SKOCH Summit
Mr Atul K Thakur
Senior Secretary, State Development Council & India-Nepal Centre, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Atul K Thakur is a Policy & Management Professional (Secretary - State Development Council, India-Nepal Centre, Madhya Pradesh State Chapter and Chhattisgarh State Chapter, PHDCCI), Columnist and Writer with specialisation in the interface of economics and politics. His interest in writing and research is quite diverse and extends to the areas of Public Policy & Affairs, Macroeconomics, International Affairs & Development and Sustainability, with special focus on South Asia. As an author/editor, India Now and in Transition (Niyogi, 2017) is his second book. In 2013, he edited India since 1947: Looking Back at a Modern Nation (Niyogi), a major non-fiction book on modern India. His latest book (curated & edited) is, An Alternative Development Paradigm for Nepal (Vajra, 2021). He is an alumnus, inter alia, of Banaras Hindu University and Pondicherry University and has worked across the sectors, spanning Public Policy & Affairs, Management Consultancy, Publishing and Media.
Mr Atul K Thakur at the 108th SKOCH Summit: Public Policy Forum - Regulatory Framework for Viksit Bharat
Mr Atul K Thakur
Senior Secretary, State Development Council & India-Nepal Centre, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Key Points*
- The speaker delivered the vote of thanks on behalf of PhD CCI and SKOCH.
- He thanked all participants and acknowledged the shortage of time.
- He called for appreciation of SKOCH and its continued spirit of engagement.
- He highlighted that 2026 marks 25 years of India’s economic reforms.
- He recalled the beginning of reforms in 1991 under then Finance Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.
- He noted that the 1991 reforms changed India’s history permanently.
- He emphasized that India has not only arrived economically but has arrived with a human face.
- He stated that successive governments since 1991 have continued the progressive elements of reform.
- He acknowledged SKOCH’s role in standing with the finer elements of economic reforms.
- He acknowledged SKOCH’s role in standing with the finer elements of economic reforms.
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Transcript
We are running short of time. So I just have to say thank you very much to all of you. But before I conclude, first we should give a, I mean, a big clap to SKOCH and the spirit which holds us styling because this marks the year 2026 marks the 25 years of economic reforms and the successive governments.
It was started 1991 with Victor Hugo's famous quote and Dr. Manmohan Singh, then the finance minister, turned the uh India's history forever.
And fortunately, and I think we all should take satisfaction into a fact that India has just not arrived, it has arrived with a human face. Economic reforms is has been taking place, that is one part of the reality. Another part is no government uh since 1991 has taken the progressive element for granted.
And as institutional, SKOCH has always stood with those finer elements of economic reforms and I have been privy of being part of SKOCH in some capacity and others.
I'm very delighted here and on behalf of PhD CCI, SKOCH, we are thankful to all all of you.
Now we hand it over to our program host to take it forward.
