Institute for Competitiveness, India the research think tank
Posted on January 3, 2013 by sagarmedia
First I must share (some of you are already aware) that 2012 was
the finest years for me as an academic, practitioner and consultant in
the area of competitiveness. I have received the prestigious Hall of
Fame Award on December 11, 2012 at a ceremony held at Harvard Business
School. The award is administered by Institute for Strategy and
Competitiveness, Harvard Business School and the ceremony was presided
over by Professor Michael Porter. The award ceremony was attended by
over 150 academics who are keen practitioners and researchers in the
area of competitiveness from across the globe.
Reading the citation Professor Michael Porter said “Amit has
been associated with Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness at
Harvard Business School since 2003 and has been at the forefront of the
efforts pertaining to competitiveness and strategy. He formed an
Institute for Competitiveness, India as an affiliate of Institute for
Strategy and Competitiveness at Harvard Business School that has gone on
to become very influential and visible in his home country of India.
Amit has pioneered competitiveness benchmarking, measurement and index
effort in his country and has had been prominent in the governance of
microeconomics of competitiveness network and efforts. Amit started
publishing a journal of competitiveness and strategy through Institute
for Competitiveness, India and he has a beehive of activities that
include publications like City Competitiveness Report, State
Competitiveness Report and awards like the India’s most competitive
states. Tremendously entrepreneurial and I really think that he has
managed to contribute in a very complex country in a very complex
environment where it takes a lot to make things happen. Amit we are very
proud of you in inducting you into the hall of fame”.You could know more about this recognition at http://www.competitiveness.in/halloffame. To
say the least I must admit that I have been influenced by Professor
Porter’s work and thinking over the last 10 years in the most
significant way and I aspire to follow the footsteps and continue the
work inspired by him.
As for next year Institute for Competitiveness, India is looking at a robust research, publication and events calendar.
Research, Report & Articles
- Institute for Competitiveness, India has set up the Prosperity Institute of India in association with the Martin Prosperity Institute at the Rotman school of Management in University of Toronto. We are looking at publishing two significant works under the umbrella in the coming year and that are the Creative Economy of Indian Cities and Creative Economy of Indian States.
- We would also be releasing our annual reports e.g. State competitiveness report in April, City Competitiveness Report in July, Sustainability Report in August, Livability Report in December amongst others. For more details you could look at http://competitiveness.in/publications/reports/
-
We would continue to disseminate our ideas through publishing though pieces with various newspapers and magazines like Financial Express, Mint, Governance now and Outlook Business. You could though have a look at all the articles published last year at http://competitiveness.in/publications/articles/
- Global Solutions Network (GSN). We are participating in the GSN and working in the area of Financial Inclusion and Cash with Don Tapscott and his team.
