Toyota Kirloskar Motor Ltd is the Principal Sponsor and other sponsors include Autodesk, Dell, Whirlpool, Tata Elxsi and think3. The main partner of the Summit is Design with India initiative and other partners who have been actively involved in developing the programme and lining up the experts from India and overseas include Designindia, AIDI, IDSA, Microsoft, Sonicrim, Elephant Design, Idiom, Industree, Next D and I.D.
CII's Design initiatives are driven by CII National Committee on Design under the Chairmanship of Mr.Vikram Kirloskar, Vice Chairman, Toyota Kirloskar Motor Ltd. NID under the leadership of Dr.Darlie O Koshy has been an active partner in all the CII Design initiatives.
Few highlights of the Summit:
A dialogue between Kishore Biyani and Bruce Nussbaum Kishore Biyani and Bruce Nussbaum represent two key influences in the field of design. Both command immense influence and respect of the industry and the media. They have both been instrumental in bringing design into focus in mainstream media and the corporate world.
When Kishore Biyani's astute knowledge of the Indian consumer meets Bruce Nussbaum's understanding of where design fits in the global marketplace the outcome is bound to have a big impact.
What's Next for Design? Ask GK VanPatter of Next Design Leadership Institute GK VanPatter of the Next Design Leadership Institute, New York, is one of the featured speakers at the 7th CII-NID Design Summit.
Known for his prolific and provocative writings on design 3.0, GK, as he is popularly known, will outline challenges and opportunities that the design community world wide faces and how it can play a role in transforming the transformation taking place all around us.
Design is a strategic initiative for the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Gordon Brown, when he was the chancellor of Exchequer, commissioned Sir George Cox to write a report on “Review of Creativity in Business: building on the UK's strengths“
Today, as the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown continues to consult Sir Cox for implementation of the Cox report. Katherine Binn, interviewed Sir Cox in London, on behalf of the Design with India initiative, to understand what India could learn from the British experience of implementing the Cox report. The video recording of the interview will be presented at the 7th CII-NID Design Summit.
Mr Malvinder M Singh, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Ranbaxy Laboratories, India and Young Global Leader, said that the pharmaceutical industry in India represents 1% of the total global market. Around 70-80 % of business for his company comes from overseas.
He feels that for a successful acquisition deal, one needs to ask why is the deal required in the first place. There can be a host of reasons, for instance, market share, technology etc.
The next factor that needs to be noted is the financial viability of the deal. Sometimes it is better to let go a deal, and one should not be in a hurry to close deals. In conclusion, he said that Indian industry has managed mergers and acquisitions fairly well and the trend is not going to change in near future.
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