| Wharton India Economic Forum | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | WIEF |
| Formation | 1996 |
| Type | Business Conference |
| Purpose/focus | To raise the profile of the economic potential of India |
| Location | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Chairpersons | Shuchi Pandya · Parth Shah · Shamik Shah · Tahem Veer Verma |
| Website | WhartonIndia.com |
The Wharton India Economic Forum (WIEF), established in 1996 at The Wharton School, is a student-run business forum in the United States focused on India. WIEF is one of the largest and most prestigious India-based economic and business conferences in the world. It is attended by over 800 people annually and receives extensive media coverage in India and the wider business by leading publications, such as The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The New York Times, The Economic Times and The Times of India.
WIEF's mission is to engage the world's attention on India's enormous potential and the limitless possibilities the country offers. India's evolution as both an emerging economic power and as an increasingly important contributor to the global community has helped the conference broaden its perspectives.
Since the first forum, WIEF has stimulated energetic dialogue between current and future leaders from various walks of economic, social and political life. The forum has successfully served as a platform for not only promoting dialogue between industry leaders and policy makers, but has also served as a conduit for businesses to leverage the connections with industry professionals
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The 16th annual Wharton India Economic Forum will be held on January 9, 2012 in Mumbai, India. To celebrate 20 years of liberalization of the Indian economy and underline Wharton's commitment to the Indian business community, WIEF will be held in India for the first time. WIEF will bring together leaders from around the world to highlight India's key strengths - from arts and culture to innovation and business, while opening up for debate the issues India must overcome to continue its upward trajectory and remain competitive in today's global market. Please check the website for updates.
A Glimpse of the Speakers
Government & Policy
Industry
Finance
Media & Entertainment
Sports
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"The event featured an un-paralleled galaxy of Indian business luminaries and policy makers who joined faculty, students and staff from Wharton and other leading US business schools in examining issues central to its theme of realizing the Indian Dream."[1]
"India's central bank has "more room" to cut interest rates further to combat economic slowdown and a global recession, according to Montek Singh Ahluwalia, deputy chairman of the nation's Planning Commission. "Fortunately, we have more room for further relaxation unlike some of the industrialized countries where the scope for monetary easing has been pretty much exhausted," Ahluwalia said yesterday via video link from New Delhi to a conference in Philadelphia sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton business School."[2]
"Chiefs spruik India's home turf: The conference, staged by University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business, is the biggest of its type in the US and drew an elite group of Indian business speakers..."[3]
"The forum is expected to serve as the platform for Indian leaders to envisage the next phase of India's journey to success while being mindful of potential roadblocks."
"India Shining at the Wharton Campus: India is getting unprecedented attention, albeit mixed with a healthy dose of apprehension about the risks and appreciation of the magnitude of the opportunities, from the world as it gets increasingly recognized as a global economic power..."
CNBC Online
"India is definitely the flavor of the season among students at Wharton. Uppermost on everyone's minds was Warburg Pincus which turned a USD300 Million investment in Bharati Televentures into a USD 1.5 Billion return."