Shivnath Thukral
Managing Director, Carnegie India

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Shivnath Thukral is no longer with Carnegie India.

Shivnath Thukral was the managing director of Carnegie India responsible for the center’s outreach and maximizing its impact. He also oversees operations, including coordination with Carnegie’s global network and fundraising.

Thukral spent the first fifteen years of his career with New Delhi Television Limited, India’s premier TV news channel. He was the channel’s leading face for business news and policy analysis and also established the business channel NDTV Profit in 2003 where he was the managing editor.

Prior to joining Carnegie, Thukral worked as the group president of corporate branding and strategic initiatives at Essar, a $35 billion corporation. He led its marketing efforts, including strategic and digital communications for the group across the world.

Thukral has been a speaker at numerous global events including the World Economic Forum and the Milken Institute conference, as well as Indian industry summits on issues ranging from India’s economic policies, domestic politics, and the impact of new digital technologies on society.

Thukral interned in the U.S. Senate and was awarded the Eisenhower Fellowship in 2012.


education
MA, Economics, Delhi School of Economics, MA, Telecommunications, Southern Illinois University
languages
Bengali, English, Hindi

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In the Media
Working Out a Work Revolution in the Digital Age

Creating 12 million jobs a year is a challenge for any government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi seems well aware of it.

· August 21, 2017
Narendra Modi
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Who Owns Personal Data: Technology and Policy Frameworks
August 16, 2017

Increasing connectivity has raised fundamental questions about data ownership and user privacy that have not been adequately addressed in current legal and policy frameworks.

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Adoption of Electric Vehicles in Karnataka: Route to a Definitive Roadmap
June 10, 2017

In India, mass adoption of electric vehicles could potentially render a number of benefits, including reduced air pollution, increased employment, and greater industrialization.

In the Media
Technopolis: Future Is Closer Than You Think

The fast pace of technology offers India an opportunity to embrace the changes that such advances brings and to use those advances to solve critical problems facing the country.

· April 25, 2017
Times of India
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President Trump and India’s New Imperatives
April 4, 2017

As Carnegie India completes its first year in New Delhi, they hosted a reflection on the extraordinary turbulence in the international system today and the policy challenges that it presents for India

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In the Media
Bots and Botching Up of Elections

Political bots are playing a major role in how an average voter consumes news and information.

· February 27, 2017
Times of India
In the Media
How India Can Turn Pending American Legislation Against Immigration, Which Targets Indian IT, Into an Opportunity

India needs to think about what matters to it both economically and politically. It must be able to turn adversity into opportunity.

· February 4, 2017
Times of India
In the Media
Budget: A Worthy Political Tool

Budgets can never be made in isolation without thinking of their political benefits.

· February 1, 2017
Times of India
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India’s Long-term Growth Prospects
January 23, 2017

Despite India’s impressive economic growth rates in the mid-2000s, the long-term magnitude and sustainability of this progress remains uncertain.

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‘Start-ups Require More Agile Forms of Access to Capital’

Regulation and innovation need to be in sync if India is to take advantage of the digital revolution, and policy research is a critical input towards harmonizing the two.

· December 3, 2016
Hindu Business Line