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Wharton India Economic Forum (WIEF) is Wharton’s student-run, India-centric business conference bringing together leaders, professionals, academics and students from around the world to discuss India’s evolution into a prominent global economic power

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  • The Indian Commonwealth: India’s Secret Geopolitical Weapon

    The Indian Commonwealth: India’s Secret Geopolitical Weapon

    How India can harness the power of the Commonwealth to leverage its soft power and rival China’s trade dominance
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    Wharton India Economic Forum
    Nov 9, 2018
    How Does Mumbai Keep the Lights On?

    How Does Mumbai Keep the Lights On?

    Mumbaikars enjoy arguably India’s best urban electricity supply. Can its model be replicated across other mega-cities?
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    Wharton India Economic Forum
    Oct 22, 2018
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    How the start-up Teabox reached its 100-countries miletsone

    How the start-up Teabox reached its 100-countries miletsone

    When I started Teabox in 2012, from the very first day I knew that the world will be our playground since the teas we deal in have been…
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    Wharton India Economic Forum
    Oct 10, 2018
    Why India Should Choose English and Regional Languages Over Hindi

    Why India Should Choose English and Regional Languages Over Hindi

    Investing in English and India’s regional languages can help India drive economic growth, increase upward mobility, and build trade ties…
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    Wharton India Economic Forum
    Oct 1, 2018
    WIEF Podcast Series #1: Meet SpotDraft, the AI-powered startup revolutionizing contract management…

    WIEF Podcast Series #1: Meet SpotDraft, the AI-powered startup revolutionizing contract management…

    The Wharton India Economic Forum (WIEF) team kicks off its original podcast series with a look at SpotDraft, winner of the people’s choice…
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    Wharton India Economic Forum
    Sep 30, 2018
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    The rising technical skills gap: getting to the bottom of the issue

    The rising technical skills gap: getting to the bottom of the issue

    A 2016 report by FICCI and E&Y on higher education in India states that over 80% of India’s engineers and 90% of MBAs lack the skills…
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    Wharton India Economic Forum
    Sep 14, 2018
    The Indian Incline: Understanding India’s stable growth path and how to maintain its momentum

    The Indian Incline: Understanding India’s stable growth path and how to maintain its momentum

    The Indian juggernaut keeps marching on. Despite plenty of hiccups, stop-starts, and uphill battles, the economy continues to brave the…
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    Wharton India Economic Forum
    Aug 27, 2018
    India: Future Past

    India: Future Past

    When writing on India, it is tempting to cover a positive, concise and non-controversial topic. Several options appear attractive, from the…
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    Wharton India Economic Forum
    Aug 8, 2018
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    Wharton India Economic Forum
    Jul 26, 2018

    India: The Startup Founded in 1947

    Twenty two years ago, the Wharton India Economic Forum (WIEF) was launched to showcase India’s…

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    Wharton India Economic Forum
    Jul 9, 2018

    Wharton India Startup Challenge

    We are proud to announce the launch of Wharton India Startup Challenge (WISC) 2019 Edition.

    WISC​2019​ is the ultimate platform for startups targeting the Indian market to showcase their ideas ​to leading investors ​and ​entrepreneurs​ and win…

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    Jan 30, 2018

    Enabling international student lending through FinTech

    — @Hana Haile-Mariam, @Prodigy Finance

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    Kartik Das
    Nov 6, 2017

    Bringing a Dead Tax to Life : Should the Inheritance Tax be reintroduced in India?

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    Dimple Kothari
    Nov 4, 2017

    Socioeconomic Diversity: Hidden Potential in Corporate India

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    Khushboo Goel
    Nov 3, 2017

    Effective policy decisions essential to rejuvenate dying MSME sector in India

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    WIEF Content
    Oct 22, 2017

    WIEF Startup Challenge: 2016–17 Recap:Greedy Game

    We take a quick look back at our past finalists, and see what they are up to these days!

    Presenting one of our top finalists, Greedy Game, Mobile advertising for the skip generation!

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