Jayant Krishna

Jayant Krishna is a non-resident senior fellow with the Chair on India and Emerging Asia Economics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Mr. Krishna led key initiatives of the Indian prime minister's Skill India mission as CEO, COO, and executive director of the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). As the first Indian group CEO of the UK India Business Council (UKIBC), he strengthened bilateral economic ties between India and the United Kingdom. He was the founding CEO of the Foundation for Advancing Science and Technology (FAST India) and is currently a distinguished fellow. He was also executive director of public policy at the U.S. nonprofit Wadhwani Foundation. Mr. Krishna worked with the Tata group, India’s largest conglomerate, for over two decades, and held various global leadership roles at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), including director of life sciences and healthcare, regional director for the United Kingdom and Ireland, and global delivery center head. He has also executed management consulting interventions funded by various international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs) and governments. Mr. Krishna championed apprenticeship reforms in India, leading to the Apprentices (Amendment) Act of 2014. He is a fellow of the All India Management Association and the Computer Society of India and serves on various boards. A British Chevening scholar, he taught at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur and received the A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Award for Innovation in Governance. He has published in several reputed journals and is a frequent commentator on TV channels.
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Experts React: Expectations from India’s Union Budget 2024
Podcast Episode by Mukesh H. Butani, Jayant Krishna, and Akanksha Golchha — July 25, 2024

Experts React: Expectations from India’s Union Budget 2024
Commentary by Mukesh H. Butani, Jayant Krishna, and Akanksha Golchha — July 18, 2024
Locating the Technology Agenda in India’s 2024 General Election
Commentary by Jayant Krishna — May 2, 2024
“Locating the Technology Agenda in India’s 2024 General Election”: Audio Brief
Podcast Episode by Jayant Krishna — May 2, 2024

Experts React: What to Expect from the G20 Leaders’ Summit
Commentary by Richard M. Rossow, Katherine B. Hadda, Jayant Krishna, and Shashwat Kumar — September 7, 2023
Indian Science: Awakening the Sleeping Giant
Commentary by Jayant Krishna — June 22, 2023
Experts React: Can IPEF Be a Watershed Moment for U.S.-India?
Commentary by Jayant Krishna, Mukesh H. Butani, Kartikeya Singh, and Alok Gupta — February 13, 2023
Indian Philanthropy and Covid-19–Induced Social Fault Lines
Commentary by Jayant Krishna — August 3, 2021
Labor Distortions Could Derail India’s Economic Resurgence
Commentary by Jayant Krishna — June 3, 2020