"India is a long-term investment for us and we are keen on building the supply chain."
Herve Clec'h
Managing Director
Carrefour WC&C India |
"India is much less affected (by the global slowdown) than other global markets and represents a huge opportunity to not only grow sales in India, but even develop products..."
Gottfried Dutine
Executive Vice-President
Philips, The Netherlands |
"We have been sourcing services and components out of India since 1998. On an average, we have grown the sourcing volume by about 10 per cent per year."
Wilfried Aulbur
Managing Director and CEO
Mercedes Benz India |
"Compared to China, India has a much stronger and self-sufficient skill base... India is truly the powerhouse of the future."
Michael Maedel
President
JWT Worldwide |
"Chennai-Bangalore can be Detroit of South India."
Hiroshi Nakagawa
Managing Director
Toyota Kirloskar Motor |
"Given the cost advantage and other positive options, GM will look at exporting engines as well as cars out of India to global markets."
Karl Slym
President and Managing Director
GM India |
"Given the cost advantage and other positive options, GM will look at exporting engines as well as cars out of India to global markets."
Karl Slym
President and Managing Director
GM India |
"If you have tracked the life insurance sector in India so far, you will realise that it has immense growth potential. Last year, the industry witnessed almost 100% growth."
William J Toppeta
President
MetLife International |
"India is a market with enormous potential... It is a more integrated economy today and being in the country was, therefore, an easy decision to make."
Joe Saddi
Chairman
Booz & Co |
"We think the growth story in India remains and is still domestic driven to a certain degree. ...India appears to be on a stronger footing in the emerging market space."
Christopher Knight
Head-India Equity
JP Morgan |
"There are enormous opportunities to be tapped in India... The market here is good for both topline growth and profitability..."
Andrew Moss
Group Chief Executive
Aviva plc
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"In India, the watch segment has grown by almost 30 per cent on an annualised basis. Currently, it is among the top 15 markets for us. In the next few years, it will be among the top four to five markets."
Jean-Christophe Babin
President and CEO
Tag Heuer |
"Clinical services are now a global opportunity for India with a strong competitive edge based on speed and quality of clinical development."
Dr Wolfgang Beier
CEO
Oncology Services Europe |
"India is a fantastic opportunity. It is an opportunity as a market, it's an opportunity as a talent base... I am very positive about what as a company we can do in India."
Ben Verwaayen
Chief Executive Officer
Alcatel Lucent SA |
"Much of the world is flat or declining. Only India is growing."
Daniel J Magoon
Director
Indian Business Development, Transportation and Security Solutions
Lockheed Martin |
"We recognised India as the land of opportunities and are delighted being partners with the well-known Future Group for operations in India."
Mr Faisal Al Bannai
Founder
Axiom Telecom |
"We see India as a huge market for our business. We are strong in transport, shipping, aircraft, energy, logistics and infrastructure financing. And these are areas where there is strong demand in India."
Dr Hannes Rehm
Chairman
Board of Management
Norddeutsche Landesbank |
"India is a big market for the future for Lamborghini. It is a big country and (buyers)... are becoming more open to buying ultra luxury high-style brands like ours."
Enrico Maffeo
Global Director of Sales and Customer Service
Lamborghini |
"It (India) is the most important market and is going to be among the five biggest in the world... Every major auto maker - be it Chinese, Korean, European or Japanese - will come to grab a share of this market."
Hiroshi Nakagawa
Managing Director
Toyota Kirloskar Motor |
"India is a hub of technology innovation and talent, thus it is critical that we continue to expand our portfolio companies' presence in the region."
Terry Garnett
Managing Director, Garnett & Helfrich Capital |
"Our stake in IDFC underlines our interest in the fast growing infrastructure sector in India and allows us to participate through an investment in the largest infrastructure finance company in India."
Robert Morrice
Chairman & CEO of Barclays Asia-Pacific |
"India's rapid growth rates and its "large pool of educated and skilled English-speaking workers" make it an attractive partner."
Sajjad Karim
UK Member of the European Parliament |
"The state (Tamil Nadu) offers an exceptional work force and unique strategic-investment zone."
Paul-Henri Ferrand
Vice President
(South Asia)
Dell |
"India is now truly a land of opportunity."
John Redwood
Economic Competitiveness Policy Group, UK |
"If you put one dollar in the US, you may get two dollars in three years. But if you put the same dollar in India, there is a high chance of getting three dollars."
Wayne W Tosu
Managing Director
Carlyle Group |
"The market is being opened from a great country."
Nasdaq
CEO, Bob Greifield after Infosys remotely rang the opening bell for Nasdaq on July 31, 2006 |
"In terms of emphasis on private sector growth, the growth achieved by India is very impressive."
Yasheng Huang
Associate Professor
MIT Sloan School of Management |
"You must give an accolade to the Indian Government, and just how hard they are trying. Their ministers are both present, visible and accessible, particularly Kamal Nath, which is quite unusual."
Sir David Wright
Vice Chairman
Barclays Capital
referring to WEF events at Davos and Tokyo |
"There is much interest in the UK from Indian firms."
Anuj Chandem
International business partner
Grant Thornton |
"India is an important market for us"
Dr Dieter Zetsche
Chairman,
DaimlerChrysler AG and Head of the Mercedes Car Group |
"The fact that India is a moving market and we have a large fleet there, makes sense that there should be a servicing centre there."
Gustav Humbert
CEO
Airbus |
"The Indian market has two core advantages - an increasing presence of multinationals and an upswing in the IT exports."
Travyn Rhall,
Managing Director, (customised research services)
Asia-Pacific
ACNielsen |
"On a longer-term, we are positive on India. We will keep our overweight position in India."
Grant Yun Cheng
Senior Portfolio Manager
Allianz Global Investors |
"We are very bullish on the Indian market. We already have relationships with a variety of companies in the areas of aviation-related software development and back office."
James McNerney
Chairman, President & CEO
The Boeing Company |
"Like people study political science, culture, public health, economics, law and medicine, students in Harvard will now study India as a subject."
Lawrence Summers
President
Harvard University |
"India is an important growth destination and the group is keeping a long-term view in sight."
Michel Tilman
Chairman
ING Group |
"Our (India and US) relations ship has never been better. We will work together. There is no limit to what we can achieve."
George W Bush
President
United States |
'India's no-nonsense budget deserves top marks.'
Andy Mukherjee
Columnist
Bloomberg |
"Indian players are becoming very competitive players in Europe as well."
Bernd Schuler
Partner
3i Germany |
"We will be investing one of our biggest amounts in the Indian market this year and a part of the investment will be used for developing new products and technologies."
Stefano Pelle
MD
Perfetti Van Melle |
"India's unprecedented economic growth over the past decade makes it an attractive prospect for companies seeking new markets for their products and services..."
Bertie Ahern
Prime Minister
Ireland |
"India has top engineers and it also produces a large number of engineers every year."
Uri Ben-Ari
Executive VP (Marketing)
Ness Technologies |
"India has evolved into one of the world's leading technology centres."
Craig Barrett
Chairman
Intel Corporation |
"India has a fantastic pool of software professionals. The world needs to benefit from this."
Bill Gates
Microsoft Chairman |
"India is one of our biggest markets in the whole world."
Tony Wright
CEO
Lowe Worldwide |
"This market (India) is critical to our plans for building a Ford Motor Co. for the 21st century."
Bill Ford
Chairman and CEO
Ford Motor Company |
