Through the Looking Glass

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...

Forbes India The country faces many challenges in diverse sectors but reforms in education and skilling its workforce can script a new growth story India’s demographic dividend has already begun and over the next few decades will be powering the rise of its workforce. India’s workforce of 484 million people (in 2011) has the potential to increase to 850 million by 2025. This compares with the peak workforce of 830 million that China is expected to have in 2016. As China loses numbers in its workforce, potentially, 366 million people would have joined the Indian labour pool over a decade and a half. Women have hardly been a part of India’s workforce and therefore, their entry will power the demand for jobs and supply of labour. India needs to create 20-24 million jobs a year, or around 2 million jobs a month—double of what we are accustomed to hearing. India has failed to move people out of agriculture, with half the workforce (240 million people) still stuck in an activity that ...

CFC 2015: Outlook of Commodity Finance: Key Game Changers by Mr. Akhilesh Tilotia, Kotak Securities. You can watch the video here: YouTube Mr. Akhilesh Tilotia, currently working as an Associate director with Kotak Securities. Mr. Tilotia 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. He has been invited as a Keynote Speaker in the strategy sessions of various corporate houses in India and has also presented to senior investment teams of various global fund houses. He has completed his post-graduation from IIM-Ahmedabad and is also a Certified Financial Analyst and a graduate of St. Xavier’s College, Calcutta.

Akhilesh Tilotia speaks about how the entire online e-commerce digital industry is panning out in India. In his point of view there is a bit of dichotomy, but as India becomes more digital there are immense business opportunities beginning to open up. You can watch the video here: YouTube

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Akhilesh Tilotia, associate director with the Kotak Institutional Equities says that the business world will need to adjust to digitized world as e-commerce and data analytics is reshaping business models. You can watch the video here: Link

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...