Date and Time
January 31, 2007
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Availability
Open to the public
No RSVP required

Speaker
Naushad Forbes - Consulting Professor at Stanford University

A discussion jointly hosted by the South Asia Initiative and SPRIE.

India's remarkable economic progress over the past 15 years belies Nehru's statement: "I believe, as a practical proposition, that it is better to have a second-rate thing made in our country, than a first-rate thing that one has to import." India has decisively rejected autarchy and a planned economy, but what has changed in its innovation system?

Has the higher education system changed? Are firms doing more research and development, and if so, of what kind? What has happened to the role of national research institutes? Is the flow of technology between Indian and foreign firms becoming more bi-directional? And are there now industries where Indian industry matters to world technical development?

About the speaker

In addition to being a Consulting Professor for the Program in Science, Technology & Society, Naushad Forbes is the Director of Forbes Marshall Inc. in Pune, India. Forbes Marshall is India's leading Steam Engineering & Control Instrumentation company. Forbes is also the CEO of the Steam Engineering Companies within the group.

Dr. Forbes holds a BAS in Industrial Engineering and History and a MS and PhD in Industrial Engineering, all from Stanford University.