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Session on
“Make in India” to “Innovate in India”
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| EVENT DETAILS |
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| Friday, June 26, 2015 |
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| 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM (Registration at 10:30am onwards) |
LOCATION |
| WWF India Auditorium, 172 -B, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi – 110003 |
SPEAKER |
| Professor Soumitra Dutta, Dean and Professor of management and organizations, Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University |
| CHAIR | | Mr. A K Bhattacharya, Editor, Business Standard |
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| ABOUT THE EVENT |
Launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 25th September 2014, Make in India is an initiative of the Government of India, to encourage companies to manufacture their products in India. The major objectives of the initiative is to focus on 25 sectors of the economy for job creation and skill enhancement and to attract capital and technological investment in India. However, India needs to also look at the future – to make India an innovation destination for the world. “Make in India” should evolve into “Innovate in India”. Creator and co-author of the Global Innovation Index, Professor Soumitra Dutta will outline some of the strengths and challenges of India in the global innovation context.
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| SPEAKER | ![Soumitra Dutta 16-06-15]() | Professor Soumitra Dutta
Dean and Professor of management and organizations, Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University
Soumitra Dutta is the eleventh Dean and professor of management and organizations in the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. Prior to July 2012, he served as the Roland Berger Chaired Professor of Business and Technology at INSEAD. Dutta is the co-editor and author respectively of two influential reports in technology and innovation -- the Global Information Technology Report (co-published with the World Economic Forum) and the Global Innovation Index (co-published with the World Intellectual Property Organization). | | Both reports have been used by several governments around the world in assessing and planning their technology and innovation policies. His research has been showcased in the global media and he has received several awards including the Light of India Award ‘12 (from Times of India media group) and the Global Innovation Award ’13 (from INNOVEX in Israel). Dutta received a B.Tech. in electrical engineering and computer science from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, and an MS in business administration, an MS in computer science, and a PhD in computer science from the University of California at Berkeley. | | | | CHAIR | ![A K Bhattacharya18-06-15]() | Mr. A K Bhattacharya, Editor, Business Standard
After a 10-year long stint with Financial Express from 1978-1988, in different capacities in the areas of news gathering and news management, A.K. Bhattacharya joined The Economic Times in 1988 and functioned as its Chief of Bureau from 1990 to 1993. In 1994, became its Associate Editor. He joined The Pioneer as Executive Editor in September 1994, stabilised the newspaper before becoming its Editor in 1995. He joined Business Standard in 1996 as Editor, News Services. | | Was its Resident Editor in Mumbai from July 1996 to September 1997 and helped the newspaper launch its Mumbai edition. From October 1997 to May 1998, functioned as National Editor leading the paper's news operations. As Managing Editor of Business Standard between June 1998 and April 2000 and as its Group Managing Editor between May 2000 and October 2011, he oversaw the newspaper's news operations and editorial administration. Since November 2011, he has been the Editor of Business Standard. He has been writing a regular column - New Delhi Diary - commenting on government affairs, since 1990 - that appeared in The Economic Times, Pioneer and now in Business Standard. Since 1997, he has been writing another column - Raisina Hill - commenting on developments/issues concerning bureaucracy. | | |
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