CRIER – NSE Conference
Getting Agricultural Markets Right

Agenda

10:00 – 10:30 hrs: Registration and Tea/Coffee

10:30 – 11:00 hrs: Welcome Remarks

Mr. Pramod Bhasin, Chairman, ICRIER

Special Remarks by
Mr. Vikram Limaye, Managing Director & CEO, National Stock Exchange

Inaugural Address by
Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Hon’ble Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

Vote of Thanks by
Dr. Ashok Gulati, Infosys Chair Professor for Agriculture, ICRIER

11:00 – 12:00 hrs: Session 1: Creating an Ecosystem for Getting Markets Right for Optimal Price Discovery and Risk Management

Presentation by
Mr. Harsh Wardhan and Dr. Ashok Gulati, ICRIER

Panel Discussion

Panelists:
Prof. Ramesh Chand, Member, NITI Aayog
Mr. Ashish Bahuguna, Chairman & Public Interest Director, NCDEX
Dr. Purvi Mehta, Deputy Director, Global Growth and Opportunities, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Mr. S. Sivakumar, Group Head, Agri and IT Businesses, ITC
Prof. Gopal Naik, Professor, IIM Bangalore

Moderated by Dr. Ashok Gulati

12:00 – 12:15 hrs: Tea/Coffee

12:15 – 13:15 hrs: Session 2: Innovations to Get Agricultural Markets Right: Role of Agri-tech Start-ups and FPOs

Presentation by
Dr. Manasi Phadke and Ms. Bhushana Karandikar, ICRIER

Panel Discussion

Panelists:

Mr. Prasanna Rao, Co-founder and CEO, Arya.ag
Mr. Emmanuel Murray, Investment Director, Caspian
Mr. Vilas Shinde, CEO & Managing Director, Sahyadri Farms

Moderated by Mr. Om Routray, Vice President, Marketing, Sourcetrace

13:15 – 13:30 hrs: Closing Remarks and Vote of Thanks
Dr. Tirthankar Patnaik, Chief Economist, National Stock Exchange

13:30 hrs onwards: Lunch