ASIA SOCIETY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA is pleased to present a panel
discussion on the future of the U.S. – INDIA RELATIONSHIP AND IN
PARTICULAR ITS RELEVANCE TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. On February 24-25,
President Trump became the fourth consecutive U.S. President to visit
INDIA, reinforcing the bipartisan consensus that the world’s largest
and world’s oldest democracies are “natural allies” and a 21st
century PARTNERSHIP IS NOT ONLY MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL BUT ALSO WILL
PROMOTE PEACE AND PROSPERITY THROUGHOUT THE REGION AND THE WORLD.
However, thorny trade issues persist and outcomes consistently fall
short of expectations. What can realistically be achieved politically
given each countries domestic priorities? What are the chances of the
relationship realizing its full potential? What role, if any, can the
local INDIAN DIASPORA PLAY IN OVERCOMING THESE POLITICAL CHALLENGES?
And, what does that mean for deepening ECONOMIC TIES BETWEEN OUR
REGION AND ONE OF THE WORLD’s largest markets? Click here
[https://asiasociety.org/policy-institute/defense-ties-and-spectacle-dominate-trumps-first-day-india]
to listen from Asia Society Policy Institute Associate Director
ANUBHAV GUPTA: Defense Ties and Spectacle Dominate Trump’s First Day
in India.
PANELISTS:
PRAFUL KULKARNI is Founder/CEO of gkkworks, now part of Cannon Design
where he is a Principal/Director. The company has offices in the US as
well as in Mumbai, India specializing in planning, design and
construction of healthcare, education, corporate/commercial and civic
projects. Kulkarni earned his Bachelor of Architecture degree from the
Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur, India, followed by a
Masters of Architecture from the Illinois Institute of Technology and
Masters of Business Administration from Pepperdine University.
Kulkarni won Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
RAVI TILAK is President of Almex USA, Inc., a company specializing in
metallurgical plants and process equipment supply to the aluminum
industry worldwide. He is a graduate of IIT Bombay (1980), and has a
master’s degree in metallurgical engineering as well as 16 patents
to his credit. Tilak is on the board of trustees of the American India
Foundation, of which President Clinton is the honorary chairman. He is
active in several Indo-American philanthropic and community activity
organizations such as Akshaya Patra USA, SAHARA, Dharma Civilization
Foundation, Ekal Vidyalaya USA, Pratham USA, and BMM USA. He is also
an active member of The American Society for Metals and The Minerals,
Metals & Materials Society.
ROMAIN WACZIARG is Professor of Economics and the Hans Hufschmid Chair
in Management at UCLA Anderson, where he teaches “The Business
Environment of India” among other courses. Prior to joining UCLA in
2008, he taught for 10 years at the Stanford Graduate School of
Business. He grew up in India for the first seven years of his life,
and travels there several times every year to take care of a family
business started by his father. Professor Wacziarg's research is
concerned with studies the macroeconomy and political economy of
emerging economies, and within those he focuses on the Indian economy.
He is a citizen of the United States, a citizen of France, and an
Overseas Citizen of India. His research can be accessed here.
CHAIR:
RICHARD DROBNICK, Chairman of Asia Society Southern California and
Trustee of Asia Society. Drobnick is the founding director of the
Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) at
the Marshall School of Business, which has been supported by the U.S.
Department of Education since 1990 as one of its 33 national resource
centers on international business.
MODERATOR:
GUNJAN BAGLA, CEO of Amritt Ventures, INDIA BUSINESS CONSULTANT,
Author of Doing Business in 21st Century INDIA. Organizations that
have benefited from Bagla's expertise include Becton Dickinson, Bose,
Boeing, Cisco, Clorox, DigiKey, Hanson Research, Medtronic and the
Wonderful Company. Bagla speaks frequently about US-INDIA RELATIONS
AND WAS FEATURED AT HARVARD, Michigan, Chicago, Northwestern, UCLA &
USC. He also writes about INDIA FOR THE HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW.
Bagla is a mechanical engineer from IIT Kanpur, INDIA AND WAS
PRESIDENT OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF ALL THE IITS. He holds an MBA
with honors from Southern Illinois University. Reach him at
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gunjan/
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/gunjan/]
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