Podcast appearances and mentions of Rajiv Kumar

Mohnish Pabrai's Session with Rotary Bangalore DownTown and Fellowship of Wealth Creators on June 19, 2024. (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:01:07) - Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee (00:02:12) - Philanthropy: Social return on invested capital (00:10:36) - Framework of Non-profit organisations; The Dakshana Foundation (00:17:03) - Dakshana scholar: Rajiv Kumar (00:19:49) - Dakshana model (00:25:41) - Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (00:30:01) - Dakshana's selection process (00:34:09) - Warren Buffett's philanthropic approach (00:41:49) - Chuck Feeney (00:44:01) - Akshaya Patra Foundation The contents of this website are for educational and entertainment purposes only, and do not purport to be, and are not intended to be, financial, legal, accounting, tax or investment advice. Investments or strategies that are discussed may not be suitable for you, do not take into account your particular investment objectives, financial situation or needs and are not intended to provide investment advice or recommendations appropriate for you. Before making any investment or trade, consider whether it is suitable for you and consider seeking advice from your own financial or investment adviser.  

Les élections législatives en Inde se dérouleront en plusieurs étapes à partir du 19 avril jusqu'au 1er juin, a annoncé samedi le président de la commission électorale, Rajiv Kumar, lors d'une conférence de presse. Le Premier ministre nationaliste hindou, Narendra Modi, espère décrocher un troisième mandat à l'issue des résultats. Entretien avec Jean-Luc Racine, directeur de recherche émérite au CNRS et chercheur senior à Asia Centre. 

Former finance secretary Rajiv Kumar is set to take charge as the new chief election commissioner on Sunday (May 15), BSP supremo Mayawati came out in support of senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan who is incarcerated on several charges including corruption, A mob set a house, two bikes, and a shop afire in retaliation to an alleged attack on a former village head and his brother, and other top news in this bulletin.

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If the rise of e-commerce is the beginning of something unique and torch-bearing of a change, mobile-commerce has taken the journey to new charts. As a Marketeer and recently turned Podcaster, I am continuously e-comm and M-comm platforms for my various clients, and it has intrigued me further to learn the objective of technology leaders behind these platforms, on how they want to keep their ecosystems relevant today. One such firm I am enthused to understand to explore is Store Hippo. This interview scheduled with Mr. Rajiv Kumar Aggarwal helped me understand their clarity of serving markets across B2B, B2C, and B2B2C. Mr. Rajiv Kumar Aggarwal is the co-founder and CEO of the SaaS Ecommerce Platform Store Hippo. He is highly experienced in the industry of e-commerce and technologies. Rajiv Kumar founded Store Hippo in 2014 with the vision to build a global SaaS product from India for the first time. What started as a mere passion for starting his own entrepreneurial journey is now an international market example. Store Hippo is now a global brand and figurehead in B2B and B2C e-commerce. The conversation between Mr. Rajiv Kumar and Mr. Pavan Kumar has explored the world of technology from emergence to right now in different accepts. Here's where you check Store Hippo and their features for different segments - https://www.storehippo.com/

In overnight trade, stocks on Wall Street hit record levels as investors bet a Democrat-controlled Congress will deliver more stimulus spending to help the US economy overcome a steep pandemic-induced downturn. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.69%, the S&P 500 gained 1.48% and the Nasdaq Composite added 2.56%. Tracking a firm close for Wall Street, Asian stocks opened higher, with Japan hitting a three-decade high as investors looked beyond rising coronavirus cases and political unrest in the United States and bet on an economic recovery later in the year. Futures for the S&P 500 jumped 1.48% while Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 0.84%. Gains in Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 were more moderate at 0.16% after Covid-led lockdown in one of the states. In the backdrop of this, Indian markets too looked set to kick off Friday's session on a firm footing after suffering losses for two days in a row. SGX Nifty futures traded 58 points higher at 14,268 at around 7.30 am. Besides cues from global peers, market participants are likely to react to the FY21 GDP estimates and all eyes would be on TCS, who'll kick off the Q3 earnings season today. According to an estimate released by the Central Statistics Office, India’s economy is expected to contract 7.7% in the current financial year ending in March. This could prompt the finance minister to make a push for growth in the budget next month. Meanwhile, top economists and experts are slated to hold a virtual interaction with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, FM Nirmala Sitharaman and NITI Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar among others today on the state of Indian Economy. That apart, it looks like there is no stopping bitcoin. The cryptocurrency has doubled in less than a month and surged to $40,000 for the first time. Now, a look at the stock-specific developments that are likely to sway the market today: Five companies, inclusing TCS, are set to report their December quarter results today. The Tata Group company is expected to post a robust performance in Q3, with analysts projecting up to 8% jump in net profit. Biocon has announced that the board of its subsidiary Biocon Biologics has approved a capital injection of $75 million from Abu Dhabi-based ADQ. Vodafone Idea has moved the Supreme Court to seek a modification on orders which had held that the Rs 58,400 crore claimed by the telecom department to be the final AGR due amount, pointing out arithmetical errors in the government’s calculations, a media report stated. Bharat Rasayan will consider the proposal of buyback of equity shares on January 12. JSW Steel on Thursday posted a marginal growth of 2 per cent in crude steel output at 4.08 million tonnes during the October-December period of the ongoing fiscal.

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Dr. Priya Kapoor's chapter on this topic is out now: Kapoor, P. (2020). India Transitions: Culture and Society during Contemporary Viral Times. In Editors Chanwahn Kim and Rajiv Kumar's Great Transition in India: Critical Explorations, pp 71-86. Singapore, and UK: World Scientific Publishers. Below are some sample musical forms of the qawwali tradition and baul traditions. The length of the songs are not for the faint hearted! Could be 15 mins to 45 mins, maybe more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojIHZqvJpV0 A classical and very popular qawwali song performed by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (you will see accompanying musicians--chorus, instrumentalists, clappers [keep the tempo]-this song is a personal favorite, it's in Punjabi not Urdu) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5KcEy3y23w Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Peter Gabriel in performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc5yJzMNwZg Indian and Pakistani musicians ft. the Nooran sisters - qawwals from Punjab, India. The warm-up artist is famous folk singer from Indian Punjab, Gurdas Singh Mann. Worth seeing for the audience and the performative aspects of the show. It is generally true that even though Bollywood talks about rivalry between Indian and Pakistani in the commercial media, there is tremendous respect that musicians on both sides of the aisle enjoy amongst each other. Many Pakistani musicians live in India as it is easier to perform, find an audience and earn money. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib_OXLZFBgU Nooran sisters live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJj9B2g61-c  Debdas Baul, a docu feature and song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNh2kjmSzPw Parvathy Baul  (Baul songs are in Bengali) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEndDGGmXzU A more modern qawwali Thank you to Dr. Priya Kapoor for being an amazing guest this week! Recorded and Created by Shawn Smallman Produced and Edited by Paige Smallman

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This episode, we talk with Rajiv Kumar about how to turn employee wellbeing from just another company benefit into a way of life. Rajiv shares the secrets of creating a thriving culture of wellbeing, and Andrew discovers his environmentalist side. Guest: Rajiv Kumar Host: Andrew Scarcella

How does high tech integrate with high touch in the world of wellness? What question does the Chief Medical Officer for Virgin Pulse never get asked (but should be) in his frequent interviews? What exactly is "radical simplicity" when it comes to health and wellness? We address these and much more in this week's episode of the Catalyst Health and Wellness Coaching Podcast!

The topic: In this episode, we’re diving into the changing aspects of the employee and employer relationship, and how intrinsic and extrinsic motivation can play a key role in improving health and happiness.   When compared to other developed countries, per capita healthcare spending in the US ($9,892 in 2016) is 145 percent higher than the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) median of $4,033, and yet when comparing outcomes and process measures, the US lags behind.  Some of the key opportunities to reverse these trends lies in the way employers and employees collaborate and engage in reducing costs. Our guest: My guest is Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Chief Medical Officer and President of the Virgin Pulse Institute.  Dr. Kumar joined Virgin Pulse in 2016 after the company he founded was acquired by Virgin. That company was called ShapeUp, and he led the growth of the company from a two-person, dorm-room startup to a global company with over 100 employees, 800 customers, and 2 million participants around the world. During his time at ShapeUp, he pioneered new approaches to leveraging social connections to enhance employee health and well-being, and he also co-authored several peer-reviewed studies on the relationship between social networks and healthy behavior. Dr. Kumar explains how motivation can lead to new workforce habits, and the unconventional approach that Virgin has to serving their employees. Action items: Be sure to subscribe to and rate our podcast, and use the sharing features of your podcast app to send this and your other favorite episodes to your friends and colleagues.  Get the full show notes here. --- Digital Health Today is made possible by the support of our sponsors. Thank you! Bayer G4A - a global program that offers support to startups and companies that are developing innovative solutions in health and care. Cedars-Sinai Accelerator- transforming healthcare quality, efficiency, and care delivery by helping entrepreneurs bring their innovative technology products to market. Dot Health - the domain extension for brands, organizations, and individuals who provide health products, services and information. Medable - enabling therapies to get to people who need them faster by providing technology that enables patients, providers, CROs, and sponsors to work as a clinical trial team. Ostendio -  cloud-based software to set up and manage your cybersecurity and information management programs with one platform. Start-Up Nation Central - connecting business, government, and NGO leaders from around the world with Israeli innovation. --- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Topic Discussed : Top 50 Emerging Technologies and Growth OpportunitiesSpeakers : Rajiv Kumar, Senior Partner, TechVision, Frost & SullivanEmerging technologies are enabling powerful innovations by converging with other advanced innovative solutions to generate multi-billion dollar markets and growth opportunities across our world.At the core, technology convergence involves overlaying two or more emerging or existing technologies to create unique value propositions that could be commercialized. While each emerging technology on its own represents an area of intensified R&D, heightened investments, increased IP activity, and tremendous market potential, the possible convergence of several technologies opens up unprecedented opportunities for new revenue models and the next generation of innovative products and solutions. Frost & Sullivan invites you to join Rajiv Kumar, Senior Partner, TechVision, as he discusses the global innovation cycle and disruptive business opportunities in the webinar: Top 50 Emerging Technologies & Growth Opportunities.Key Takeaways:Identify the hottest technologies that will change the direction and landscape of multiple industries Learn best practices for convincing internal stakeholders to pursue technology convergence strategiesReceive action steps to leverage the ecosystem of technology partners to enableFor further insights, please join us for future podcasts and become a member of the Frost & Sullivan’s Leadership Council by emailing us at: digital@frost.com or click here to Contact Us.Related Keywords: Frost&Sullivan, Emerging Technologies, Best Practice, Innovation, Convergence, Investments, ICT, Manufacturing, Sensors, AutomationWebsite: www.frost.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode the HRchat podcast, Bill Banham is joined by Virgin Pulse CEO David Osborne and Rajiv Kumar, Chief Medical Officer and President of the Virgin Pulse Institute to discuss the evolution of the workforce wellness space.

Supporting employees in their wellness goals is no longer seen as a nice to have. It is an expectation for most employees in large organizations. Join David Osborne, CEO of Virgin Pulse, Rajiv Kumar, Chief Medical Officer of Virgin Pulse, and Ryan Picarella, CEO of WELCOA – as they explore the new social contract between employers and employees, the bottom line impact of workplace wellbeing, and what the future holds.

Mr. Rajiv Kumar, the Vice Chairman of Niti Ayog, the government’s top think tank, made some unreasonable, ridiculous and absurd remarks recently. He said that because of the faulty policies of Raghuram Rajan, India’s former RBI governor, there was a rise in bad loans of banks, that led to an economic slowdown in India. He strangely said that Rajan adopted policies, that led to a surge in NPAs and a decline in India’s GDP growth. Why is it that he thinks that Raghuram Rajan is to be blamed ? Mr. Akhilesh Bhargava, Business Editor of HW Business and Finance shares his takes on the matter in this exclusive video.

Dr. Rajiv Kumar is the President and Chief Medical Officer of Virgin Pulse Institute, the research arm of Virgin Pulse, one of Sir Richard Branson's ventures. Its purpose is to identify scalable, data-driven, consumer-centric solutions to the top workplace issues facing companies today. Dr. Kumar and Virgin Pulse Institute are enthusiastic supporters of employee wellbeing, engagement, and sustainable lifestyle change. Dr. Kumar jumped into this arena while he was still attending  Brown University Medical School when he founded ShapeUp RI in 2006. Over the ensuing decade, he built that start-up from a dorm room idea to ShapeUp, a global company of over 100 employees, 800 organizational customers, and 2 million participants worldwide. In 2016, Dr. Kumar joined Virgin Pulse Institute after its acquisition of ShapeUp. Click here to read the edited transcript of the podast inteview with Dr. Rajiv Kumar. 

HR Happy Hour 287 - The Business Value of Employee Wellbeing Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Chief Medical Officer, Virgin Pulse This week on the HR Happy Hour show, Steve and Trish are live at the Virgin Pulse Thrive Summit and are joined by Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Chief Medical Officer of Virgin Pulse to talk about employee experience, wellbeing, and the business value of investing in employee wellbeing. Virgin Pulse has now become the leading provider of employee wellbeing solutions, and their commitment to the overall employee experience, the central role that employee wellbeing plays in shaping that experience is evidenced by their approach to creating engaging solutions that focus on the employee and their health. Rajiv shared his thoughts on how wellbeing initiatives not only drive benefits like increased retention, decreased absenteeism, and reduced employer health care costs, but also have been shown to lead to positive business outcomes - sales, productivity, market capitalization and more. He also offered some ideas to help HR and business leaders make the business case for investing in employee wellbeing programs. Treat your employees right and they will treat your customers right - that idea is at the core of what Virgin Pulse is all about. This was a fun show and many thanks to Virgin Pulse for having us at Thrive, and for supporting the HR Happy Hour Show. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts - just search for 'HR Happy Hour'.

Employee wellness has become FAR MORE than ‘motivate and lose quick weight’. It’s now tied into analytics, mhealth apps, improving quality hires, and complete company cultures. Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Pulse has a strategic application that is so popular, its users use it more than Pinterest and even Linkedin! In this episode, Steve meets with Dr. Rajiv Kumar. He is the Chief Medical Officer of Virgin Pulse, and President of the Virgin Pulse Institute. In this ear-opening episode, they discuss: Analytics and insights from Virgin Pulse's collection of 7 Billion data points per month Clients who through the service, have vastly lowered work comp injuries and increased worker productivity as much as 49%. 'Traditional Wellness' vs. 'Strategic Well-being' The new era of connecting wellness with employee benefits, talent management, and employee engagement success

Rajiv Kumar and Brad Weinberg started ShapeUp, a software company designed around getting people to improve their health. Instead of going direct to consumers, they decided to license the platform to large Fortune 500 companies looking to reduce their insurance expenses by getting employees to improve their health.  The partners sold 20% of the company for $300,000 in start-up capital and went on to raise five more rounds of capital at increasing valuations. They got the business up to $20 million in recurring revenue when they got a call from Richard Branson-backed Virgin Pulse.  Kumar was able to gin up Virgin’s initial offer by 50% based on some savvy negotiation skills. In the episode, you’ll learn: The definition of fixed cost leverage. Why you should start with pitching your worst investor first. What "escape velocity" means and how it impacts your company’s valuation. How optionality gives you negotiating leverage. When companies are bought vs. sold. The difference between an evergreen fund and one with a liquidity horizon.

On the night of November 8, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the withdrawal of 500 and 1000 rupee notes from the market, with immediate effect, with the aim of curbing black money. While this move at demonetisation was hailed with great enthusiasm when announced, the euphoria soon gave way to frustration, anger and resentment, as the ‘inconvenience’ faced by people continued to mount with banks and ATMs running out of the new notes. Is the move worth the trouble people are going through? Will the micro overshadow the macro? What are the larger benefits? How are things likely to unfold? Dr Rajiv Kumar, a well-known economist and Senior Fellow at CPR deconstructs this more deeply in this podcast, beyond the binaries. Music: The Jazz Piano - Bensound.com

On the night of November 8, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the withdrawal of 500 and 1000 rupee notes from the market, with immediate effect, with the aim of curbing black money. While this move at demonetisation was hailed with great enthusiasm when announced, the euphoria soon gave way to frustration, anger and resentment, as the ‘inconvenience' faced by people continued to mount with banks and ATMs running out of the new notes. Is the move worth the trouble people are going through? Will the micro overshadow the macro? What are the larger benefits? How are things likely to unfold? Dr Rajiv Kumar, a well-known economist and Senior Fellow at CPR deconstructs this more deeply in this podcast, beyond the binaries. Music: The Jazz Piano - Bensound.com

Dr. Rajiv Kumar shares his entrepreneurial journey starting ShapeUp and his big vision for using social networking wellness programs to drive the health of large populations. The ModernMD: Dr. Rajiv Kumar Dr. Rajiv Kumar is the Co-Founder and CEO of ShapeUp, a leading global provider of clinically-proven, social networking-based employee wellness programs. ShapeUp has pioneered an innovative approach to behavior change that uses social networking technology to reduce healthcare costs and improve the health of large populations. Rajiv is also the Founder and Chairman of ShapeUp RI, a statewide non-profit organization that he established in December 2005 to help Rhode Islanders improve their health. For his work with ShapeUp RI, Dr. Kumar is one of ten Americans who received the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Community Health Leader Award in 2009. Success Quote: “You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.” -Wayne Gretsky White Coat to Business Suit: Rajiv is a non-practicing physician who has dedicated his life to healthcare entrepreneurship. As a first year medical student, he became very interested in prevention and started exploring opportunities to help his patients improve their lifestyle behaviors and eat healthier. He was struck by the lack of tools at his disposal and the conventional wisdom that his patient would eventually be treated and managed with medications. Rajiv started to review those patients that were successful in reaching their health and wellness goals and realized many of the success stories were from patients who used social networks to help them succeed. Listen as Dr. Kumar shares his journey starting ShapeUp and how he transitioned from medical student to full time entrepreneur.  What would be your advice to other medical students interested in entrepreneurship? Medicine is a hamster wheel - once you get on, it is hard to get off. Medical school is not going anywhere. If you have something you are passionate about, go do it. Learn to hit the pause button in life, take the risk, and go start a company. Idea to Venture: The Idea: How can social networks drive behavior change to improve the health of health of large populations? Listen as Dr. Rajiv Kumar shares his big vision for ShapeUp!  Failures: Rajiv shares war stories with his initial hiring process using Craigslist and initial challenges with their approach to legal council.  Success: From the initial hiring process, they have developed a sophisticated and robust system using psychometric profiling and reference checking. Lesson Learned: Get your feet wet and learn from your mistakes with the goal of making more right decisions than wrong decisions. It is important early on to surround yourself with a team of advisors.  Business Rounds: Best Advice: Two types of people in this world - energy givers and energy takers. Surround yourself with energy givers and get away from energy takers. - ShapeUp Chairman of Board Advice for CEOs: Learn the concept of winning smart, choose your battles, and focus on successfully growing your company with your focus on having the biggest impact on growth. Daily Success Habit: Meditation and be more mindful - Meditation drives a lot of positive change in your life. Rajiv uses the Headspace App (https://www.headspace.com/). Check it out and treat your head right! Exercise - Personal trainer and exercises on a regular basis... Not just because it his business but he believes in it. Healthcare Trends: Wellness - Big disrupter in the space is wearable devices that allow for the collection of continuous data. This data can be harvested by employers, health plans, and physicians. Mobile technology - We can reach people in new ways and have just scratched the surface on what is possible.  Links: http://www.shapeup.com/ http://www.shapeupri.org/

Exploring the Gilead-India Licensing Partnership Model with Rajiv Kumar, Gregg H. Alton, James Love, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, and Dilip Shah.

HR Happy Hour 181 - Wellness for the Modern Workplace (an update from ShapeUp) Recorded Monday, April 21, 2014 Hosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlane Guest: Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Co-founder and CEO of ShapeUp This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve and Trish talked with Dr. Rajiv Kumar MD, Co-founder and CEO of ShapeUp, an online wellness platform for companies and health plans that leverages the power of a trusted social network to improve the health of large populations. ShapeUp is the leading global provider of clinically-proven, social networking-based employee wellness programs that help people exercise more, eat healthier, and lose weight. Founded in 2006 by two medical doctors, ShapeUp has pioneered an innovative approach to behavior change that leverages the power of social networking, gaming, coaching, and financial rewards to improve the health of large populations and reduce healthcare costs. ShapeUp's social wellness platform covers two million lives across 128 countries and is used by more than 200 employers and health plans. On the show, Dr. Kumar shared an update on the state of wellness and corporate wellness programs today as well as ShapeUp's approach and vision of wellness as a very social activity at its core. Additionally, we talked about the role of technology in the support of corporate and individual wellness goals. Mobile, gamification, wearables, and social concepts have transformed both the activities and the design of wellness programs in the last few years. This was a fun and interesting show, and I hope you check it out. Many thanks to Rajiv and everyone at ShapeUp for joining us this week.

HR Happy Hour 143 - 'Gaming Health and Wellness' Sponsored by Aquire Thursday, April 26, 2012 - 8:00PM ET Call in 646-378-1086 Follow the backchannel on Twitter - hashtag #HRHappyHour In a climate of rising obesity rates and increasing health care costs, workplace wellness has emerged as a way for employers to address the health and well-being of their employees. Although workplace wellness has existed in one form or another for well over four decades, advances in technology have recently and rapidly changed the way employee health promotion programs are delivered. In the past five years in particular, companies have begun adopting gaming technology in the service of wellness, making the achievement of healthy goals more approachable, engaging, social, and fun. This week on the show we will welcome special guests Dr. Rajiv Kumar the the founder and chief medical officer at ShapeUp, the leading global provider of clinically proven, social networking-based employee wellness programs; as well as Fran Melmed ,the owner of context, an award-winning communication and change management consulting firm that specializes in wellness and health care consumerism to talk about: Workplace wellness challenges Why wellness can be more than just fun with games How insurers and consumers are adopting health games Why health games are proliferating and succeeding in the workplace. It should be a fun an interesting show and I hope you can join us!

HR Happy Hour - Episode 106 - 'Taking Wellness Social' - sponsored by Aquire Thursday June 23, 2011 - 8PM ET Call in 646-378-1086 Follow the conversation on Twitter - hashtag #HRHappyHour This week on the HR Happy Hour Show join host Steve Boese and special guest co-host Fran Melmed as we welcome Shape Up co-founder Rajiv Kumar to the show to talk about how taking a more social approach to health and wellness is impacting how organizations are thinking about and deploying wellness initiatives. We all know that health care costs continue to trend upward, organizations are straining to meet the needs of their employee's medical and benefit costs as well as hold the line on expenses. Increasingly organizations are looking at more innovative and socially oriented programs to make wellness programs more successful and sticky. Can adding social components to corporate wellness programs make a difference? How can companies get these programs off the ground? What are some of the keys to success? What are the barriers? I hope you can join Steve, Fran and Rajiv as we talk about 'Taking Wellness Social'. 

It seems we are in trouble. Two recent reports – the Stern Report on the economic impact of climate change for the UK Treasury and that of International Panel on Climate Change – suggest that human activity has serious environmental consequences, such as global warming. The almost insatiable demands on natural resources by giant emerging economies like China and India are new as is that in East Europe. Yet more than two billion people still live in abject poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Their basic needs and demands must be fulfilled. Can all of this be sustained in the context of inexorable GDP growth being the exclusive measure of material fulfillment and happiness? How can we find an ethical economic response when demands are increasing, resources are declining and damage to the fabric of the ecosphere on which we all depend upon for life is becoming obvious? One way forward is suggested by the traditional Indian thought of humans being a part of nature and therefore helping to sustain it. A starting point may to be distinguish between demands and needs. While demands can be infinite and never satisfied, needs are finite and can be met within the sustainable paradigm. The important task of defining these needs raises questions of ethics. How can we address environmental, social and economic questions simultaneously? The challenge is to try and develop a set of ethical values or even a way of thinking that is broadly acceptable, practical and yet encourages us to continue our search for answers to the unknown in the universe both within and without. The Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) is one of India’s leading economic policy think tanks and Rajiv Kumar, a graduate of Oxford and Lucknow Universities has recently been advising the President of India on Globalisation, based on scenarios for Indian development which he developed with others for the World Economic Forum. In this lecture he will combine his extensive economic experience with his interest in human flourishing to explore these issues and their implications for wellbeing.