Our experience is that most entrepreneurs are able to attract debt, even for risky and early stage investments. There are investors who provide debt, but very few who fund through equity. Jamshyd Godrej Read Quote
Every year, millions of vaccines get wasted due to inadequate storage facilities. India is a focus for us, as this is a very big challenge for the country as well as other countries across the globe. Jamshyd Godrej Read Quote
Typically, market-driven growth spawns urbanisation and leads to migration. Urban centres expand into humongous entities that thrive on an unending supply of energy. Jamshyd Godrej Read Quote
Economic growth can enable development if it is supplemented by public policies that encourage circulation of wealth, especially into crucial areas such as public healthcare and education. Jamshyd Godrej Read Quote
Sometimes, we use the term ‘growth’ as a number and sometimes as an abstraction, but the underlying implication is always that, if the country grows at a certain rate, at the end there will be a pot of gold for everyone. Jamshyd Godrej Read Quote
Besides infrastructure, there is a huge opportunity in housing and urbanisation of cities – not only building new ones, but also renewing the infrastructure of old cities to make them more livable. This provides tremendous scope for large investments to fuel growth. Jamshyd Godrej Read Quote
Infrastructure projects create a lot of demand for material, services and manpower. It is a chain reaction; if the infrastructure growth slows down, it will hit overall demand. The supply side has to keep increasing to sustain growth. Jamshyd Godrej Read Quote
The government shouldn’t step in at the first stage and create land banks. Industry should buy the land as much as they can, and if they get stuck, then the government should step in. Jamshyd Godrej Read Quote
The links have to be between universities, R&D institutes, and industry. If these linkages are in place, it will result in products that are useful for society. The government has to leverage the money it spends on R&D to help develop new products useful for industry. Jamshyd Godrej Read Quote
Industry looks at research and development for energy efficiency, lowering material costs, so on and so forth. Jamshyd Godrej Read Quote
