is the economy headed?")
What should India's FTA agenda be?
No country is better placed than India to take advantage of the China+1 strategy. But first industry must believe in itself, then trade can drive the future
 "What should India's FTA agenda be?")