"Imagining India: Ideas for the New Century"

Nandan Nilekani,
Forbes' Asian Businessman of the Year 2007
Author, Entrepreneur & Indian Business Leader
- Co-Chairman, Infosys Technologies Limited

1-2pm, Thursday 23rd April

Committee Room 8, House of Commons

To attend, please RSVP to
alex.try@henryjacksonsociety.org

Since the early 1990s, India has witnessed great social, political and cultural change. As the world's largest democracy, its most diverse nation and one of its fastest growing economies, India is now, sixty years after Independence, universally regarded as an emerging superpower.

Of course, the country may be in the middle of a huge transformative process, but it also faces many problems, from extreme poverty and the threat of terrorism, to the impact of the financial crisis on its booming industries. Nandan Nilekani argues in his latest book - Imagining India - that India's future success rests not just on economic growth, but on genuine inclusive democracy, social security, public health and sustainable energy. Only these issues can transcend India's diverse and often opposing political agendas and safeguard the country's future. Given the recent harrowing atrocities in Mumbai, continued tensions with its neighbour Pakistan and questions over whether India can and will act as a democratic counter-balance to the Chinese model in South and East Asia, Mr Nilekani's analysis is highly pertinent. Particularly as India is about to engage in the most extraordinary display of democracy worldwide - an Indian general election - that is likely to result in electoral deadlock because of the increasing fragementation of Indian politics.

By kind invitation of Keith Vaz MP, the Henry Jackson Society is pleased to be able to invite you to a discussion with Nandan Nilekani, author of Imagining India, Forbes' Asian Businessman of the Year 2007, Co-Chairman of Infosys Technologies and one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World, to discuss the future of India.

DATE: Thursday 23th April

TIME: 1-2pm

VENUE: Committee Room 8, House of Commons

To attend, please RSVP to alex.try@henryjacksonsociety.org

Nandan Nilekani is the Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Infosys Technologies Limited. He is one of the founders of Infosys and has served as a director on the company's board since its inception in 1981.In January 2006, Nandan became one of the youngest entrepreneurs to join 20 global leaders on the prestigious World Economic Forum (WEF) Foundation Board. He is listed as one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine, 2006, and in 2007 named Forbes Asian Businessman of the Year. Mr Nilekani has also been involved in various initiatives of the central and state governments. He was the Chairman of the Government of India's IT Task Force for power. Nandan has also served as a member of the subcommittee of the Securities and Exchange Board of India that dealt with issues related to Insider Trading, and as a member of the Reserve Bank of India's Advisory Group on corporate governance.