1. India - Politics and Business Rafiq Dossani [email_address]

4. Up to 1989, the ruling class was a person – the Prime Minister MP: dormant species, reports to SCM Cabinet ministers: fixers, coterie member. Bureaucrat: intellectual arm of coterie State Chief Minister: manages MPs Reports to PM

6. Post-1989 Coalition MP: still dormant species State Chief Minister: regional party leader National party executive committee: fixers, coterie members Bureaucracy: depoliticized

9. Doing Business in India

11. The media – lively, newsworthy, but reflects weak civil society

14. 2008 Ambassador 1962 Fiat 1100D 1943 Willys MB 2008 Mahindra Jeep 1956 Morris Oxford 2004 Premier Padmini 2008 Tata Nano Business wasn’t always easy

15. Big business is thriving The IT industry will add 360,000 jobs in 2008, or 3 jobs for every minute of a working day. 13 19 18 21 29 26 OPM 112000 46000 44000 46000 49000 56000 Rev/Emp p.a. 71000 49000 55000 80000 88000 108000 Employee NA 11 7 10 6 6 Qoq 48 54 48 26 32 37 Yoy 2000 560 600 920 1100 1500 Q.Rev $m (4Q2007) Accenture* Satyam Cognizant Wipro Infosys TCS

16. So is small business

17. Servers of a NY bank maintained from Indore, India

18. The source of daytime power

19. India’s Skills: English Dawa Doma Sheupa Debbie White 50 million speak good English

20. Another 250 million speak some English Literacy 60%

21. Even as 1 new college opens daily, 700 m are left behind

22. A.K.Ramanujan’s definition of Indian Village Time: indefinite, continuous, anywhere between a few decades ago and the medieval centuries. 30% of rural population consumes less than1600 calories/day % or underweight rural children below 5 years: 50%(40%) % of rural adult females with severe anemia: 80% (50%)

23. Space at $700/square foot $6,000 for 20’x15’ City of hope

24. The slums of Dharavi in Mumbai have an average of one toilet per 1440 persons.

28. Questions?