ISAS Working Papers

The author would like to thank Mr. Montek S Ahluwalia (Planning Commission, New Delhi), Mr G. K. Pillai (Ministry of Commerce and Industry, New Delhi), Dr S Narayan (Institute of South Asian Studies, Singapore), Dr Subas C. Pani (Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India), Mr L. B. Singhal (Ministry of Commerce and Industry, New Delhi), Mr Sambob (Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad), Mr Sadhu Sundar (Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad), Mr Pratap Madireddy (Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad), Mr P K Tripathy (Unitech, Gurgaon), Mr Ganesh Raj (Ernst and Young, New Delhi), Mr D. Madhu Babu (IL&FS, Hyderabad), Mr Velmurugan (Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai), Mr Ajit Singh (Government of Singapore, Chennai), Ms Lee Lorling (Government of Singapore, New Delhi), Mr O. P. Vijayan (Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Chennai), Mr T. S. Vishwanath (Confederation of Indian Industry, New Delhi), Mr B. K. Subbiah (Mahindra World City, Jaipur), Mr B. P. Acharya (Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad), Mr Pradyumna Kumar (Gitanjali Gems and Jewellery, Hyderabad), Mr T. Wellington (Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai), Mr M V Lawrence (Nokia SEZ, Sriperumbudur), Ms Madhumathi Kumar (Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai), Mr M. S. Murthy (Kakinada SEZ, Hyderabad), Mr N. Sathya Moorthy (Observer Research Foundation, Chennai), and, Mr T. Sunil Reddy (Sri City SEZ, Hyderabad) for their valuable insights. My students, Mr Siddharth Pathak and Ms Priyanka, assisted in this research paper. The Institute of South Asian Studies provided valuable support and encouragement.