Rafiq Dossani appointed to new Government of India Committee

The Government of India has appointed Senior Research Scholar Rafiq Dossani to a new Committee on Technical Innovation and Venture Capital (VC). In this capacity, he will recommend policy and regulatory changes to improve the development and financing of technical innovation. The committee reports to the Planning Commission, which is the apex body for policy changes.

Dossani also serves on the U.S.-India Venture Capital Working Group, within the U.S. Department of Commerce, whose objective is to suggest policies that will enhance the flow of U.S. venture capital money to India. Dossani has put the two committees in touch, so that the work of one can help that of the other.

Both committees offer Dossani -- who conducts extensive policy-relevant research on South Asia at Shorenstein APARC -- an opportunity to influence policy in a field that is important to both India and the United States. VC investments in India exceeded $2 billion last year -- 70 percent of which was funded by U.S. institutions -- making India the largest destination for American VC outside the United States.