Kaushiki Sanyal, Consultant at Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, discusses the evolution of civil society and advocacy, and the role of liberalization in crafting a space in the public discourse for independent non-governmental agencies in the field of governance.
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R V Kanoria, Chairman and MD of Kanoria Chemicals, and Past President of FICCI, discusses how import tariffs were lifted, the pressing need for economic freedom and competitiveness, and the absurd regulations in place to correct a defected piece of machinery. He argues that over-regulation breeds malpractices.
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Mr Vikram Bajaj has previously served as the Managing Director of Uncle Chipps since 1986 till 2000, and presently serves as Managing Director of Inlingua, New Delhi.Here, he talks about how due to liberalisation the domestic wafers industry was prone to various difficulties. He states that 90% of those units had to recede to foreign competition such as Pepsico’s Lays.
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Mr Bibek Debroy, a member of NITI Aayog and Professor at Centre for Policy Research (New Delhi), brings to our notice the big leap that the Indian consumer durables industry has taken. He shares interesting anecdote relating to a successful telephone installation, a feat he achieved in India before 1991.
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Mr Vikram Bajaj has previously served as the Managing Director of Uncle Chipps since 1986 till 2000, and presently serves as Managing Director of Inlingua, New Delhi. He talks about manufacturing licence being a coveted possession in 1991, and about the rat race to obtain one, since people were desperate to practice entrepreneurship.
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Sidharth Birla, Chairman of Xpro India Limited and DigJam Limited, and Past President of FICCI, discusses the difficult procedures under Monopoly and Restrictive Trade Practices Act. He discussed how apart from advertising in trade journals and newspapers, a company also had to undergo a public hearing before being granted the licence to operate.
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Mr. Bibek Debroy, a member of NITI Aayog and Professor at Centre for Policy Research (New Delhi) tells listeners about the ‘lightening’ trunk calling facility that was available then and the dilemma of the recipient of not knowing when the call might come through. He touches upon serious subjects that have gone through a transition over the years as well as the change in attitude of the Indian society.
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Mr. Hitesh Shankar, Journalist, talks at length about the changing political and economic landscape. He touches upon topics like journalism and choice, and briefly describes the scenario back then.
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Delhi based senior journalist Mr.K.G.Suresh talks about ‘lifafa’ journalism and its painstaking rise in selling of news as a product. Presently the Director General at IIMS, he dwells into the days where the editorial department called the shots rather than the marketing department which is now, unfortunately, the case.
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Mohit Satyanand, Co-founder of Teamworks Films, reveals how he managed his foreign trip expenses when the RBI allowed only a distinct amount of foreign allowance. Relive the experience of a journey abroad during those years through his words.
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