Prashanta on FTA on Television and Radio

  Our co-founder and Director Prashanta Mukherjee[[sitetree_link id=48]] was invited by media, as Acting Chair of INZBC, to comment on New Zealand’s relationship with India. In an interview on Radio New Zealand’s Morning Report (29 June 2011).   Prashanta emphasised the benefits that a free trade agreement will bring to both countries. Rather than costing jobs, Prashanta explained that a trade deal would expand the market for some of New Zealand’s highest value exports. (You can listen to the interview here).   On TVNZ News at 8 Prashanta discussed the benefits for India of a free trade agreement and the advantages of the film co-production agreement signed between Prime Ministers Key and Singh. This interview can be watched here.   We note the current composition of two-way goods trade. This is valued at just over NZ$1.25 billion - up from NZ$950 million two years ago. Exports from New Zealand were worth NZ$917 million, nearly double of...

Rajeev Palakshappa

Rajeev is our Delhi-based Associate.   A Kiwi, he obtained a Bachelor of Management Studies (Honours) with a double major in Finance and Management Systems from Waikato University in 1999.   Following this he worked for Cap Gemini Ernst & Young as consultant covering a variety of client engagements, including ERP implementation, strategy development (including new product process development), and project office management.   Following this he took a customary Kiwi "Overseas Experience" working for the Ministry of Children and Family Development as a Programme Management Consultant in Vancouver, Canada. He then moved to the United Kingdom and worked with the Barclays and Abbey Banks. Rajeev also spent large portion of his time in the UK working with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, a position that fuelled his interest in climate change and sustainability, NGOs, and wider civil society issues.   He returned to New Zealand and worked with Deloitte establishing a Climate Change and...