INDIA An Oasis of Opportunity in

2016

ดร. โอภาส เพยนสงเนน ผอำานวยการหลกสตรปรญญาโท สาขาการสรางเจาของธรกจ

มหาวทยาลยกรงเทพEmail: opas.p@bu.ac.th

Automotive

- Alternative-fuel vehicles to attract more attention- Automotive companies to make substantial domestic investments - Foreign automotive companies to make India an “auto hub”

- New entrants to start banking operations- Financial-inclusion policy to create millions of new bank accounts

Banking and Financial Services

- M&A activity could pick up - Chemical companies to expand capacity

Chemicals

- Expected policy-rate cuts will fuel consumption - Indian FMCG players looking at portfolio strategy

Consumer Goods

- Healthcare firms to raise funds for expansion- Medical tourism to fuel healthcare growth- Government initiatives to provide further impetus

Healthcare

- Government to raise IT spending- Indian players eyeing foreign expansion

Information Technology

- SEBI to let foreign venture funds invest in infrastructure- Privatization to present opportunities for industry- Foreign governments to offer funding and technical cooperation- Funds and bonds to raise investment

Infrastructure

- Indian pharmas to continue expansion in foreign markets- Industry to step up R&D investment - Regulatory changes to stabilize market dynamics

Pharmaceuticals

• E-commerce to maintain its upward trajectory

• Global apparel players eyeing the Indian market

Retail

• New education policy to close existing loopholes

• New skill-development program to create more jobs

• New premier institutes to start operations

• Government to push for innovations and startups

• Focus on higher education to increase

Skills and Education

• Faster mobile data services to launch

• Government to improve pan-India connectivity

Telecommunications