Vikram Sood of the Centre for International Relations, Observer Research Foundation
Vikram Sood, Vice President at the Centre for International Relations, Observer Research Foundation, highlights the domestic and international hurdles India faces as it looks to achieve further economic growth, and explains why the question, “Will India catch up with China?” is a debate “we shouldn’t get into.”
Sood, who formerly headed India's external intelligence service before taking his role at the independent public policy think tank, tells AVCJ that China has been an aggressive competitor to India as it...
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