India de Manmohan Malhoutra

India: The Next Decade

Manmohan Malhoutra

Exploring India’s growing global importance, this in-depth study examines the political, economic, and social factors in a variety of ways. Coupling lively discussion with background essays contributed by more than 40 prominent people from different spheres of life—including distinguished scholars, well-known social commentators, top journalists, eminent economists, corporate leaders, and veteran policymakers and administrators—this volume offers a wide perspective on the democracy, economy, and society of an ever-evolving nation.

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Secretary-General of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation since 2001. Moni Malhoutra was formerly Assistant Secretary-General of the Commonwealth (1982-93) and a member of the Board of Directors of International IDEA the Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, Stockholm from 1996 to 2003. Educated in Delhi and Oxford, he was a member of the Indian Administrative Service from 1961 to 1978 and served in the Secretariat of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi from 1966 to 1973. He then moved to London to the Commonwealth Secretariat, where he played a leading role in Commonwealth efforts to end apartheid in South Africa.Contributors include:Ahmad, Aijaz Prof. Aijaz Ahmad currently holds the Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Chair at Jamia Millia, New Delhi, and serves as the Senior Editorial consultant for Frontline, Chennai. He has previously held the Rajiv Gandhi Chair at Jawaharlal Nehru University and was a Professorial Fellow at Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Teen Murti House. Some of his books are: In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures (London ߢNew Delhi), Lineages of the Present: Ideology and Politics in South Asia (London ߢDelhi), and Afghanistan, Iraq and the Imperialism of Our Time (Delhi).Banga, Manvinder Singh (Vindi) Manvinder Singh (Vindi) Banga is currently the Business Group President for Unilever's Home and Personal Care (HPC) business in Asia. In addition to his role as Business Group President of Asia, Vindi is also the Chairman of Hindustan Lever Ltd., India's largest consumer goods company with sales of over Rs 10,000 crores. Hindustan Lever employs over 41,000 people and is one of India's highest valued companies. Vindi is actively involved on the Boards and Managing Committees of many trade and non-trade bodies including CII, Assocham, IIM Ahmedabad and Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. He is a member of the Wharton Asia and International Boards, the India advisory panel to International Enterprise, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore and the Prime Minister's Council on Trade ߢIndustry, Govt. of India. Vindi is also a Director on the Board of Maruti Udyog, India largest car company. He is 49 years old, married with two sons and enjoys swimming ߢgolf.Benegal, Shyam One of the pioneers of the new cinema in India, Shyam Benegal has been considered one of the leading film-makers of the country ever since his first feature film, Ankur was released. His films have been seen and acclaimed widely in India and at International film festivals for the last three decades. He has also made a number of documentaries on different subjects while his work on television consists of several popular series based on national and international stories and includes the mammoth 53 part series on the history of India based on Jawaharlal Nehru's book Discovery of India. He has also made an extra-mural educational series for rural children sponsored by UNICEF.Shyam Benegal taught mass-communication techniques between 1966 and 1973 and later took an active role in shaping film education as Chairman of the Film Television Institute of India during 1980-83 and 1989-92.Shyam Benegal was part of the National Integration Council (1986-89) and the National Council of Art. The Government of India has conferred on him two of its most prestigious awards - Padma Shri (1976) And Padma Bhushan (1991).Bery, Suman K. Suman K. Bery is the current Director General of the National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi. He assumed this position on January 1, 2001.Prior to this assignment, he was Lead Economist at the World Bank in Washington, D.C., USA. Between 1992 and 1994 Mr. Bery held the position of Special Consultant to the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, based in Mumbai. After schooling in India and the U.K., Mr. Bery gradua

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