Made In India – a new book by Amitabh Kant released
Published on : Thursday 09-03-2023
Amitabh Kant offers a multi-faceted survey of the nations business heritage and culture in Made in India.
March 6, 2023 – Amitabh Kants new book is already making waves a day after its release. Made In India is a chronicle of 75 years of Business and Enterprise. It captures Indias tryst with reforms, the world of start-ups and how climate change is everyones business.
Amitabh Kant, a member of the Indian Administrative Service, IAS (Kerala Cadre: 1980 Batch), needs no introduction. He is the author of Branding India – An Incredible Story, Incredible India 2.0 – Synergies for Growth and Government, and has edited The Path Ahead – Transformative Ideas for India. He has been a key driver of Make in India, Startup India, Incredible India and Gods Own Country initiatives which positioned and branded India and Kerala State as leading manufacturing tourism destinations. These campaigns have won several international awards and embraced a host of activities – infrastructure development, product enhancement, private-public partnership and positioning and branding.
Seventy-five years after India attained freedom at the stroke of the midnight hour, the Indian economy has emerged as one of the largest in the world, with a vibrant start-up ecosystem. It has certainly come a long way since the time economic performance, shackled by socialist policies and the License-Permit-Quota Raj, was christened the Hindu rate of growth. In an attempt to understand this remarkably robust and resilient growth story of Indian business and enterprise, Amitabh Kant offers a multi-faceted survey of the nations business heritage and culture in Made in India.
This is a groundbreaking account of the development of Indian business and enterprise from the colonial period to the present. It not only introduces readers to formative business leaders (including Jamsetji Tata, Ghanshyam Das Birla and Walchand Hirachand Doshi) and leading firms (Wadia Group, Kirloskar Brothers Limited and Shapoorji Pallonji) but also analyse their presence in the countrys economy, their growth over time and their true impact on society.
Made in India comes to life with inspiring stories of entrepreneurs like Sunil Bharti Mittal and Rahul Bhatia, who have navigated many ups and downs on the road to building successful enterprises.
Mr Amitabh Kant is presently G20 Sherpa of India during its Presidency year. He was CEO, NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India), the Govt of Indias premier policy Think Tank & prior to that Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion.