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Growth Is Good

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Economist Pravin Krishna on Why Indian Firms Never Scale Up | Growth is Good | Ep 31

October 27, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

In this episode of Growth is Good, Rahul Ahluwalia sits down with Pravin Krishna, economist and Chung Ju Yung Distinguished Professor of International Economics and Business at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins…
What Taiwan can Teach India About Building World-Class Firms | Chang-Tai Hsieh | Ep 30 | Growth is Good

August 27, 2026 · 54 min

Why do some industrial policies produce companies like TSMC, while others end up wasting public money? And why do successful Indian firms often fail to grow as large as they should?In this episode of Growth is Good, Rahul Ahluwalia speaks…
India's Districts Will Drive the Next Decade of Growth | ft. Shashank Mani | Ep 29 | Growth is Good

July 31, 2026 · 44 min

In this episode of Growth is Good, Piyush Doshi sits down with Shashank Mani, Member of Parliament from Deoria and founder of Jagriti Yatra, to explore how economic growth can be built from India’s districts.They discuss why India’s next…
From Deep Science to Deep Tech: How Research Drives Growth ft. Dr Shivkumar Kalyanaraman | Growth is Good | Ep 28

June 30, 2026 · 46 min

In this episode of Growth is Good, Rahul Ahluwalia sits down with Dr Shivkumar Kalyanaraman, CEO of the Anusandhan National Research Foundation, to unpack the relationship between science, technology, innovation and economic growth.They…
Innovation, Export Discipline & Why India Must Never Waste a Crisis | Prachi Mishra | Ep 27

May 29, 2026 · 51 min

What does it actually take for India to become a high-income economy?In this episode of Growth is Good, Rahul sits down with Prachi Mishra — one of India's most respected economists, with stints at the IMF, Goldman Sachs, and the RBI. She…

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Inside India’s Growth Strategy With the Chief Economic Advisor | Growth is Good | Ep 26

April 30, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min

In this episode of Growth is Good, Rahul sits down with Dr. V. Anantha Nageswaran — India's Chief Economic Advisor — for a candid, wide-ranging conversation on what it will really take for India to grow.From the "missing middle" in India's…
Growth Is Discovery, Not Design — Why Firms Build Economies Ft. Ajay Shah | Growth is Good | Ep 25

March 27, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

Ajay Shah is back! And this time, he's going granular.In this episode of Growth is Good, Rahul Ahluwalia and Ajay Shah break down why firms — not policies, not savings rates, not grand macroeconomic plans — are the true unit of economic…
How a Left Leaning Young Man Became One of India's Leading Reformers | Ep 24 | Dr Rakesh Mohan

February 27, 2026 · 1 hr 40 min

In this episode of Growth is Good, Rahul Ahluwalia speaks with Dr. Rakesh Mohan — former Deputy Governor of the RBI, former Executive Director at the IMF, and one of the key policy minds around India’s 1991 reforms. This is a grounded…
Why Enforcing a Contract Is So Hard in India Ft. Anand Kumar| Ep 23 | Growth is Good

January 30, 2026 · 1 hr 17 min

In this episode of Growth is Good, Rahul Ahluwalia is joined by Anand Prasad, co-founder of Trilegal, for a wide-ranging conversation on India’s legal system, economic growth, and the incentives that quietly shape how business actually…
Why India Still Needs to Defend Freedom | Amit Varma & Mohit Satyanand | Ep 22 | Growth is Good

December 31, 2025 · 56 min

What did it really mean to start a business under the Licence Raj? Why is socialism back as a “feel-good” word? And why do Amit Varma and Mohit Satyanand worry that we’re drifting away from the spirit of 1991, even as India’s young…
India’s Growth Leap: Insights from EAC-PM Member Shamika Ravi | Ep 21 | Growth is Good

November 28, 2025 · 43 min

What really pulled 302 million Indians out of poverty?In this episode of Growth is Good, Rahul Ahluwalia sits down with Dr Shamika Ravi, Member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (EAC-PM), to unpack what the latest data…
Creating 100,000 Jobs & Becoming One of the Largest Apparel Exporters | Ep 20 | Growth is Good

October 31, 2025 · 56 min

Shahi Exports, India’s largest apparel exporter, started in 1974 with one sewing machine. Today, it employs over 100,000 workers across 50+ factories, with women making up nearly 70% of its workforce. In this episode of Growth is Good, we…

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About the show

At Foundation for Economic Development (FED), we believe the evidence clearly shows that economic, GDP-measured growth is critical to improving everyone's standard of living; that it is the single-biggest determinant of human development outcomes such as improved health, education, and employment. Growth is good! It enables everything we cherish - employment, equity and even gender equality! This podcast features insightful conversations with leaders from industry and academia, who share their different perspectives on India's economic growth trajectory, and what we must do to grow further.