During a deep dive on what comprises conflict in a jury - in this case, Chandra recusing himself during the discussion and voting of the Business Leader of the Year since one contender (and ultimate winner) was Titan managing director CK Venkataraman - the ever-wisecracking Uday Kotak, founder, Kotak Mahindra Bank, wondered whether the chairman should recuse himself from every vote and discussion since he "pretty much knew details about everyone in industry".
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Key question is whos going to win, Arthur Burns or Paul Volcker. Which way is inflation going to go? Deep at night you feel inflation is coming down. in the morning . it feels like its going up, says Uday Kotak at ET CEO Roundtable. While Nitin Kamath said If you want the markets to truly expand and the customers to be truly sticking around for long periods, we need to find ways to enable the advisory network in this country.
Indias robust policy framework, digital public infrastructure and the abundance of talent could make it the countrys decade on the global economic stage, business leaders said.
India has the heft on the global stage and nimble regulators, but it needs to build its military power, raise its competitiveness and invest in research and development to capitalise on the opportunities, they said. The country will be a hub for global companies that can exploit the talent available both in services and manufacturing. But setting up advanced manufacturing units cannot happen overnight, they said at the ET CEO Roundtable in Mumbai on Tuesday.