Columbia India Summit

The Columbia Indian Economy Summit, held each Spring, brings together academics, business leaders, and policymakers to discuss key issues shaping India's economic policies and development. Each event covers a range of topics addressing India’s economic challenges and opportunities.
Read More
Summits

4th Summit (2024)

The Indian Economy: An Overview

Poonam Gupta, Ruchir Agarwal, V. Anantha Nageswaran

Wither Climate Finance

R. Dinesh, John Lipsky, Vera Songwe

Slowing China and Rising India: What It All Means

Mary Lovely, Laura Alfaro, Kellee Tsai

India Towards the Old Normal

Aroon Purie, Amartya Lahiri
Summits

3rd Summit (2023)

India: Growth and Macroeconomy

Krishnamurthy Subramanian

US-India Partnership

Kenneth Juster, Frank Wisner

Export-led and Manufacturing-fed Growth

Devashish Mitra

Poverty and Inequality: Before and After Covid-19

Arvind Panagariya

India in the Amrit Kaal

Randhir Jaiswal

Digital Payments and Economic Growth

Amiyatosh Purnanandam

The Myth & Reality of Teacher Shortage in India

Geeta Gandhi Kingdon

A Panel on Reforms and the Future of the Indian Economy

Viral Acharya, Poonam Gupta, Pravin Krishna
Summits

2nd Summit (2022)

The Pre-Covid-19 Growth Slowdown

Poonam Gupta

India's Financial Sector

Uday Kotak

Effects of Health Insurance in India

Anup  Malani

India's Digital Economy

Anjali Bansal, Noshir Kaka, Sharad Sanghi

Credit Constraints and Bankruptcy Law

Nandini Gupta, Khushboo Thakkar

India’s Fiscal Conundrum

NK Singh

Industrial Parks and Peri-Urban Development

Rana Hasan, Yi Jiang, Milan Thomas

Macro, Trade, Industry and More

Sajjid Chinoy, Naushad Forbes, Pravin Krishna, Krishnamurthy Subramanian
Summits

1st Summit (2019)

Growth with Stability

Sajjid Chinoy

Banking Sector: Current Crisis and Future Course

Anusha Chari

Lunch Break: Special Talks

Sandeep Chakravorty, Ashwini Tewari

Foreign Investment as a Development Tool

Mary Lovely

Power Panel: Indian Economy: The Next Five Years

Viral Acharya, Naushad Forbes, Amb. Frank Wisner

Dinner Address

Jay Panda

The State and the Market in Education Provision

Karthik Muralidharan

Goods and Services Tax in India

Govinda Rao

Lunch – Special Lecture 1: Indian Socialism: Anti Poor, Not Anti Poverty

Rajiv Mehrishi

India's FTAs and Future Course of Trade Policy

Pravin Krishna

Special Lecture 2: How India Became Open Defecation Free in Five Years

Parameswaran Iyer