At the 2021 Forbes Under 30 Summit, held on October 11-12, John Chambers, former chairman & CEO of Cisco and founder was a speaker at a session on How to Disrupt Yourself and Grow Your Business. In the course of the discussion, Chambers said, "If I have to bet on...
Shripad Naik Reappointed Head of AYUSH Ministry
56-year-old Shripad Naik started his political journey in 1988 when he became the General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the state of Goa. In 2014 Naik was re-elected to the 16th Lok Sabha - the lower house of parliament - for a fourth term. Prime Minister Modi appointed him...
Ravi Shankar Prasad: Minister for Law, Communications, Electronics, India, 2019
Ravi Shankar Prasad was born on August 30, 1954 in Patna the capital city of the northern state of Bihar. He has post graduate degrees in Political Science as well as Law. In 1995, Prasad became a member of the National Executive Committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Later, he...
India's Most Powerful Woman Is Now Finance Minister: Nirmala Sitharaman
One of the fastest rising stars in India's cabinet is its new Finance Minister. She has western experience from her time in the United Kingdom and started out as the top spokesperson for the Prime Minister's party just 13 years ago. For the last two years she was responsible for...
Russia to Build Six New Nuclear Units in India
During the Russia-India summit in New Delhi on October 5, general director Alexey Likhachev of Rosatom, and the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India, Kamlesh Vyas signed an agreement according to which Russia will build six new nuclear units in India. Other deals in the pipeline: Four S-400...
Pew Research: Modi's Popularity Widespread in India
The Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan American think tank based in Washington, D.C., conducted a survey among 2,464 respondents in India from February 21 to March 10, 2017. Its main findings are: Indians are increasingly upbeat about Prime Minister Modi, the economy and India's direction Modi's popularity extends across India...