U.S. government is not anti-Indian: Nooyi
By siliconindia   |   Thursday, 23 September 2010, 19:27 IST   |    25 Comments
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U.S. government is not anti-Indian: Nooyi
Bangalore: The series of issues like H1B visa fee increase and some proposed measures and rhetoric against outsourcing, has created a common notion in the business scenario that the Obama government posses an anti India feeling. PepsiCo's Chairperson and CEO, Indra Nooyi has a different look to it. She was among the business leaders consulted by U.S. President Barack Obama during his election campaign and after he reached the White House. Nooyi, who was the Chairman of the U.S.-India Business Council for two years before she stepped down this April, also said the relationship between the U.S. and India "is the best it's ever been". She added that "the president's visit to India is a historic event, and both on the Indian side and the U.S. side, we have to figure out how to use this visit to the advantage of both countries". In a recent conversation with the Indian media personals Obama said, "When you have a country where you have to create jobs and going through an economic downturn, and you're dealing with another partner where the GDP growth is very robust, issues like this are bound to come up. This is inevitable and we just have to deal with them one-off. This isn't an anti-India statement." Nooyi also criticized the current state of infrastructure in India. She said lack of infrastructure is one of the biggest challenges for industries trying to invest in India. India needs to tackle quickly the quality of skilled manpower. "The manpower that we get, even if they have an MBA degree or an engineering degree, unless they come from the top tier of schools, are not as qualified as they need to be," she said.

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