THE Indian Institute of Man- agement-Kozhikode's (IIM-K) flagship international event, the Globalising Indian Thought Conclave 2025, discussed on the theme 'Lessons from Invisible India', exploring India's indig- enous wisdom as a guide to glo- bal sustainability and holistic well-being.
The second day of IIM Kozhikode’s flagship international event, the Globalizing Indian Thought (GIT) Conclave 2025, continued its deliberations around the theme “Lessons from Invisible India”, exploring India’s indigenous wisdom as a guide to global sustainability, holistic well-being, and human-centered innovation.
As nations grow, their economies undergo a structural change: some sectors lose importance, others gain. Such structural transformation often accompanies long-term economic growth, marked by a progressive shift in the economic structure — from a high reliance on agriculture to increased industrial activity, and ultimately to the predominance of the services sector.
The RBI in its October monetary policy, raised its baseline growth projection from 6.5 per cent to 6.8 per cent. This was no surprise as Q1 GDP came at 7.8 per cent – a full 1.3 percentage points (ppt) higher than its projection. Even if it had retained its projections for the subsequent three quarters the full year projected growth would have been at 6.8 per cent.
Not long ago, I had a conversation with a CEO who, somewhere between checking his phone and adjusting his tie, declared: “I just don’t have time to pursue what I really want.” It was a very solemn moment. Almost moving. Had it not been for the fact that, during our 20-minute chat, he checked his phone 17 times. That’s once every 45 seconds—20 if you subtract the part where he closed his eyes and said “Mmm” to pretend he was listening
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