Profile of a Globally Competitive India

By Vijay Kumar

1. A Nation where the rural and urban divide has reduced to a thin line.

2. A Nation where there is an equitable distribution and access to energy and quality water.

3. A Nation where agriculture, industry and service sector work together in symphony, absorbing technology thereby resulting in sustained wealth generation leading to greater high value employment opportunities.

4. A Nation where education is not denied to any meritorious candidates because of societal or economic discrimination.

5. A Nation which is the best destination for the most talented scholars, scientists, and investors from all over the world.

6. A Nation where the best of health care is available to all the billion population and the communicable diseases like AIDS/TB, water and vector borne diseases and other stress diseases, cardiac diseases, cancer and diabetes are brought down.

7. A Nation where the governance uses the best of the technologies to be responsive, transparent, fully connected in a high bandwidth e-governance grid, easily accessible and simple in rules, thereby corruption free.

8. A Nation where poverty has been totally eradicated, illiteracy removed and crimes against women are absent and the society feels unalienated.

9. A Nation that is prosperous, healthy, secure, peaceful and happy and continues with a sustainable growth path.

10. A Nation that is one of the best places to live in, on the earth and brings smiles on a billion plus faces.

• Nation's Economic development is powered by competitiveness.

• The competitiveness is powered by knowledge power.

• The knowledge power is powered by Technology and innovation.

• The Technology and innovation is powered by resource investment.

• The Resource investment is powered by revenue and return on Investment.

• The Revenue is powered by Volume and repeat sales through customer loyalty.

• The customer loyalty is powered by Quality and value of products.

• Quality and value of products is powered by Employee Productivity and innovation.

• The Employee Productivity is powered by Employee Loyalty, employee satisfaction and working environment.

• The Working Environment is powered by management stewardship and sound project management.

• Management stewardship is powered by Creative leadership

President APJ Abdul Kalam at the at the centenary celebration of PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry.