Demographic dividends, economic tailwinds, infrastructure build-out, digital rails and financial services growth has created a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for India. Even though these are challenging times, this is India’s moment.

Nations that command the convergence of biology and AI will shape the future of healthcare, food security, education, bio-manufacturing, sustainability and biosecurity. For India this is a strategic and geopolitical imperative.

As the education policies in the West evolve and visa norms tighten, the traditional ‘brain drain’ could give way to a remarkable ‘brain gain’ for India.

Under the RBI’s Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS), foreign exchange outflows for higher education have increased by nearly 2,000% over the past decade.

India showed the world that strategic caution and safeguarding autonomy matter, while still championing multilateralism and global cooperation. Personally, I believe we should all become a little more Indian.

It will take a long time to scale biofuels, but I’m the only one in the world forecasting oil dropping in price to $35 a barrel by 2030. I’ll put it on the record: Oil will not be able to compete with cellulosic biofuels.