G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant On UPSC, Working With PM Modi, Incredible India & Amrit Kaal I Neon Show

This week’s episode is about the UPSC, Working With PM Modi, Incredible India & Amrit Kaal as we welcome G20’s Sherpa, Amitabh Kant to the Neon Show!

Will Next 25 Years Be India’s Amrit Kaal?

Heterogeneity In India: Challenge or Opportunity?

What Are The Biggest Inequalities That India Currently Faces?

His Message To The Youth Of India!

All these juicy topics and more in this COMPELLINGLY DETAILED conversation about how much India has grown over the last 60 years and what the country’s future plans are to become the world’s largest superpower… Tune in NOW!

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Siddhartha Ahluwalia, Founder, Neon Fund & Host, The Neon Show
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CHAPTERS

00:00 - Precap
00:59 - Introducing Amitabh Kant To The Neon Show!
02:05 - Will Next 25 Years Be India’s Amrit Kaal?
04:28 - What Did India Look Like In The 60s?
06:15 - How Digital Infrastructure Has Changed India!
08:51 - Is Public Infrastructure Catching Up?
14:00 - What Was P.C. Mahalanobis’s Impact on India?
17:07 - Is Preparing For UPSC Waste Of Time?
22:24 - India’s Evolution From Doordarshan Era to Cable TV!
25:13 - India’s 10 Year Plan Explained
29:20 - Why Are Bihar & Jharkhand Lagging Behind?
33:01 - Amitabh Kant’s Journey From IAS To Thought Leader
39:39 - His Secret On Staying Mentally & Physically “Young”
41:28 - Biggest Inequalities That India Currently Faces
43:39 - Why Indian Thought leaders Are Data Driven!
47:29 - Heterogeneity In India: Challenge or Opportunity?
48:41 - Inefficient Allocation Of Resources In India
50:28 - Experience Working With Narendra Modi?
53:12 - Institutions’ Role In Economic Growth Of India?
55:55 - Can India Create Its Own Microsoft/Apple?
1:01:10 - His Message To The Youth Of India!
1:02:10 - Concluding Remarks

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[vishnurajbhar]

Sanjeev Sanyal did not say UPSC is a waste. He said spending too much time to crack UPSC is a waste of time. There are a lot of other avenues to explore instead of spending too much time on UPSC. If you are really really interested do it in a time boxed manner!!!

[businessempirereview]

Sanyal sir didn’t tell it’s waste of time….he told that there are great opportunities to be so many great things….dont only focus on upsc, explore different opportunities

[manjulkumarsharma]

India needs hundreds of I.A.S . OFFICERS like Amitabh Kant to make India great again

[Hypocritial]

My bet is that Amitabh Kant will be rewarded by Modiji in Modi 3.0 just like Dr S Jaishankar with a cabinet berth. For the sheer performance as Sherpa of G20 and legendary last hours of marathon negotiations to arrive at a deal

[charvibhattacharya]

Many countries in the world, doing good in tourism.
Draw backs of tourism in India
1. Transport
2. Cleanliness
3. Availability of continantal food
4. Safety of roads
5. Language
6. Other than old monuments
Development of tourist attractions

Pl look into above subjects and give services like other tourist attractions in the world

[SiddharthaAhluwalia-hx]

We need more like him in the highest positions of power in this country to see change!

[RS]

very good episode... Amitabh Kant is a very passionate man and that's what we need in government

[karunakarabhandary]

Amitabh Kant always my favourite IAS officer.His visionary and thrust for development is great.

[christieaf]

A legend of his own kind, a visionary with passion and commitment to the nation. A good Lieutenant for Modi in the drive to take the nation to the next level.

[arvinddhupkar]

It is surprising that you got Sanjeev Sanyal wrong. He made a nuanced point. Which is that considering an abysmally low success percentage, spending a significant part of youth on repeated attempts is a bad idea. It deprives the person of pursuing other talents or attempting startups where if successful, they would have created many more jobs and employment opportunities.
I heard some succesful startup founders attributing their success to not falling in the trap of wating their precious part of life on UPSC attempts.

[niraj]

Make in india, Make for India, Make for the world. Make for India is most important. We don't want Chinese like experience. Indian must consume largely make in India products and services for ling sustenance and growth rapidly especially ensuring circular economy

[katyarkhukri]

Misquoting Sanjeev Sanyal for a provocative effect! He only said so many youngsters spending several years trying multiple times to clear UPSC is a waste of their most productive years, move on if they dont clear within a few chances. He said the peer group of the youngsters limits their vision and they need to have more diverse role models not just IAS/IPS.

[akashs]

Sanjiv didn’t say it’s waste of time…he ment to say that’s not the only way to serve country…listen to the podcast completely without commenting on anything

[the_bhartiya_spirit]

First of All Shri Sanjeev Sanyal never said UPSC is the waste of time in that context where people are interpreting and if you all have proper ears and brains working then you can see the Vast i mean literally huge number of youth is engaging their 5 to 10 yrs and tons of money wasting in preparing for civil services and not getting anything and Entrepreneurship, Good Doctor, good Engineer, Good lawyer and Good everything our country needs and he mentioned that mean its high time people must not fall in the propaganda of Coaching Centers and must realise their true set of skills and potential so that they can work accordingly for their Mathrubhumi 🇮🇳...✌️

[Sumit-gq]

His advice to youth involves starting a company and contributing to the economy and NOT preparing for govt exams. But in the podcast he said he doesn't agree with Sanjeev sir just because his ego of being a govt employee came in between. Sanjeev sir was right about upsc. It's ruining India like no other but I bet in the next few years this will come to an end because this government is focused on the private sector contributing to the economy more than the government sector.

[nitiningale]

One of the greatest interview of highly knowledgeable person who has worked in all types of sectors. We need such a personalities who can transform the BHARAT to a developed country in the world.

[ashutoshmalviya]

Nuclear Power through Thorium..

Phase 2 of Nuclear Era

[raxnature]

Greetings to Amitabh sir....good and informative session...we are with govt and we people should contribute towards nation interest whatever possible 🤸✌️

[debashishbramha]

Great Amitabh Kant -A very smart man.Thanks Sid.

[AnkitG]

Loved the conversation.He is so informed and confident. So much to learn from him.Thank you.