Mumbai Programme
6:30 pm Cocktails and Registration
7:30 pm Introduction by Chair
Joseph Leahy, Mumbai Bureau Chief, Financial Times
7:35 pm Opening remarks
Naina Lai Kidwai, Group General Manager and Country Head, HSBC India
7:50 pm PANEL DISCUSSION
Looking Beyond The Crisis
-Will the financial crisis and the resulting changes in the global economy make Indian companies more or less competitive?
-How can India's global powerhouses cope with the fall in margins in major Western markets, particularly given the cost of some pre-crisis acquisitions?
-Does the crisis favour the less exposed small to medium-sized Indian companies by reducing the value of potential acquisitions in global markets?
-Is there enough liquidity for companies to take advantage of these opportunities?
-How does the global recession affect the need for Indian businesses to find low-cost production facilities abroad to match their current home-country advantage?
-Can the crisis spur even more innovation or will it reduce the money allocated to R&D?
-What can the Indian government do to protect Indian businesses and encourage their continued expansion?
-Will the crisis slow down Indian companies' progress on environmental and social sustainability?
-What additional potential does the global non-resident Indian market represent for Indian companies expanding abroad, and what needs to be done for such opportunities to be realised?
Panellists:
Isher Judge Ahluwalia, Chairperson, Board of Governors, India Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)
Amit Mitra, Secretary General, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)
Nasser Munjee, Chairman, Development Credit Bank
Ranjit Shahani, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Novartis India
Adil Zainulbhai, Managing Director, McKinsey & Company India
8:55 pm Closing Remarks by Chair
9:00 pm Dinner served
10:30 pm End of evening
