ET Awards: Remember, we start up, start more, start again, says Deloitte's N Venkatram

At a time when the home minister Amit Shah urged India Inc to push to make the country a $5 trillion economy at the ET Awards, N Venkatram, India CEO, Deloitte India echoed similar views.

“You are the women and men who, to coin a phrase, start up, start more and start again. You are the India story, and on this day and in the days ahead, it is critical that we remind ourselves of the excellence, innovation and spirit of entrepreneurship that is Indian business,” Venkatram said in his vote of thanks.

The focus of the evening, that saw presence of the biggest industrialists, CEOs, entrepreneurs and politicians of the country, was how to steer the economy for the future.


Venkatram said that the potent alchemy of government and business could create great value in the future.

He concluded by focusing on the role of technology. “On this trajectory to a $5 trillion economy, our businesses should recognise that the default response to reducing the cost of doing business is not to slash regulations alone. Seen through the prism of citizen experience, the crux of the issue is to lower the burden of compliance through digital interventions,” said Venkatram.