Bangalore is ahead of Osaka, Japan in terms of Human Capital and next to Frankfurt, Germany in the same. It is one of the top 50 cities of the world, according to AT Kearney, Inc a consultancy and "Foreign Policy", a foreign policy magazine based in the US.
New Delhi and Mumbai are ahead of Bangalore in other rankings, but not in terms of Human Potential.
I am sure, we citizens, who are infact the strongest agents of change can make Bangalore a top 10 world city.
(Source: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4509&page=1)
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Though Bangalore ranks way behind on the index, it features as a dominant player on the technology front.
Praja is definitely doing justice to that tag and uniquely positioned to connect the benefits of technology to upgrading physical infrastructure on the ground.
So in 3 years since this post Osaka (47) has improved while Bangalore(58) has fallen behind. We are probably sitting around and hoping time will stop still and we dont need to do anything. Pertinent to quote Marshall Goldsmith here
Which way now?
The silver lining
Indians need access to capital, credit, skills and markets to climb the productivity ladder.
We cant build our roads, tunnels or cities properly. We lack basic skills to build things properly and run them efficiently.Always look for outside help. We need to get better at these things. One E Sreedharan or Sir MV not a country make. Cant afford to be a banana republic, soon African countries will overtake us.
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China races ahead
After three decades of spectacular growth, China passed Japan in the second quarter to become the world’s second-largest economy behind the United States, according to government figures released early on Monday
China also passed Germany last year to become the world’s biggest exporter.
China is in the throes of urbanisation and is far from developed, analysts say, meaning it has a much lower standard of living, as well as a lot more room to grow
China is still a developing country. So it has a lot of room to grow. And China has the biggest impact on commodity prices — in Russia, India, Australia and Latin America
The country’s leaders have grown more confident on the international stage and have begun to assert greater influence in Asia, Africa and Latin America, with things like special trade agreements and multibillion dollar resource deals
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Current crop of Politicians & Beraucrats are singlehandedly responsible for the state India is in. A leader who can bring them all together for a public centered goal is simply absent.