Ajay Chhibber and Ganesh Natarajan talk about the Indian budget 2023, achievements over 75 years of independence, farm reform, women’s employment, and what needs to happen in the next 25 years.

Dr. Ganesh Natarajan is Chairman of 5FWorld and Honeywell Automation India and a Board Director of State Bank of India, Global Talent Track, Hinduja Global Solutions, Lighthouse Communities Foundation and the Asian Venture Philanthropy Network.

Ganesh has led two significant public firms - APTECH and Zensar to global success and is the subject of two case studies taught at Harvard Business School. He is the author/co-author of thirteen books including his latest co-edited with Ejaz Ghani “India’s Pathways to Success: Winning in the Next Decade”

Dr. Ajay Chhibber is the Distinguished Visiting Scholar at, Institute for International Economic Policy (IIEP), George Washington University, Washington D.C, and a Senior Visiting professor at ICRIER. He served in senior positions at the UN as Assistant Secretary-General and at the World Bank where he directed the seminal World Development Report on the Role of the State.

He has a Ph. D from Stanford University, an MA from the Delhi School of Economics. He has also done advanced management courses at Harvard University and at INSEAD, France.

His latest book co-authored with Salman Soz “Unshackling India: Hard Truths and Clear Choices for Economic Revival “Harper-Collins was declared the Best New Book in Economics for 2022 in the Financial Times and was awarded the India Economic Forum Literary Award for 2022.