Gobal Partner Meeting 2006, New Delhi
Detailed press coverage

BCG hosted its annual global partners' meeting in New Delhi, India in November 2006. This was the first time that this particular event is organized outside of Boston and it represents an acknowledgement of the pivotal role that India plays in the future plans of BCG and its clients all over the world.

News coverage

Think in decades, not quarters, Business Standard, (07/11/2006): The Boston Consulting Group's global CEO shrugs off worries about India's reforms future and explains why he's here for a week with 426 colleagues.

On the continuing relevance of research, Indian Express, (12/11/2006): November is always a busy month in India. All important visits, seminars, colloquiums, round table and even social functions like engagements and marriages are compressed in a short period. Given our economic buoyancy this year it is doubly so. Delhi this week hosted at least two significant events. First the Global Partners' Conference of the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) which was held in India for the first time. It is yet another signal that we may have arrived on the global scene.

Boston Tea Party , Financial Express, (07/11/2006): Finance minister P Chidambaram with Hans Paul Buerkner, global CEO, Boston Consulting Group, in New Delhi on Monday. The minister addressed senior executives of BCG on the first day of their three-day conclave in the Capital.

'I distrust rankings', Business Standard, (07/11/2006): He first studied China and India's develop­ment strategy while working oh his MA thesis three decades ago, began coining to India four-five times a year in the mid-90s after the reforms took root, and is now here with 426 partners from 36 countries across the world, to help them get a feel of the changes taking place in the country, so they, in turn, can help clients flesh out an India strat­egy. Since it was founded in 1963, BCG partners meet only 4n. Boston every November, while inMay they hold the meet-ingin various other locations. India's a "bit hot" in May, and since they didn't want to serve the partners for lunch, BCG's President and CEO, Dr Hans-Paul Biirkner decided to break tradition.

'Consulting biz, globally, is in a purple patch', Economic Times, (14/11/2006): Carl Stern, co-chairman of Boston Consult­ing Group (BCG) has worked withthe elite consult­ing firm for nearly 33 years and is considered to be one ofthe mostinfluentialvoices in corporateAmerica. An MBA from Stanford University, he is a strong supporter of India as an outsourcing destination. Excerpts from an in­teraction with Economic Times.