3rd Annual Conference on
Enhancing India-Pakistan Trade Date: February 2-3, 2015 Venue: Longchamp Hall, Hotel Taj Man Singh, New Delhi
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Programme
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Day 1: February 2, 2015 (Monday)
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9:45- 10:00 am |
Registration
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10:00- 11:00 am |
Inaugural Session Welcome remarks: Isher Judge Ahluwalia, Chairperson, ICRIER
Book release: “India-Pakistan Trade – Strengthening Economic Relations”
Keynote Address: Yashwant Sinha, Former Union Minister for Finance and External Affairs
Vote of Thanks : Rajat Kathuria, Director & CE, ICRIER
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11:00- 11:30 am |
Tea/Coffee
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11:30- 1:00 pm |
Session 1: India-Pakistan Trade Normalisation: Prospects and Challenges
Chair – Ishrat Husain, Dean & Director, IBA Karachi
Speakers:
- Nisha Taneja, Professor, ICRIER [Download Presentation]
- Muchkund Dubey, President, Council for Social Development, New Delhi
- Abid Qaiyum Suleri, Executive Director, SDPI, Pakistan
- A. M. Gondane, Joint Secretary, SAARC, Ministry of External Affairs, India
- S. A. Hasnain, Visiting Fellow, Vivekananda International Foundation
- S. Akbar Zaidi, Political Economist, Karachi
- Neelam Deo, Director, Gateway House, Mumbai
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12:45-01:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30- 2:45 pm |
Session 2: Informal Trade: Why Does it Continue to Persist?
Chair – Nisha Taneja, Professor, ICRIER [Download Presentation]
Speakers:
- Vaqar Ahmed, Deputy Executive Director, SDPI, Pakistan
- Manoj Pant, Professor, JNU
- Manab Majumdar, Assistant Secretary General, FICCI
- Bipul Chatterjee, Director, CUTS
- Ram Upendra Das, Professor, RIS, New Delhi
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2:45- 3:00 pm |
Tea/Coffee
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4:00- 5:30 pm |
Session 3: Non-Tariff Barriers: Real and Perceived
Chair – Sanjay Kathuria, Lead Economist, Regional Integration, World Bank
Speakers:
- Selim Raihan, Executive Director, South Asian Network on Economic Modelling, Dhaka [Download Presentation]
- Majyd Aziz, Former President, Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry [Download Presentation]
- I. N. Mukherjee, Former Professor, JNU
- Muhammad Irfan Tarar, Minister Trade, Pakistan High CommissionT. S. Vishwanath, Principal Adviser, APJ-SLG Law Offices, New Delhi
- Syed Turab Hussain, Head of Department of Economics, Lahore University of Management Sciences
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4:15- 4:30 pm |
Tea/Coffee |
4:30- 5:45 pm |
Session 4: Energy Cooperation
Chair –Ijaz Nabi, Country Director, International Growth Centre,Pakistan
Speakers:
- Narendra Taneja, Convener BJP Energy Cell and Energy Expert and Commentator
- Rajiv Mishra, Power Trading Corporation (PTC), New Delhi [Download Presentation]
- Rakesh Kumar, Director (Power Systems), Solar Energy Corporation of India
- Pradeep Mehta, Secretary General, CUTS
- Mahendra Lama, Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University [Download Presentation]
- Nitya Nanda, Fellow, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)[Download Presentation]
- Ijaz Nabi, Country Director, International Growth Centre, Pakistan
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7:00pm |
Special Address by Abdul Basit, Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India Special Session: Enhancing India Pakistan Trade-Perspectives from Business
Chair – Isher Judge Ahluwalia, Chairperson, ICRIER
Speakers:
- Sunil Munjal, Joint Managing Director, Hero MotoCorp
- Syed Yawar Ali, Chairman, Nestle Pakistan Ltd.
- Rakesh Bharti Mittal, Vice-Chairman & Managing Director, Bharti Enterprises Ltd.
- Sikandar Mustafa Khan, Chairman, Millat Group, Pakistan
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Day 2: February 3, 2015 (Tuesday)
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9:30- 11:00 am |
Session 5: Transport Connectivity
Chair – Arvind Mehta, Joint Secretary, (SAARC), Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, India
Speakers:
- Manzoor Ahmad, Managing Director, World Trade Advisors [Download Presentation]
- Manoj Krishna Akhouri, Executive Director, Traffic Transportation, Railway Board and Director CRWC, India
- Chander Agarwal, Executive Director, TCIL
- Joseph George , United Nations ESCAP South and South-West Asia Office, New Delhi [Download Presentation]
- Muhammad Anwar, Owner and CEO, Custom Syndicate, Pakistan[Download Presentation]
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11:00- 11:15 pm |
Tea/Coffee
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11:15 12:45 pm |
Session 6: Telecommunication Networks
Chair – Rajat Kathuria, Director & CE, ICRIER
Speakers:
- V. Sridhar, Professor, IIT, Bangalore [Download Presentation]
- Rajan S. Mathews, Director General, Cellular Operators Association of India
- Parvez Iftikhar, International ICT Consultant
- Mahesh Uppal, Director, Com First (India) Pvt. Ltd.
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12:45- 2:00 pm |
Lunch
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2:00- 3:00 pm |
Session 7: Visa regime: The Critical Link
Chair – Sachin Chaturvedi, Director-General, RIS
Speakers:
- Syed Yawar Ali, Chairman, Nestle Pakistan Ltd
- Atindra Sen, Former Director General, Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Zubair Ahmad, Former President, Federation of Pakistan, Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FPCCI), Karachi
- Akshay Mathur, Head of Research, Gateway House, Mumbai
- Pardeep Sehgal, Partner, Sinochem Impex, Amritsar and Vice-President, Indian Importers Association
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3:00- 3:15 pm |
Tea/Coffee |
3:15- 4:30 pm |
Session 8: Role of Media
Chair – Vikram Chandra, CEO & MD, New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV)
Speakers:
- Chandan Mitra, Editor & MD, The Pioneer
- Salman Shah, Former Finance Minister, Pakistan
- Najam Sethi, Editor-in-Chief, Friday Times
- Shujaat Bukhari, Editor-in-Chief, Rising Kashmir
- Suhasini Haidar, Strategic & Diplomatic Affairs Editor, The Hindu
- Wamiq A. Zuberi, Editor & Chief Executive, Business Recorder
- Ajai Shukla, Consulting Editor, Business Standard
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4:30- 5:00 pm |
Concluding Remarks |
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[Download Speakers Profiles] |
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