What a year 2024 seemed to be. There were elections galore, India's UPI crossed a record number of transactions, a lot of established companies wanted to go the quick commerce route in India, a couple of new criminal laws were implemented in India, the world's first wooden satellite was launched, in the US, #45 became #47, there were a couple of assassination attempts, someone tried to take her boss' job to become the most powerful person on the planet, a senior citizen fought a Gen-Z YouTuber for millions to see and more. So, what could 2025 look like for India? What lies ahead? What's going to be different and what would warrant change?
In the first episode of 2025 for CAM Radio - Clear Cut, Cyril Shroff, Managing Partner - Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, explores India continuing to become one of the strongest global economies with a consistent inflow of investment and hope & the highest number of IPOs, musings on "one nation, one election", what dry powder in the private equity space could mean in 2025, India moving towards more of a rule-based regime with the "josh" of financial regulators on a noticeable upswing, what the political imperative to bring growth back on track for India could look like, the world being at the foothills of its generative AI journey with the mountain yet to be scaled, whether human beings could, soon, become the second-most intelligent beings on the planet, whether there may be Chief Justices appointed with short terms for the foreseeable future, whether provisions of India's new criminal laws might be read down, what leadership could look like in a world that relinquishes thinking and creativity to LLMs, why adoption of AI is the top-most priority for CAM, what changes might take India to the next level, why "old-fashioned" skills are still relevant for young legal professionals, being in a happy place whilst CAM celebrates its 10 year anniversary in 2025 and more.