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McKay Colton Carleton Copa Ethan Davis Ethan Fabela Greg McKinnon. INDIA. TROGDOR The Burninators. India - सत्यमेव जयते. India’s tradition and heritage are extremely important and are woven into all parts of society Religion is an integral part of society and a public affair
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McKay Colton Carleton Copa Ethan Davis Ethan Fabela Greg McKinnon INDIA
India’s tradition and heritage are extremely important and are woven into all parts of society Religion is an integral part of society and a public affair Family values are considered sacred Field hockey is the national sport. However, cricket has become the de facto national game India’s Culture
An Emerging Economic Superpower 10th Largest Economy – Gross GDP 4th Largest Economy – PPP By 2050 Projected 3rd Largest Economy India Today
Forget the India you once knew: It is gone. Contemplate instead a new, funky, self-confident, resurgent nation, embracing its role as an emerging Asian superpower. This year, India's growth rate could outstrip China's — and prove more sustainable. Indians are big in global software development. India's core institutions, from an independent judiciary and a feisty free press to a massive, nuclear — but always apolitical — military, are anchored by roots more than half a century old. There is mounting support for India to become a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. The country's scientists plan to launch a moon probe. Then there is the brightest jewel in India's crown: its firm adherence to democracy. Put all this together and the surprise is not that India is gatecrashing the elite superpower league, but that it has not happened earlier. Is India a Superpower?
Population – 1.1 Billion, 2nd Largest 7th Largest Geographically Largest Democracy in the World India Today
122nd in Per Capita Income 79.9% of Population live on less than $2/day 212 Million undernourished people Nuclear Power Active Space Program India Today
Politics Federal Parliamentary Representative Democratic Republic
Executive Legislative Judicial Structure
“Worlds Largest Democracy” United Progressive Alliance Indian National Congress National Democratic Alliance Bharatiya Janata Party Parties
Recent polls indict that India has the 2nd most corrupt government, trailing Hong Kong Estimated that 85% of the politicians are corrupt Corruption
The constitution states that the Executive branch cannot influence the Judiciary Executive appoints the Judicial branch You do the math…
India: Economic Threats and Benefits to the U.S. -There are no Economic threats, only benefits *Burgeoning Middle Class *Skilled work force -Risks
30th in the world $75.6B 0.8% of world merchandise exports Merchandising Exports
Exports of Commercial Services Source: WTO
496.4 million 60% agriculture – 22% of GDP 17% industrial 23% in services Labor Force
Indians ages 15-25 Destination driven Outwardly looking Upwardly mobile Zippies
Indian Institutes of Technology (7) Indian Institutes of Management (6) “When I finished IIT Delhi and went to Carnegie Mellon for my Masters, I thought I was cruising all the way because it was so easy relative to the education I got at IIT” Vinod Kholsa, cofounder Sun Microsystems Education
Bombay Exchange 3500 Companies Market Cap $466B 5th largest by trading volume Capital Markets
Radiologist CPA Services
Chairman Ratan Tata $12.5B Industrial & Services Tata Consulting – India and Indiana Agreement to buy Corus Steel Who printed your textbooks? Tata Group
Key to Indian innovation Transparent markets Intellectual property rights Flexible labor laws Business Creation and Dissolution 10 years to complete bankruptcy Economic Stability
Sixth-floor window gives views for miles in New Dehli Skyscrapers