Amartya, Nooyi, Mittal in PM's panel

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Posted: Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009 at 1613 hrs IST
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New Delhi: Economist Amartya Sen, business tycoon L N Mittal and Pepsico CEO Indra Nooyi are among the members of a high-level panel headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh constituted to advise the Government to draw upon experience of the best Indian minds abroad for a two-way engagement.

Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs Vyalar Ravi informed the Lok Sabha that the Global Advisory Council will develop an "inclusive agenda" for engagement between the country and the best Indian brains living abroad.

Other panelists of the 23-member council includes External Affairs Minister S M Krishna, City group CEO Vikram Pandit, NRI entrepreneur Karan Bilimoria, economist Jagdish Bhagwati, educationists Sam Pitroda.

The Minister said the council will also consider ways and means for accessing the skills and knowledge of Indian diaspora for meeting the country's development goals and facilitating investments by overseas Indians into the country.

"The Council will serve as a platform for the Prime Minister to draw upon the experience, knowledge and wisdom of the best Indian minds wherever they may be based," Ravi, who is also member of the council said.

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» Mr.

Posted by Anil on 2009-07-11 18:09:53.753495+05:30
What are the politicians doing in this panel?

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» Horses for Courses!

Posted by Kieron on 2009-07-08 21:36:24.839787+05:30
@K.Vijayakumar - You are justified in feeling nervous about bringing in CEOs from developed countries which the PM blamed as being responsible for mismanagement that caused the global meltdown. However, none of the names mentioned in the article have been remotely connected to the financial institutions and government authorities such as SEC or FSA. Another article in IE today has the title "Govt approaches Ratan Tata for heading AI".

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» Nervousness up top

Posted by K.Vijayakumar on 2009-07-08 18:41:12.086429+05:30
It was only the other day that the Prime Minister said that mismanagement by the developed countries had brought about the global economic meltdown which is hurting India. Now he wants top executives of top US business corporations to help him push India's economic growth along. Does one see here some nervousness about the country's economic situation at the highest political level?

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» N.R.I.EXPERTS

Posted by ysmuzumdar on 2009-07-08 18:05:07.77408+05:30
KUDOS TO U.P.A.FOR THE EXCELLENT IDEA.THIS WILL HELP US TO GROW FASTER AND CAN ATTRACT MORE N.R.I.S TO INVEST IN INDIA.

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» amartyasen and the argumentative indian

Posted by shurkumishra on 2009-07-08 17:53:29.403147+05:30
after reading the book THE ARGUMENTATIVE INDIAN the immediate thought came to my mind was " this guy must have been paid handsomely by the congress,communists, christians and the churches". the congress' s role has been prooved. we are now waiting to find out the role of other three.

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» amartyasen and the argumentative indian

Posted by Raghuvansh on 2009-07-10 10:57:58.844822+05:30
Its time we as a nation must resolve to talk less and work more. And provide education to contain population explotion

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