Mr. Kamal Malhotra

Kamal Malhotra is Distinguished Visiting Professor at the NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, India; and Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Boston University Global Development Policy Center, USA. Prior to his retirement from the United Nations in September 2021, Mr. Malhotra had a rich career of over four decades as a management consultant, in senior positions in international NGOs, as co-founder of a think-tank, FOCUS on the Global South, and in the United Nations (UN) including as its Head in Malaysia, Turkiye and Vietnam (2008-21). He was UNDPs Senior Adviser on Inclusive Globalization, based in New York, USA, for most of the prior decade. Mr. Malhotra is widely published.

Financing Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Government 24/7: India and the Global South

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(Presentation at the Boston Global Forum Conference on the Boston Finance Accord for AI Governance 24/7, Loeb House, Harvard University, April 22, 2025) by Kamal Malhotra While India ranks in the global top five on Stanford University’s AI Vibrancy Index experts agree that India is many years behind the two global leaders, China and the USA. The Government […]

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Turkiye and India: Similar Leadership Styles, Similar Outcomes

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Introduction Democracy requires good governance, which in turn, requires high quality policies and institutions which serve as important checks and balances. What matters most for the quality of a democracy, however, is good leadership with vision, wisdom, foresight, ethics, morals, values and principles. If these attributes are either missing or in serious deficit, both policies

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