Venue: Juniper Hall, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi

PROGRAMME

09:30 am – 10:00 am: Registration and Tea/ Coffee

10:00 am – 11:30 am: Inaugural Session
Welcome Address: Dr. Deepak Mishra, Director & CE, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)
Chair: Mr. C.K Jaipuria, Chairperson, IBA & CMD, Pearl Beverages Limited
Introduction to Beverage Industry: Mr. Jagdish Prasad Meena, Secretary General, Indian Beverage Association (IBA)
Address by: Dr. Suman Bery, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, Government of India
Address by: Shri Sudhanshu Pandey, Secretary – F&PD, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Release of the Report “Contribution of Non-Alcoholic Beverage Sector to Indian Economic Growth and Atmanirbhar Bharat” by the Dignitaries [Download Executive Summary]
Presentation by Authors: Dr. Arpita Mukherjee, Ms. Eshana Mukherjee, Mr. Vishnu Menon [Download Presentation]

11:30 am – 11:45 am: Tea / Coffee Break

11:45 am – 01:15 pm: Panel Discussion on Making India a Beverage Processing Hub
Moderator: Dr. Badri Narayan Gopalakrishnan, Head – Trade and Commerce, NITI Aayog, Government of India
Panelists:
– Mr. Rakesh Kacker, Former Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industry (MoFPI)
– Dr. Hindol Sengupta, Chief Economic Research Officer, Invest India
– Mr. Manish Mishra, Partner / Head of Practice – Indirect Tax, JSA Advocates & Solicitors
– Mr. Harsh Hiroo Gursahani, Partner, PLR Chambers (Food Laws & Product Compliance Team)

Question and Answer

01:15 pm: Vote of Thanks by Ms. Eshana Mukherjee

01:20 pm: Lunch