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My Kitaab podcast Akhilesh Tilotia leads thematic research for KIE and co-authors market strategy reports. His first book, ‘The Making of India – Game Changing Transitions’ chronicles the journey of India’s demographic dividend through varied economic transitions—the forces shaping India’s job market, its cities, its industry and agriculture and its equation with the rest of the world. Akhilesh has a PGDM from IIM, Ahmedabad (class of 2004) and an alumnus of St Xavier’s College, Kolkata. He has taken several courses in Mumbai University including Securities Law and Astronomy. Akhilesh lives in Mumbai with his family which includes his wife, daughter and parents. Discussion with Akhilesh Tilotia Akhilesh Tilotia is an entrepreneur who sold off his business and eventually took up his current role. He is a thematic analyst in his day job and he writes reports on the Indian economy, which are targeted towards institutional investors. Over a 4 to 5 year period, Akhilesh and his te...

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Colloquia, IIM-Calcutta Colloquia, the oldest club of IIM Calcutta, organized the first guest talk of the current academic session. Mr. Akhilesh Tilotia, Associate Director, Kotak Institutional Equities spoke on ‘Making of India-Game Changing Transitions’ this month. The speaker, an alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad, is also an author of a recent book by the same name. Mr. Tilotia leads thematic research under the Game Changer brand and co-authors market strategy reports on the Indian equity markets. He has worked with the Boston Consulting Group and was a co-founder of Park Financial Advisors. He has been an investment banker, a consultant and a personal finance advisor, even while pursuing his interests in astronomy, mythology, securities law and languages. The talk focused on the opportunities and challenges that India faces as it seeks to reap the benefits of its demographic dividend. The talk was structured on the key highlights of Mr. Tilotia’s recent book and was highly informative...

Hindustan Times Making of India: From 1947 to 2015, the complexities of our country Is the idea that India should be a hub of manufacture beset with problems of infrastructure? Updated: Jun 06, 2015 14:29 IST In 1857, the lavishly wealthy 330-year-old subcontinental Mughal empire was conquered by British imperialists who created their own empire. The British followed the maxim that conquered land belonged to the conqueror. So over the next decades, ships laden with booty crossed the seas to transfer untold riches to Britain. The name of the conquered land was Anglicised from Persian to English as India. The latter was ruthlessly colonised. By the time the British rule ended in 1947, 'natives' were bequeathed a hapless 'tryst with destiny' (the emotional words of independent India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru) with an impoverished, desiccated, partitioned India whose pyrrhic victory lay in downgrading the British monarch's title fro...

IAIP event at ISB, Hyderabad SPEAKER SESSIONS AKHILESH TILOTIA, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR KOTAK INSTITUTIONAL EQUITIES (KIE),Akhilesh Tilotia leads thematic research under the Game Changer brand and co-authors market strategy reports on the Indian equity markets. He started KIE’s thematic research product, Game Changer. Through data and discussion, the series digs deep to offer perspectives on ideas and developments that can potentially alter the course of the markets. The Game Changer series provides institutional investors with a macro overview of opportunities and challenges in India. His debut book, The Making of India – Game Changing Transitions, draws upon his years of analysis of the social, economic and political changes in India. May 8, 2015 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM | Friday AC2MLT, Hyderabad, India OPEN TO PUBLIC The Making of India chronicles the journey of India's demographic dividend through the varied transitions taking place in the economy. The forces shaping India...

IAIP Mumbai speaking event The Making Of India - Game Changing Transitions Leading Thematic Researcher and Market Strategist in Indian Equity Markets Indian Association of Investment Professionals (IAIP) is pleased to announce the upcoming Speaker event with Mr. Akhilesh Tilotia, CFA, Associate Director, Kotak Institutional Equities (KIE). Day, Date: Friday, March 13, 2015 Time: 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm [Registration begins at 6:30 pm] Venue: NSE Auditorium, NSE, BKC, Mumbai 1.5 CE credit hours for participation in this program will be automatically recorded to CE diary of IAIP Members. “The Making of India” chronicles the journey of India's demographic dividend through the varied transitions taking place in the economy. The forces shaping India's job market, its cities, its industry and agriculture and its equation with the rest of the world come from expected and unexpected places, heralding massive opportunities and challenges for citizens, the government and invest...

Arun Shourie launching and commenting on the book 'The Making of India' at the annual Kotak Institutional Equities conference in 2015. You can watch the video here: YouTube

Uday and Akhilesh talk about how the job scenario has changed due to the evolving manufacturing sector and how the current demographic dividend forms a part of a large labour market. You can watch the video here: YouTube

Akhilesh Tilotia talks about the current market pricing and its impact on India and how it is affecting the Indian economic landscape. You can watch the video here: YouTube

India is no longer a land of villages. Uday Kotak , Executive Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Kotak Mahindra Bank and Akhilesh Tilotia talk about urbanization in India. You can watch the video here: YouTube

Uday Kotak introduces talks about The Making of India, a book by Akhilesh Tilotia that narrates the story of Indian economy with a wide variety of facts, figures, analysis, anecdotes and insights. You can watch the video here: YouTube

Akhilesh Tilotia, author of The Making of India talks about the inception of this insightful book and the efforts that went into it. You can watch it here: YouTube

The Making of India - book launch Uday Kotak observes, “Markets and economies worldwide are in a state of constant tumult led on by a string of known and unknown unknowns. In a connected world, the ever changing global flows of money, ideas and people, has led to unpredictability being the new norm. This timely book makes meaning of the many seemingly disparate, yet interconnected sequences that inform these events, to help the reader benefit from this creative chaos. February 4, 2015 17:14 IST Uday Kotak, Executive Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited launched ‘The Making of India – Game Changing Transitions’ – a book by Akhilesh Tilotia, Associate Director and thematic analyst with Kotak Institutional Equities. The book traces the arc of India's demographic dividend through the varied transitions taking place in the economy from their finding of jobs to making their homes. The book documents and forecasts the forces shaping India's employm...