The buzzword of the twenty-first century is Indiaand its not just a story of software, outsourcing, and faraway call centers. With the economy soaring at 8 percent a year, India is a medical and pharmaceutical frontrunner, an R&D powerhouse, a rising manufacturing hub, and an up-and-coming cultural trendsetter in areas from fashion to film. And the world is taking note: Western companies from Lockheed Martin to McDonalds are moving in, Ford is setting up factories, Coca Cola is heading to the countryside in rickshaws, and research centers for Fortune 500 companies are popping up everywhere. Meanwhile, the U.S. military is forging close ties, as India has become a key strategic partner.

Steel tycoon turned educator Vinay Rai, who now runs one of Indias two private universities with fifteen campuses nationwidecouples with geopolitical writer Melissa Rossi to map out the rising new India. This colorful, lively, forward-looking account of Indias stunning world debut is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand Indias new muscle on the global stage.

One out of every six people in the world lives in India.

Indias top trading partner is the United States.

India is:

The fastest-growing free market economy

The worlds top destination for retailers

The worlds youngest workforce (over 500 millionunder agetwenty-five)

Richard D'Aveni, Professor of Strategic Management, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, and author of Hypercompetition

With 1.1 billion residents and the fastest growing free market economy, the world's largest democracy is poised to dominate the world stage. Vinay Rai, one of India's top businessmen and philanthropists, gives an insider's view into his country's dynamic transformation and meteoric rise. With the economy soaring at eight percent a year, India is a medical and pharmaceutical frontrunner, an RandD powerhouse, a rising manufacturing hub, and an upand- coming cultural trendsetter from fashion to film. Rai also explores what impact this stunning growth will have on the United States in terms of business development and foreign policy, especially regarding China, with which India shares a border. Think India is fascinating and essential reading for forward-thinking businesspeople and anyone who wants to understand India's new muscle on the global stage.