**Exhibit        31.1**

**CERTIFICATION        PURSUANT TO 17 CFR 240.13(a)-14(a)**

**(SECTION        302 CERTIFICATION)**

| 1. | I                  have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of India Globalization                  Capital, Inc.; |
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| 2. | Based                  on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement                  of a                  material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make                  the                  statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such                  statements                  were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by                  this                  report; |
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| 3. | Based                  on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial                  information                  included in this report, fairly present in all material respects                  the                  financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of India                  Globalization Capital, Inc., as of, and for, the periods presented                  in this                  report; |
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| 4. | India                  Globalization Capital, Inc.’s other certifying officers and I are                  responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls                  and                  procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e))                  for                  India Globalization Capital, Inc., and                  have: |
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|   | a) | Designed                  such disclosure controls and procedures or caused such disclosure                  controls                  and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure                  that                  material information relating to India Globalization Capital, Inc.,                  including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by                  others                  within those entities, particularly during the period in which                  this report                  is being prepared; |
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|   | b) | Evaluated                  the effectiveness of India Globalization Capital, Inc.’s disclosure                  controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions                  about                  the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as                  of the end                  of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation;                  and |
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|   | c) | Disclosed                  in this report any changes in India Globalization Capital, Inc.’s internal                  control over financial reporting that occurred during India Globalization                  Capital, Inc.’s most recent fiscal year that has materially affected, or                  is reasonably likely to materially affect, India Globalization                  Capital,                  Inc.’s internal control over financial                  reporting. |
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| 5 | India                  Globalization Capital, Inc.’s other certifying officers and I have                  disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control                  over                  financial reporting, to India Globalization Capital, Inc.’s auditors and                  the audit committee of India Globalization Capital, Inc.’s board of                  directors (or persons performing the equivalent                  functions): |
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|   | a) | All                  significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design                  or                  operation of internal control over financial reporting which are                  reasonably likely to adversely affect India Globalization Capital,                  Inc.’s                  ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information;                  and |
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|   | b) | Any                  fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other                  employees who have a significant role in India Globalization Capital,                  Inc.’s internal controls over financial                  reporting. |
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|                                                | **INDIA                  GLOBALIZATION CAPITAL, INC.** |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
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| November                  14,                  2007 | By:                                                    | /s/                  Ram                  Mukunda                                                                                           |   |
|                                                |                                                   | Ram                  Mukunda                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |   |
|                                                |                                                   | Chief                  Executive Officer and President (Principal Executive                  Officer)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |   |
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