Imagine Delhi

Amitabh Kant

CEO, National Institution for Transforming India

Amitabh Kant is presently CEO of National Institution for Transforming India (NITI). He is a member of the Indian Administrative Service, IAS (Kerala Cadre: 1980 batch). He is the author of Branding India-An Incredible Story. Kant has been a key driver of the award-winning campaigns “Make in India”, Startup India, “Incredible India” and God’s Own Country” that positioned India and Kerala State as leading manufacturing and tourism destinations. These campaigns have embraced a host of activities – infrastructure development, product enhancement, private-public partnership and positioning and branding based on extensive market research. Kant also conceptualized and implemented the “Atithi Devo Bhavah” – “Guest is God” campaign to train Taxi Drivers, Guides, immigration officials and make them stake holders in the tourism development process.

Urmi Goswami

Assistant Editor, The Economic Times

Urmi Goswami is Assistant Editor with The Economic Times. She writes on environment and climate change, sustainable development, social sector, education, minorities, and politics, and foreign policy. She has reported extensively on the international negotiations and domestic policy and developments on climate change and environment. She has attended and reported on the ups and downs of international negotiations on climate change beginning with the 2009 UN climate summit at Copenhagen. She has also attended and reported on the United Nations Environment Assembly meetings. Besides reporting for The Economic Times, she does programmes for public radio, All India Radio and is a regular discussant in programmes on the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha’s television channels.