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Arun Maira was a member of India’s Planning Commission from 2009-14, prior to which he was Chairman of the Boston Consulting Group India. He worked with the Tata Group for 25 years and is currently the Chairman of HelpAge International, along with advising several civil society networks. Arun was born in Lahore (undivided India) on August 15, 1943.
Economics must move out of the mathematical measurement boxes in which it has entrapped itself
Scenario planning, having being successfully implemented in businesses, has tremendous potential for shaping India's future
Solutions by specialists in one domain backfire in others. Designers of governance reforms should go back to the drawing board and rethink the lateral-entry scheme
The time has come to imagine the contours of a new paradigm of progress
Economics and science have created injustices that legal systems cannot solve. Two looming problems are climate change and ageing societies
Transitioning away from industrial norms, the 21st-century economy must prioritise work within families