A Joint course of Carnegie Mellon University and the University

of Pittsburgh
Description of the Carnegie Mellon course parameters
INDIA TODAY: Innovation, Industry and Education (1 credit)
Date: Oct 31- Nov 2, 2008
99- 331 INDIA TODAY: Innovation, Industry and Education
3 units
Date: October 31- Nov 2, 2008
Venue: October 31 Porter Hall 100, Carnegie Mellon
November 1 Porter Hall 100
November 2 Giant Eagle Auditorium, Baker Hall A51

Instructors (responsible for grades and class organization):

Indira Nair and Ashish Arora, Carnegie Mellon University
Bopaya Bidanda, University of Pittsburgh

Faculty presenters on the topics and themes:

Ashish Arora, Carnegie Mellon
John Camillus, University of Pittsburgh
Siddharth Chandra, University of Pittsburgh (invited)
Rabikar Chatterjee, University of Pittsburgh
Saraswati Menon, UNDP
Arvind Panagariya, Columbia University
Smita Srinivas, Columbia University
Sunil Wadhwani, iGate

Class times: 5 PM October 31st to 1:30 PM November 2nd 2008

Motivation: As global citizens, students need to have a working

knowledge of other countries which are important in shaping the
corporate, social and political world. As a rising state in the world
economy, India’s status in the business and in world affairs is shifting.

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES:

1. This course will educate you on the impact of engineering

solutions in a global and societal context. (ABET outcome h)
2. The course will improve your knowledge of contemporary issues
relating to the engineering and business profession (ABET
outcome j)

At the end of the course, the students will:

1. Have a general understanding of the corporate, geo-political,
cultural and social factors that define the Indian landscape at the
present time.

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 2. Explore one of these factors in depth, through the paper.

DESCRIPTION:
This short course will explore how these three factors interact in India
and in the perceived position of India as a world economy. It will
explore questions such as:
o To what extent has India’s capacity to innovate and education
been able to keep up with the industrial growth in recent years?
o Are the industrialized countries losing their monopoly on
innovation? To what extent are the fears that they are, well-
founded? Is this a zero-sum game?
o What are the major impediments to India’s economic and
business growth?
o (Compare and contrast policy debates, environmental impacts
etc of economic growth between those of the U.S. and India)
o (What does the economic growth mean for:
o An economically well-off American citizen? An American of
lower economic status?
o An affluent Indian citizen? A poor Indian citizen?)
o What are the current and future challenges of multinational firms
in developing countries and what needs to happen to move
towards the path of overcoming these?
The course will open with two keynote lectures on Friday evening on an
overview of the issues. This will be followed by 3 or 4 two- hour
instructional lectures on Saturday on the various themes by experts in
the fields. Sunday morning will be a discussion of two case studies and
a panel discussion by the speakers on future challenges, and some
possible projections/ recommendations.

Main text: Arvind Panagariya, INDIA: The Emerging Giant, Oxford,

2008.

ASSESSMENT

Due to the immersive nature of the course, students are expected to

attend all sessions on all three days. Further, each student will be
required to read the assigned book and develop a term paper on one
dimension of modern India. The length of the term paper will be 5-10
pages, double spaced in 11 point font. Term papers are due by
November 22nd and should be submitted through the Digital Dropbox
for the course.

Sample topics for term papers include:

 The effect of globalization on Indian society

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 Losers in the new Indian Economy
 Indian software Circa 2025
 An evaluation the Indian university system
 Globalization & the Indian farmer
 Globalization & the caste system
 To what extent has India’s capacity to innovate and education
been able to keep up with the industrial growth in recent years?
 Are the industrialized countries losing their monopoly on
innovation? To what extent are the fears that they are, well-
founded? Is this a zero-sum game?
 What are the major impediments to India’s economic growth?
 (Compare and contrast policy debates, environmental impacts
etc of economic growth between those of the U.S. and India)
 (What does the economic growth mean for:
o An economically well-off American citizen? An American of
lower economic status?
o An affluent Indian citizen? A poor Indian citizen?)
 What are the current and future challenges of multinational firms
in developing countries and what needs to happen to move
towards the path of overcoming these?

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 CMU- Pitt Weekend Course
INDIA Today: Industry, Innovation and Education
Working Schedule
Oct 31, Friday 5-8 PM; CMU Porter Hall 100
5- 5:30
Brief Introduction & Welcome
Mark Kamlet, CMU
Provost Jim Maher , Pitt

5:30 – 6:30
Sunil Wadhwani, Co-Chairman and Co-Founder of iGATE Corporation–
An Entrepreneur’s perspective on India: Industry, Innovation
and Education.

6:30 – 8:00
Arvind Panagariya. Jagdish Bhagwati Professor of Indian Political
Economy, Columbia University School of International & Public Affairs
India Emerging – The Four phases of India’s economic growth
since Independence
OR should it be?
Background on Modern India (focusing on industry and
economics)

Saturday, Nov 1, (main instructional day) 9 AM – 6:30 PM

CMU Porter Hall 100
9 – 10
Arvind Panagariya
India: International Trade – Carrying Liberalization Forward

10: 15 – 12:30:. Ashish Arora, CMU/Duke University, Arvind Panagariya,

Columbia, Loren Brandt, University of Toronto
A comparison of India, China and U.S from an economic &
business perspective

1:30 – 3:00
John Camillus, Donald R Beall Professor of Strategic Management, Katz
Graduate School of Business Management, University of Pittsburgh
Innovation & Eco Systems in India

3:00- 4:30
Saraswathi Menon, Director, UNDP Evaluation Office
Indian Educational System (s) – Strengths & Weaknesses

5:30 – 6:30 pm
Rabikar Chatterjee, Professor of Business Administration and Katz
Faculty Fellow in Marketing

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The Indian Consumer: A Case Based Discussion

Sunday, Nov 2 8:30 AM to 1 PM

CMU Baker Hall A51
8:30 to 10:00
Ashish Arora, Professor of Economics and Public Policy in the Heinz
School and Professor in the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University.
From Underdogs to Tigers: The rise of the software industry in
India and emerging countries

10- 11:30
Smita Srinivas, Assistant Professor of Urban Planning,
Director, Technological Change Lab (TCLab), Columbia University
Industry and Innovation issues in the Biotech and
Pharmaceutical Sectors in India

11:45 – 1:00 Panel of all speakers on Challenges and prospects of

Emerging India.
(Panel Moderator = )