VIDEO INTRODUCTION:
On September 8, 2022, India and China announced that their frontline troops had begun disengaging from the Gogra-Hot Springs area in Ladakh and here where the Indian Army and the People's Liberation Army have been locked in a protracted standoff for over 28 months. and if you remember, in May 2020 this started out with a bloody incident where we lost 20 of our soldiers!! and as soon as this happened, it sent shock waves all across the world, and more importantly, with an already ongoing pandemic, this was a major security concern for India!! and after 2 long years, finally, the Chinese and Indian troops agreed upon the disengagement from the Line of Actual!!! and while most of us, might ignore it considering it to be yet another border dispute, I gotta tell you, the Galwan valley standoff has presented a critical weakness that threatens the security of India, and secondly, it has resulted in a massive change in the entire dynamics of the Indian business ecosystem!!! So in this case study, let's do a deep dive and try to understand,
What exactly is this border conflict all about??
Why is this region so so important for India??
What does this border dispute have to do with the economy of India and most importantly, as students of business what are the lessons that we need to learn from the ripple effect of this Indo-china conflict???
