Centre for India and Global Business
The Centre for India and Global Business (CIGB)’s primary focus is to understand, promote, and engage with innovators and innovations in India and the world.
Who we are
The Centre for India and Global Business at Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, acts as a platform for research and engagement with key partners in industry, academia and policy in India, the UK, and across the world.
Its primary focus is to understand, promote, and engage with innovators and innovations in India and the world.
What we do
Research
The Centre for India and Global Business’s world-class experts and students carry out cutting-edge research on issues pertaining to India’s socioeconomic growth and its expanding involvement with the global community.
Publications
Regularly, our academic members produce reports, articles, and papers in renowned publications throughout the world. Read our significant concepts in books and learn more about our publications.
Events and programmes
Our Centre, which is located at the centre of the University of Cambridge, connects innovators through events, classes, online platforms, and other engaging and motivating programming.
Our impact
We work with highly respected partners to disseminate some of the most impactful innovations globally.
One example involves our collaboration with Nandan Nilekani’s think tanks, which have been instrumental in shaping India’s world-class approach to building open digital infrastructure at a national level. This distinctive strategy is designed to ensure that digital technologies serve the interests of all, fostering innovation, and promoting fair competition. We have developed a playbook and are actively partnering with other nations to spread this approach.
News and insights from the Centre for India and Global Business
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Research centre news
Frugal AI takes the stage at India AI Impact Summit 2026
The Frugal AI Hub at Cambridge Judge Business School hosted a session at the India AI Impact Summit 2026, an important global event for AI policy and innovation, contributing to a high-profile dialogue with global policymakers and industry leaders.
Recent missions by India’s space programme have shown that major milestones such as a 2023 soft Moon landing can be achieved on relatively modest budgets in the 10s of millions of dollars, says a just-published academic paper co-authored at Cambridge Judge Business School that demonstrates the scope of frugal innovation. For countries that have not ventured into space or fully reaped the benefits of space activity because they are held back by notions of extreme expense, these Indian examples chart a practical way forward.
News
Top 10 reads of 2025
Articles about artificial intelligence and sustainability were among the most popular stories on the Cambridge Judge Business School website in 2025, reflecting a year in which AI capabilities expanded apace and the November COP30 climate-change summit in Brazil focused attention on the environment.