Conferences & Workshops Details

November 5, 2015 (Thursday) – (Juniper Hall, IHC)
2:00 pm : Inaugural Session
- Welcome Remarks by Rajat Kathuria, Director & CE, ICRIER
- Welcome Remarks by JUNG Ku-Hyun, President, The Seoul Forum for
International Affairs (SFIA)
- Guest Remarks, CHO Hyun, Ambassador of Republic of Korea to India
Keynote Address by Shri Suresh Prabhu, Hon’ble Minister of Railways, Government of India
2.45 pm : Coffee Break
3:00 pm : Session 1: Asian Security and India-Korea ‘Special Strategic
Partnership’
Chair: KIM Dalchoong, Emeritus Professor, Yonsei University
Speakers:
- LEE Chung Min, Professor, Yonsei University and ROK’s
Ambassador for National Security Affairs
- Raja Mohan, Head, Strategic Studies and Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation
Discussants:
- KIM Changsu, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Security and Strategy, Korea Institute for Defense Analyses (KIDA)
- Skand Tayal, Visiting Professor, Delhi University and Former Indian Ambassador to Korea
- Sanjana Joshi, Senior Consultant, ICRIER
4:30 pm : Coffee Break
4:45 pm : Session 2: Cooperation for Full Potential of India-Korea CEPA and the
New Asian Economic Initiatives
Chair: Nisha Taneja, Professor, ICRIER
Speakers:
Discussants:
- Sanjay Chadha, Joint Secretary, FT (North East Asia), Ministry of Commerce & Industry
- CHO Choongjae, Head of South Asia Team, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) [Download Presentation]
7.30 pm : Special Address by LEE Chung Min, Professor, Yonsei University and
ROK’s Ambassador for National Security Affairs – (Maple Hall, IHC)
Chair: Sanjay Singh, Former Secretary (East) Ministry of External Affairs
Dinner Reception, Maple Hall, India Habitat Centre
November 6, 2015 (Friday) – (Juniper Hall, IHC)
9.30 am : Session 3:‘Make in India’ Initiative & Opportunities for SMEs
Chair: A. Didar Singh, Secretary General, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)
Speakers:
Discussants:
- Ashish Kumar, Senior Development Officer and Point Of Contact For Korean Investors, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion
- embers, Association of High Potential Enterprises of Korea (AHPEK)
11.00 am : Coffee Break
11.15 am : Session 4: India-Korea Collaboration in Manufacturing Industries
(Shipbuilding, Steel, Auto, Defense Industry, etc.)
Chair: Ajit Ranade, Chief Economist, Aditya Birla Group
Speakers:
- CHANG Kook Hyun, Secretary General, Indian Chamber of Commerce in Korea (ICCK)
- Vinnie Mehta,Director General, Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India
- KIM Changsu, Senior Research Fellow, Korea Institute for Defense Analyses (KIDA) [Download Presentation]
Discussants:
- Ajay Shankar, Chairman Expert Committee on Regulatory Approvals, Dept of Industrial Policy & Promotion
- Anil Chait, Lt Gen (Rtd) and Former Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC)
- S. Vishwanatha, Executive Director, Industry Sector, BHEL
1.00 pm : Lunch
2.00 pm : Session 5: India-Korea Collaboration in R&D and High-tech Industries
(IT/Internet, Games/Contents, Green/New Energy, etc.)
Chair: JUNG Ku-Hyun, President, The Seoul Forum for International Affairs
Speakers:
- LEE Haiwon, Professor, Hanyang University [Download Presentation]
- Narendra Taneja, Convener BJP Energy Cell and Energy Expert and Commentator
- Siddhartha Chandurkar, Founder & CEO, ShepHertz
Discussants:
- PARK Sung-Hoon, Professor, Korea University
- Gagan Sabharwal, Director, Global Trade Development, NASSCOM
3.30 pm : Coffee Break
3.45 pm : Panel Discussion: Enhancing Peoples’ Movement between India and
Korea
Moderator: Anil Padmanabhan, Deputy Managing Editor of Mint
Panelists:
- LEE Joon-gyu, Former Korean Ambassador to India
- Skand Tayal, Visiting Professor, Delhi University and Former Indian Ambassador to Korea
- Vyjayanti Raghavan, Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University
5.00 pm : Concluding Remarks
Signing of Joint Statement