Business Wire India
  • List of 50 thinkers in the area of Economics and Governance was unveiled at THINKERS Sandbox, an event was held at The Imperial, New Delhi on August 9, 2017.
  • The list includes distinguished set of reformers, influencers, financial architects and academics like Bimal Jalan, Bibek Debroy, Rakesh Mohan, Arvind Subramanian, and Shashi Tharoor.
  • Anupam Kher released the list at the event.
  • Two book unveilings also occurred at the event. Bimal Jalan released his book titled “India: Priorities for the Future ” while Gurucharan Das launched his box set “10 Extraordinary Tales of Trade”.
THINKERSSandboxAnupam Kherreformers, influencers,Jean Dreze, Prabhat Patnaik and Paranjoy Guha ThakurtaGurcharan Das, Swaminathan Aiyer and T. NinanBimal Jalan, C. Rangarajan and Y.V. ReddyMontek Singh Ahluwalia, Rakesh Mohan and Viral Acharyawas formulatedafter careful deliberation on how these thinkers enable discourse in society and what is their level of public outreach. These characteristics were adjudged based on their book publications, newspaper contributions, social media engagement and influence in public policy with a preference for ones based out of India. There will be an annual publication of such a list of thinkers in India. It aims to act as an essential guide onTHINKERS Sandbox is a platform to discuss new ideas, new thoughts, address challenging issues, forge new paths and identify synergies. This year the event focused on the topic of “Economics & Governance” and featured insightful talks and panel discussions around various paradigms of the Indian economy.The event also witnessed the unveiling of Bimal Jalan’s latest book “India: Priorities for the Future” in which he has penned down a formidable analysis of India’s economic journey in the last four decades and Gurcharan Das’ “10 Extraordinary Tales of Trade” that takes an in-depth view of business communities in India.Tales of TradeAbout ThinkersThinkers is a quarterly thought leadership magazine with articles, interviews, and thought pieces from the brightest thinkers in the areas of economics and governance; philosophy and literature; science and technology; and management. It is an initiative of Institute for Competitiveness & Thinkers50 India.About Amit KapoorRiding the TigerAbout Institute for Competitiveness
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