India Today conference at ARKEN and at Copenhagen Business School

13 September 2012  - 14 September 2012

The world's largest democracy - with more different languages, religions and ethnic groups than any other country - is experiencing rapid economic growth. The middle class will grow from 50 million to 500 million people in 2027.

At the conference you could learn about India and join in a dialogue about future Danish-Indian cooperation and meet a number of the Indians who are shaping India's future in the fields of art and business, education and science, including: 

- THE NEW INDIA: Aromar Revi - head of India's new, ground-breaking multi-disciplinary education of 100,000 'urbanists', who will be transforming India in the coming decades.

- ART: Shanta Serbjeet Singh – Vice President of the National Art Academy for Performing Arts and Music on tradition and innovation in India.

- GLOBALISATION AND GREEN GROWTH: Pradip Shah – Investment advisor, spoke about the Indian-Danish business collaboration possibilities. 

- BUSINESS: Krishna Venkataramanan - CEO of India's 'national sector' company Larsen & Toubro. 

- YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR: Prahalad Achutharao - CEO of one of India's high-flying bio-tech companies. 

- TRADE AND CO-CREATION: An impressive string of CEOs and heads of Indian and Danish businesses in India: Grundfos, Rambøll, FLSmidth, L&T, Toolsidass Jewray, 3XN, Valcon and Haldor Topsøe, among others. 

On 13 September ARKEN focuses on art and society 

On 14 September Copenhagen Business School focuses on business cooperation