Quotable Quotes on India

"India promises attractive medium- and long-term growth prospects for several of our targeted industrial markets"

Mr Klaus Probst
President and CEO, Leoni AG

"The India opportunity is huge—with currently almost 140 million unique Internet users expected to grow 2.5 times by some estimates by the end of 2015... We will continue to invest resources into growing our reach within the Indian online travel market and act as a catalyst in significantly growing the online hotel booking space."

Stephen Kaufer
President and Chief Executive, TripAdvisor Inc

"India, I expect, will sustain a higher growth rate relative to the rest of the world, even higher than China because its interdependencies are less."

Mr David Calhoun
CEO, Nielsen

"India is a very important country, and we believe both our students and faculty at WU would benefit from collaborative opportunities in India."

Mr Mark Wrighton
Chancellor, Washington University

"Volvo is excited about the opportunities in the luxury car market in India, which currently is just one per cent of the overall industry figure but has the potential to grow fantastically"

Tomas Ernberg
Managing Director, Volvo Auto India

"The domestic market for India is starting an opportunity. In the next 3-5 years there will be more direct domestic investments in Indian start-ups"

Dave McClure
Founding Partner, 500Startups

"Indian markets present an attractive long-term growth story"

Kristy Fong
Investment Manager, Aberdeen Asset Management Company

"India is a country of 1.3 billion people and the number of high net worth individuals in India is growing. Of course, it is an important strategic market for Lamborghini."

Andrea Baldi
Head - Operations, South East Asia and Pacific at Automobili Lamborghini Asia-Pacific

"Indian economy has huge growth potential"

Alan Oster
Group Chief Economist, National Australia Bank

"To get into the IITs and IIMs, the exams Indian students take are probably the most competitive in the world and a fraction of the ones who take the examination make the cut...these are exceedingly smart people"

Philip G Altbach
Author, Researcher and Professor at Boston College

"The India growth story should continue... India's biggest growth driver over the next 3 to 5 years will remain its domestic demand, both investment demand and consumer demand."

Andreas Wendelken
Director, Deutsche Asset Management

"If you look at the development of the Indian market, you know the market is going to grow. It is already a significant market today and it is huge. "

Mike Manley
COO, Fiat and Chrysler

"India is a big market in terms of talent with IITs being based here... there is no dearth of IT entrepreneurs in India, be it Wipro, Mindtree, or Infosys. "

Lip-Bu Tan
President and Chief Executive, Cadence Design Systems, and founder-chairman of US$ 2 billion venture capital fund Walden

"India is a source for leadership"

James W Griffith
President and CEO, The Timken Company

"India has the potential to be among the top four markets for SAP"

William McDermott
Co-Chief Executive, SAP

"India is a key market for us and we have nearly doubled our presence in the past two years"

Frank Trampert
Managing Director, Wyndham Hotel Group

"India is a market with extraordinary potential and if we see a great opportunity then we will not rule out investing."

Frits van Paasschen
President and CEO, Starwood Hotels & Resorts

"I am impressed by the young leadership in India. The young leaders from industry and NGOs are wonderful, talented, exciting and entrepreneuring."

Patricia Hewitt
Chairperson, UK India Business Council

"India is now the third largest base for Domino's outside of the US and UK. It's among the top four countries, with over 50% share in the pizza segment."

Ritch Allison
Executive Vice President of International Operations
Domino's Pizza

"It (India) is a very important market not just for us but any company that wants to be successful"

Erik Johnson
Head - Sales (Asia-Pacific)
Facebook

"India is a very important market for us. It will be one of the biggest growth drivers in the near future"

Dieter Zetsche
Chairman, Management Board
Daimler AG

"With India in particular, it has a lot to do with confidence. There is an inevitability of the development path that the country is on at this point. The economic activity and expansion of mobility around the country, airlines and new airports and increasing travel is something that is not going to stop."

Mark Hoplamazian
CEO & President
Hyatt Hotels Corp

"Indian champions are becoming global champions. We have deep relationships with many of these fantastic Indian companies who now run global enterprises. You look at Tata's, Reliance, Vedanta, Infosys, Wipro. They have a global mindset, a global perspective and our priority is to continue to help the established Indian champions grow and the new breed of emerging corporate titans from India"

Stephen Bird
CEO, Asia Pacific region
Citigroup

"India has always been an important country from a business perspective...Envirotainer wants to expand its capabilities in the Asia Pacific region, starting with India, as the country is an important manufacturing market."

Stephen Maietta
Healthcare Sales Director
Envirotainer

"This year, we are planning to invest about US$ 1 billion in India alone. This will be the largest investment in a single country by IFC in a year. Also, IFC's largest country exposure is in India at US$ 3,766 million worth of committed portfolio, which is about 9 per cent of IFC's global portfolio."

Karin Finkelston
Vice President
Asia Pacific, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

"What's fascinating about the Indian market is even if the market were growing at a rate of 10,000% year-on-year, that wouldn't even keep up with true market potential. That's how big the mobile market is in India."

Bill McDermott
co-CEO
SAP AG

"India is very high on the priority list of smartphone launch...we have grown from nothing to a 1,000-dedicated Lenovo stores. We want to increase that by another couple of hundreds."

Milko van Duijl
Asia Pacific & Latin America Head
Lenovo

"We have ambitious plans for India. Exports from India have been a huge success so far, and we want to increase it with new models, as trans-continental markets post stronger demand for smaller cars. We plan to increase our production to over four lakh cars, most of which would be meant for exports."

Takayuki Ishida
Managing Director
Nissan Motor India Private Limited

"The Indian market is very promising and direct selling industry in India is anticipated to touch Rs 7,120 crore by 2012-2013. We have plans to take the company to next level in the region"

Niklas Frisk
Managing Director and Head
South Asian Operations, Oriflame

"India is already among our top five markets out of 31 globally... We will continue to invest strongly behind capabilities, people, technology and branch network here...We are very excited about the opportunity beyond Tier-1 cities. We have presence in 34 cities in India"

Foo Mee Har
Global Head (Priority and International Banking)
Standard Chartered Bank

"India is seeing a rapid urbanisation, which is increasing the demand for mobility... By 2020, India will comprise 20% of the world's market and we will be ready for that."

Hartmut Schick
Head
Daimler Buses

"I can't think of a country more suited than India due to its British heritage and a society known for its affinity for shirts. We will leverage on the strength of LVMH, especially in the areas of marketing and real estate and also combine the strength of a partner like Reliance"

Jonathan Heilbron
President and CEO
Thomas Pink

"India is a market with a remarkable potential still to be exploited"

Stefano Canali
General Manager and third generation of the Canali family in business

"India is among the top ten markets for us in the world and in the next two to three years, it will be among the top three"

Sungwon Song
Senior Vice President
Samsung

"India has a very impressive GDP, huge population, fairly educated work force, and for these reasons there is an influx of international investments into the country"

David T Kong
Best Western International Inc
corporate business travel

"India is a key element in Ford's global strategy"

Alan Mulally
President and CEO
Ford Motor Company

"India is the second largest partner and investor for Sri Lanka"

Janaka Ratnayake
Chairman and Chief Executive of the Sri Lanka
Export Development Board

"We have brought the largest delegation ever from a single state to India and primarily they are business people. That is because of the tremendous market that is India, which has tremendous talent and huge economic opportunities."

Martin O'Malley
Governor of Maryland
United States

"Stability and prosperity of the Indian market provide opportunities"

Martin Pinder
Commercial Director
Arabtec Constructions

"India has emerged as a major player in the cotton sector and may overtake China in the next decade in output"

Terry P Townsend
Executive Director
International Cotton Advisory Committee

"India is very high on the list of companies in Europe and Asia. Even executives at their best age are open to transfer to India"

Ulrich Dade
Chairman
Amrop

"India is one of the fastest growing markets for us"

Angela Ahrendts
Chief Executive Officer
Burberry

"India is a high growth market and the climate in many parts of India is similar to that in Australia"

Simon Feiglin
Partner
The Riverside Company

"India is an important market for us in terms of size and position and we are open to different options to strengthen our presence"

Brian A Wong
Vice President (Global Supplier, Service & Sales)
Alibaba.com

"We view India as one of the most important and dynamic markets in the world, with forecasts of it becoming the third largest automotive market by 2020."

Philippe Varin
Chairman, Managing Board
PSA Peugeot Citroën

"We are totally committed to further establish our brand presence in the Indian market... We are keen to develop the brand in upcoming cities."

Angelo Bonati
CEO
Officine Panerai

"We are looking at investing in emerging markets and India offers huge opportunities"

Torsten-Jörn Klein
Executive Board Member and President
Gruner & Jahr International

"With Etios and Liva, we will be able to extend our product coverage to over 50 per cent of the market in the country"

Hiroshi Nakagawa
Managing Director
Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM)

"India is unique because the market helps marketers combine the need for strong brands from consumers with the technology to serve it"

Hernan Sanchez Neira
CEO
Havas Media Intelligence

"India has done wonders with respect to polishing. The Indian cut diamonds have become world class now"

Tehmasp Printer
MD
International Gemological Institute- India

"India has a rapidly growing consumer base that is fast accepting digital formats. We are targeting to grow our revenues in the country to US$ 50 million in the next three years"

Richard Sanders
President-International and Head of Global Marketing
Sony Music Entertainment

"India has the potential to bring us great pack of passionate car loving customers who would love to drive these super machines"

Amedeo Felisa
Chief Executive
Ferrari SPA

"We believe the capital markets in India are going to build a significant size and scale"

Douglas Braunstein
Chief Executive Officer
JPMorgan Chase

"I find India to be an interesting market...We will continue focusing on growing the business here"

Daniel Morel
Chairman and CEO
Wunderman

"India has a fantastic future in terms of the communications industry"

John Hegarty
Chairman & Worldwide Creative Director
BBH

"India is a fantastic resource for Dell's global growth"

Michael Saul
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer
Dell

"We are very optimistic about India as a brand destination"

Martin Jones
CEO
Marks & Spencer Reliance India

"India is one of the most important market for us and we are committed to bring the best in class products to the country."

James Wainright
President and CEO
Tecumseh Products Company

"India is an emerging market with huge potential—it is going to be one of our core markets."

Karl-Heinz Handke
President (Western Hemisphere)
Montblanc

"India is not simply emerging: India has already emerged."

Barack Obama
President
US

"India is a tremendous growth story, and is truly one of the rising stars of the global economy."

Eric D Landheer
Head of Asia pacific
NASDAQ OMX

"India is now one of the fastest growing economies in the world and a very serious market for us."

Paul Drummond
Co-founder & Group Commercial Director
Quintessentially

"The market outlook for renewable energies in India is extremely positive and we see huge potential for the wind and solar business in the near future."

Dr Armin Bruck
Managing Director
Siemens

"The Indian market has a lot of potential for us."

Harald Kruger
Head of Human Relations Management
BMW

"India is our most dynamic market anywhere in the world."

John S Hamilton
President and Chief Executive Officer
Electro-Motive Diesel Inc

"We remain bullish on the domestic growth outlook in India."

Fan Cheuk Wan
MD, Head of Research Asia Pacific, Private Banking Division
Credit Suisse

"There is huge potential for growth in India, explosive growth."

Marc Benioff
Chairman and CEO
Salesforce.com inc

"India is a key market for us."

Tom Nordstrom
Vice-President and Executive Director
KWH Mirka Ltd

"India would play an important role in working out cost efficient ways of developing new drugs..."

Stephen Cutler
Kendle
COO

"India accounts for nearly 50% of our global revenues."

Peter Blackmore
CEO, UTStarcom

"India is an important destination for the company."

Amadou Diallo
CEO-South Asia Pacific
DHL Global Forwarding

"I have been a great believer in the India growth story."

Wilfried Aulbur
Mercedes Benz India
MD & CEO

"India is our fastest growing market."

J S Shin
CEO
Samsung, SW Asia

"India has a huge opportunity to become a food basket for the world."

Scott Price
President and CEO
Wal-Mart Asia

"We will make India the export hub for LG."

Moon Bum Shi
Managing Director
LG Electronics India

"India is special in terms of existing opportunities and market potential."

Patrick Doyle
Global Chief Executive Officer
Domino's Pizza Inc

"We are one of the two market leaders in India.... The growing residential segment has been a big part of our growth."

Matti Alahuhta
President and CEO
Kone Corporation

"India offers unlimited potential and is growing rapidly."

H. Tanigawa
Managing Director
Bridgestone India Private Limited

"Within Cisco, now we recognise that India is an innovation centre for what we call smart connect communities."

Wim Elfrink
Executive Vice-President
Cisco Services

"India is one of the markets of prime importance to us and Etios is a massive product for us globally."

Kazuo Okamoto
Chairman
Toyota

"India offers a new and promising market for our innovations and products."

Hans-Matthias Vorbrodt
Managing Director
Orgentis Chemicals Ltd

"I am looking for long term in India. We took off here last decade. We source 75 per cent of our components from vendors, and will source more from India."

Louis R Chenevert
President and CEO
United Technologies Corporation (UTC)

"India is an integral part of Honeywell's global growth strategy and is a critical manufacturing location."

Shane Tedjarati
President and CEO (China and India)
Honeywell

"India is a very important market for Ford Motor company. We are here in a big way. We are doubling our plant capacity in Chennai."

Mark Bentley
Manager
Ford Global Licensing

"We see a huge growth potential in India, be it warehousing and distribution, or even freight business or express business."

Frank Appel
Global CEO
DHL

"The global market is shifting towards smaller cars and India has a predominant advantage with a 70% market for compact cars. With Figo, we plan to get a larger chunk of the premium hatchback market, both in India and overseas."

Alan Mulally
President and CEO
Ford Motor

"A quarter of our Asia Pacific installation has happened in India. The booming medical business and the population of the country make it a potential market for our technology-enabled surgical solutions."

Stefan Vilsmeier
President and Chief
Executive Officer BrainLAB

"Given the rapid development of India's economy and infrastructure, this is exactly the right time to bring the world's greatest motorcycle to one of the world's largest motorcycling nations."

Matthew Levatich
President and COO
Harley-Davidson Motor Company

"India would remain one of Nokia's top growth markets, as 81% of the country's mobile users were in urban areas and they were driving demand for high-end phones."

Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo
Global CEO
Nokia Corporation

"The Indian market is at the cusp of a revolution in packaged beverages. As a general rule, we expect India to outgrow the world average; outgrow Eurasia and the Africa group... We would be happy to see India among our top five global businesses."

Ahmet C Bozer
President, Eurasia and Africa
Coca-Cola

"India has taken its place in the world economy. A lot of them (Indian companies) can be global companies. You already have them in cars and autos, in electronics and systems."

Jamie Dimon
Chairman and CEO
JP Morgan

"We are looking at sourcing as much as we can from India and are studying the possibility of setting up an engine facility at the second plant near Bangalore."

Hiroshi Nakagawa
Managing Director
Toyota Kirloskar Motor

"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

"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

"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

"We cannot remain a global industry leader without a strong presence in India,"

Karl Slym
Head, GM India

When we look at markets in India, the growth prospects over the near, medium, and longer term are excellent and there are going to be great opportunities as a result. With regard to the opportunities that we see in India, our global capabilities match very well with the business here.

Brady W Dougan
CEO
Credit Suisse Group

We have been in India since 2001 with our Skoda (VW's Czech subsidiary) cars, and our current sales figures imply 69 per cent growth in volume sales in India, which is a very important market for us. Now, we believe, is the right time to expand.... India has a very skilled workforce.

Jochem Heizmann
Member
Volkswagen Management Board

We have concrete business plans for Indian market and and within next 5 years, India will be a strong contributors to Renault's global business.

Sylvain Bilaine
Managing Director
Renault India

India today is not an emerging economy. It has fully emerged, and it is in full bloom.

Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo
President and CEO
Nokia

The real interest in India is to find the next practice. To find the unexplored innovative idea - one that can change the game.

Bill McDermott
President and CEO
SAP

You can't be global without being in India - with its large number of highly skilled, motivated and knowledgeable people.

Tom Enders
CEO and President
Airbus

India is one of the hotspots of the world ... opening up to new ideas and investments and the people are increasingly getting interested in Western fashion.

Patrice de Place
President
Artistic Committee
Mod'Art International, Paris

Nowhere in the world has retail fallen into the consumers' lap like it has in India.

B S Nagesh
Customer Care Associate and Managing Director
Shoppers Stop

When you are here (India) you see the energy, the sharpness of the people and their passion for learning. You want to be in that environment. This is one of the best places to work in the world today.

Katherine Hegmman
Senior Executive
IBM

Five years ago, industrial customers expected delivery once a day; now they demand 20 ... they expected six new products to be developed in a year; today they expect 11.

Surinder Kapur
CMD
Sona Koyo Steering Systems Limited

India is the future and the future is here. Critical operations are happening here.

Anil Menon
Vice-President, Channels, Marketing and Ecosystems
IBM Software

The demand is so much that I am unable to keep pace with the orders. People just walk in and want to buy one of the (Mercedes) models.

Manjit Singh Bala
Managing Director
Tai-Pan Motors

Unlike the past when a typical Merc owner (in India) would get the first car after he turned 45, now it is typically 35 to 37.

Suhas Kadlaskar
Head, Corporate Affairs
DaimlerChrysler India

India is a long-term bet with stability ... China is a short-term bet with volatility.

Stefan Krause
Head of Sales and Marketing
BMW AG

India is on a roll and we are happy to be rolling with India.

Arun Sarin
CEO
Vodafone

We've got to get them (India) on local products as well as doing global products because we need to understand that game.

Rick Wagoner
Chairman
General Motors

The thumb rule is to have 30 per cent localisation and global content ... to succeed here (in India) is to have a 'global brand with local heart'

Muktesh Pant
Chief Marketing Officer
Yum! Restaurants International

India is going to be a refining and petrochemical hub. The country's largest forex earnings are going to be from export of refined products.

Carlos A Cabrera
President and CEO
UOP - a Honeywell company

We know the (Indian) market is going to explode but we can't say when.

Dr Hector Ruiz
Chairman and CEO
Advanced Micro Devices

We want to give Indian investors an opportunity to be a part of the world's largest steel company and would like to list Arcelor-Mittal in India.

LN Mittal
President and CEO
Arcelor-Mittal

I believe that India's growth is on the runway, ready to take off.

Andrew Holland
Managing Director
DSP Merrill Lynch

India, with a population of 1.1 billion, and a middle class that is larger than the entire population of US, is one of the world's largest untapped markets.

Satveer Chaudhary
Senator
Minnesota

India is the fastest growing and highest revenue-generating market of the 13 economies in the Asia-Pacific region.

Randall Stephenson
CEO
AT&T

Here in India and Asia the evolution has reached revolution. In a good sense.

John Dooner
Chairman & CEO
McCann Worldgroup

India is the fastest growing and highest revenue-generating market of the 13 economies in the Asia-Pacific region.

Randall Stephenson
CEO
AT&T

India is a very exciting market and the luxury car segment is growing exponentially here.

Mr Paul de Voijs
Managing Director
Volvo Car India

I have never seen India so dynamic, vibrant and full of business opportunities.

Peter Loescher
President and Chief Executive
Siemens

Now things have changed - many Indians educated and working in America are returning to India because India has changed. India is the new land of opportunities.

Bala V Balachandran
Padma Shri awardee
Distinguished professor, Kellogg School of Management, Chicago

Our relations with India are stronger than ever, bilateral trade is improving, an increasing number of Indian students are coming to the UK.

Gordon Brown
Prime Minister
Britain

Indian companies have a responsibility now as the whole world is looking to India.

Ibukun Adebayo
Head - India Business Development
Alternative Investment Market (of the London Stock Exchange)

India is an interesting combination - world class talent that can speak English and a strong technological expertise.

Tony Wright
Chairman
Lowe Worldwide

India is clearly the rising star of the direct marketing world.

Rory Sutherland
Jury President, Lions
Direct, Cannes Lions; and Vice Chairman,
Ogilvy Group UK

I can foresee a day when Finland could begin importing mobile phones from India.

Matti Pietarinen
Deputy Director General
Finnish Ministry of Trade and Industry

What's struck me is the energy and restless ambition in India. You can actually, tangibly feel the drive...

Peter Knapp
Executive Creative Director
Landor Associates

India is light years ahead in terms of the market potential and the potential for the company (Boeing) to come together as an enterprise and grow.

Q.R. Thomas
President
Boeing India

We are also looking to source more (auto) parts out of India for our global operations.

Rick Wagoner
Chairman and CEO
General Motors

India is a very important market for 3i... We see attractive investment opportunities here and we want to be in the forefront.

Chris Rowlands
Managing Partner, Asia
3i

'Indian market is unique in the sense you have so many different segments and levels of usage.'

John Gierre
Chief marketing officer
Alcatel-Lucent

"With the Indian economy showing 8-9 per cent growth over the years, more and more Japanese investors are becoming keen to invest in this emerging market."

Yoshihiro Hasegawa
Chief Representative
Daiwa Securities SMBC Co Ltd

The Indian economy has had sustained growth at 9 per cent which is generating practical outcomes for Australia.

Warren Truss
Minister for Trade
Australia

I am returning from India with great enthusiasm. India has made solid progress on two counts - savings and FDI.

Stephen S Roach
Chief Economist
Morgan Stanley

With markets so exciting here, one may ask why invest abroad.

Richard C. Wastcoat
Managing Director
Fidelity Investments International, UK

This (Indian telecom sector) is growing phenomenally and I do not see an end to it.

Mats Granryd
Managing Director
Ericsson India

One of the fastest growing economies in the world, India is an excellent country for any company to be in.

Kensaku Konishi
President and Chief Executive Officer
Canon India

We want to grow in a big way in India.

Ditlev Engel
VP-sales
President and CEO
Vestas Wind Systems A/S

India's booming economy, new premium Vista platform, its IT industry - all this is good news for channels and therefore for us, too.

Bernherd Gleissner
VP-sales
EMEA & India, Nvidia

Because of the dynamism of the (Indian) economy, there is a very optimistic view of the direction of the country.
Lee Howell, World Economic Forum

With India being the fastest-growing mobile market in the world, providing a rich set of online services for mobile subscribers is more important than ever.
Steve Ballmer
CEO, Microsoft

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

"Through the wisdom of its government leaders and the entrepreneurship of its private sector, India has risen to become a major force in the global economy."
Mr John Chambers
President and CEO
Cisco Systems Inc

"We are very bullish on our growth prospects in India."
Charles Prince
CEO
Citigroup

"India, which is known for its globally recognised IT resources, can contribute substantially towards the success of our future projects."
Shaikh Ahmed bin Ateyatallah al Khalifa
Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs
Bahrain

"I put India on the top priority market among emerging markets."
Yuanquing Yang
Chairman
Lenovo

"...India (is), the most promising and dynamic economies of the world. In this day and age of globalisation, ...Scandinavian corporate leaders feel that, more than ever, it is of utmost importance to get to know industrial and political leaders in a country of India's stature."
Marcus Wallenberg
Chairman of the Board
SEB
On a recent visit to India along with a CEOs delegation of top Swedish companies

"Australian retailers are increasingly diversifying their buying of apparel and garments from China to India."
Sarat Chandran
Director
Indo-Australian Chamber of Commerce

"India has just opened up and so offers a good potential for volume growth."
K Y Lee
Chairman and CEO
BenQ

"Socially and economically, India is developing at a galloping pace when compared to the rest of the world."
Mr Sarang Panchal
Executive Director
ACNielsen South Asia

"Indian companies are using UK as a door to other European countries and are also using it as a base to provide services in the US and South Africa."
Mark Dolan
Deputy Director
Inward Investment

"We came into India wanting to make it a hub for all the products that we are producing there including the supplier base. I'm pleased with the progress."
Mr Leif Johansson
President and CEO
AB Volvo

"This is a watershed year in US-India relations. We have been talking, and working, about a strategic partnership. Now is the time to make it happen."
Christina Rocca
US Assistant Secretary of State

"India has become a key market for many information communication technology products made in the US, while the US is an important consumer of Indian IT-enabled services."
US State Department
during the launch of the India-US CEO's Forum

"India on its way to becoming IT, manufacturing kingdom of the world."
Mr Yasukuni Enoki
Japanese Ambassador to India

"The demand which we are observing in India is one of the highest growth rates in the world today."
Dinesh Keskar
VP Sales
Boeing Corporation

"Indian markets are gaining depth by the day, more instruments, more shorting possibilities."
Christoph Avenarius
Senior analyst
Credit Suisse Alternative Investments

"The dynamism shown by India in the last 15 years is phenomenal."
Paul Wolfowitz
President
World Bank

"India as a country is in a mode of capital consumption. Investors will now start looking for proxies that will reflect the India growth story."
K Ramakrishnan
CEO
Spark Capital Advisors

"We have been bullish on India for a long time."
Donald Peck,
Managing partner
Actis

"Never were our relations ever more exciting."
Tony Blair,
Prime Minister of Britain,
on India-UK relations

"We are delighted and impressed with the growth we have been able to achieve in this country. India is a key node in Accenture's global delivery network."
Mr Karl-Heinz Floether
Group Chief Executive (Technology and Delivery)
Accenture

"India is a rising economic influence of power in the international system. It's a great multiethnic democracy."
Condoleezza Rice
US Secretary of State

"...this is the right time to invest in India and we will be bold on the market here."
Jeffrey Immelt
CEO and Chairman
GE Worldwide

"India will continue to be an exciting investment destination for FIIs... The big driver for the markets will be a sustained growth in the economy of around 7 per cent."
Hemendra Kothari
Chairman
DSP Merrill Lynch

"Higher level of acquisitions is a reflection of the business confidence. Acquisitions are likely to rise next year. A big component would be Indian companies acquiring companies overseas."
Ravi Menon
Director and Co-head for Investment Banking
HSBC Securities

"FDI will continue to be encouraged and actively sought, particularly in the areas of infrastructure, high technology and exports."
P. Chidambaram
Finance Minister
Government of India

"The Indian middle class is easier to target because people understand English and have a western orientation...in China, it's a longer slog"
Rory Cowan
President, Lionbridge Technologies
in Business 2.0 (July 2004)

"Not only are there brilliant engineers here [in India], I've been seeing that the entrepreneurial spirit of the businesses is second to none." Mike S. Zafirovski
President and Chief Operating Officer
Motorola Inc.

"The revenue growth from India is the fastest among all the markets we are present in."
Lex Kloosterman
CEO (private clients/new growth markets)
ABN Amro Bank NV

"India Inc is emerging bigger, faster and stronger. India is also fast becoming the world's knowledge centre and back office. I believe India will continue to outshine others for some time to come."
Vishesh Chandiok
International Practice Partner
Grant Thornton, India

"India is now being seen as a country that can both benefit and help because of its growing relations with the Southeast Asian neighbours and partners".
Sunil Kant Munjal
President
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)

"There is a broad recognition of the enormous benefits flowing from greater integration between India and ASEAN.... The India-ASEAN Car Rally...will dramatically symbolize the effort to forge new linkages, while embodying the spirit of our cooperation."
Dr. Manmohan Singh
Prime Minister of India

"In coming three years India is the third most favoured investment destination for Japanese investors. More than eighty per cent of prospective Japanese investors cited India's huge market and its growth potential as the biggest drivers for investment."
Japan Bank for International Co-operation

"India has seen an explosion of its middle classes over the last few years with an emerging generation of highly educated young workers earning higher incomes than ever before. This has driven massive growth in domestic consumption and if you combine this with the boom in the pharmaceutical industry and government spending on infrastructure, India reveals itself as the one of the most attractive growth stories in the investment world right now."
Arun Mehra
Head of Investment Strategy
Fidelity India

"India's ability to draw heavyweight investors like Temasek and the speed with which they are moving is a signal that the Subcontinent continues to be an attractive investment for those taking a long view and seeking to diversify their portfolios."
Far Eastern Economic Review
October 21, 2004
("Singapore Inc. Diversifies")

"[RatanTata's] $ 14.3 bn family conglomerate is a picture of what was and is India Inc."
Forbes

"Service providers business is most strategic for Cisco. India is amongst the fastest growing markets today and it is a strategic market for Cisco. Cisco is putting in place a dedicated team focused on the business and it is also strengthening its headcount [in India]."
Andrew Murray
Asia Pacific Vice President
Cisco

"Indian engineers are comparable to the best in the world, including the US and Europe, and we will use this strength to leverage our position in the world market.'
Mr. Phillippe Joubert
Executive Vice President
Alstom

With increased macro-economic stability and increased forex reserves, the Indian investment climate is clearly improving...for Denmark, India ranks among the top destinations for investment."
Anders Holbech Jespersen
Advisor, Confederation of Danish Industries
In an interview on June 30th 2004

"Equity and efficiency are complimentary, not contradictory, and we must move forward on both these while maintaining a high degree of fiscal and financial discipline, and a robust external economic profile".
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's first address to the nation

"It's the speed - how quickly people are moving. It's their passion and ambition. Execution is something other countries can learn from India." Christian Seiwald
CEO
Sandoz GmbH

"It makes sense for pharma companies to look to India...Indian scientists are well trained...India has more pharmaceutical facilities approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) than any foreign country."
Business Week Magazine

"India is one of the largest generics markets in the world today [in volumes]. We expect this market to have a significant growth potential. That makes it very attractive."
Christian Seiwald
CEO
Sandoz GmbH

"My government's endeavour would be to create such an atmosphere in the country that ...the talent in the country should work to prove that we are unparalleled in the world. We have the third largest reservoir of Science and Technology talent in the world and [this] would be utilised to ensure that 21st century belongs to India."
Dr. Manmohan Singh
Prime Minister of India

"India, first of all, came to the game with some just natural advantages: one, English-speaking population; two, real emphasis on education. You also had a country that is very instinctively able to glocalize, take the best of the global world and meld it with their own culture."
Tom Friedman
Columnist
The New York Times

"India is an institutionalised democracy of long standing. Democratic changes in government should be seen as a sign of strength. We expect the reform process to continue although the emphasis may change."
Sanjeev Sanyal
Director & Senior Economist, Global Markets Research
Deutsche Bank, Asia

"India's reforms are not just an economic issue. The country is forging a proudly democratic model of economic reforms. It is the kind of model that many developing countries, despairing that they do not have the dictatorship of China to force through difficult reforms, can hope to emulate."
Bruce Gilley
The Wall Street Journal

"Asia should not be painted with one brush; India has separated itself from the pack; it is not unduly dependent on external demand, and it has an increasingly powerful IT-enabled, services-led growth dynamic."
Stephen Roach
Chief Global Economist & Managing Director
Morgan Stanley

"Everybody says China has 8% growth and India only 3%, but that is a total misconception. We don't really know. I think India's progress is far more impressive than China's."
Peter Drucker

"We have made significant investment in expanding our presence in India and will continue to do so. We greatly value the Indian capability and...have charted out an aggressive growth plan in India"
Mr. Edward Barnholt
Chairman, President & CEO
Agilent Technologies

"In our view, economic restructuring and low interest rates are raising India's potential growth rate. Structurally, we believe it is more attractive than China."
Eddie Wong
Equity Analyst (Asia Pacific)
ABN Amro Bank

"India is not just about IT or business process outsourcing. We see it as an incubator for giant global corporations driven by IT strategy."
Prof Warren McFarlan
Senior Associate Dean
Harvard Business School

"Here's a country that will show massive growth. We believe India will continue to have growing importance in the world economy, and we are working with clients to raise capital and create strategies that will allow them to participate in this growth."
Sean Wallace
Co-head of Investment Banking
JP Morgan,Asia Pacific

"The people I have met in India are very good. They have a global perspective. Though these are still early days, I have been struck by the quality of Indian management. It is very high by any standard. I wont bet against India becoming one of the top five economies of the world by 2050."
Alec Jones
Global Leadership Team
PriceWaterhouse Coopers

"Japan, Australia and China are also expanding markets but India is of special significance. India is outbound volume growing; it is a large English-speaking country and above all, we have good historic relations with India. So it's an Ireland-friendly market."
Mr. Philip McDonagh
Irish Ambassador to India
In an interview with the Times of India

"India has greater access to the international knowledge base. First we noticed Indian individuals, but now we notice Indian companies as well...Indians have managed to build some very good institutions for themselves, which are going to help them in future."
Charles Morrison
President
East West Center

"There is a huge market waiting to be tapped in India's components business and we intend to grow the business significantly over the next couple of years"
Hans-Michael Huber
MD & CEO
DaimlerChrysler India

"We recognise the greatest strength of India is not just the number of people, not its ability to put them into seats - it's the skill level that exists here."
Joseph M Sigelman
Co-Chief Executive
OfficeTiger

"I see a big change in corporate India. Indian companies which earlier enjoyed protected markets, have adapted well to the opening up of the economy. India is a classic example. I am impressed by how well Indian companies have moved from a management style rooted in a protected environment to a management style which is exploiting global competitiveness."
Klaus Schwab, Chairman
World Economic Forum
On his recent visit to India

"The economic dominance of the US is already over. What is emerging is a world economy. India is becoming a powerhouse very fast."
Peter Drucker
Management Guru
In Fortune

"The World Travel and Tourism Council report says that over the next 10 years, India's travel and tourism industry is expected to achieve annualised real growth of 7.9% to bring in $ 28.4 billion in 2013. By then the travel and tourism economy overall is expected to hit an annual $68.3 billion."
Far Eastern Economic Review (January 22nd, 2004)

"By 2020, 47% of Indians will be between 15 and 59, compared with 35% now. The working-age populations of the U.S. and China are projected to shrink. So India is destined to have the world's largest population of workers and consumers. That's a big reason why Goldman, Sachs & Co. (GS ) thinks India will be able to sustain 7.5% annual growth after 2005."
Business Week Magazine (Cover Story, December 8, 2003)

"As a nation you have great DNA. This advantage will have a multiplier effect on the economy when second generation policy reforms present businesses and consumers with the right incentives. There is so much pent-up dynamism at the micro level of India's economy that entrepreneurs and workers will amplify the benefits of these reforms."
Robert Blackwill
Former US Ambassador to India

"India is one of the fastest growing telecom markets in the world and is of immense importance to us. We also continue to look at opportunities to outsource research & development work from India"
Bert Nordberg
President (Business Unit Systems)
Ericsson

"When you talk about China, they (Americans) say it is a huge market with 1.3 billion population whereas India's image is as a good software producer. They don't know that India has one billion population and growing middle class consumers"
Harris N Miller
President
Information Technology Association of America

"India has natural and multiple advantages over countries like China or other Asian or Latin American countries that are emerging as outsourcing hub. In the recent past, Indian Inc has been able to establish its brand in the international market. Its extraordinary quality of human resource and domain knowledge clearly puts them in an advantageous position."
Bruce Chizen
President & CEO
Adobe Systems Inc, USA

"India's success rate vis-a -vis Britain's in the entrepreneurial scenario is a lot higher. I'm going to go back and work towards this"
HRH Prince Charles during his recent visit to India