“Sub Regional Cooperation Between India, Myanmar and Bangladesh”
Date: March 30, 2016
Programme
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March 30, 2016 (Wednesday) |
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09:45-10:00 am |
Registration |
10:00-11:30 am |
Inaugural Session
Welcome remarks: Rajat Kathuria, Director & CEO, ICRIER
Presentation: “Sub Regional Cooperation Between India, Myanmar and Bangladesh”
Keynote Address: Dr. Jitendra Singh, Minister of State (IC), Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
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11:30-11:45 am |
Tea/Coffee |
11:45-01:00 pm |
Session 1: Economic Cooperation in the Sub Region – India, Bangladesh and Myanmar
Panel Discussion: Salahuddin Noman Chowdhury, Deputy High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India San Oo Maung, Minister Counsellor, Embassy of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Pratibha Parkar, Director, Ministry of External Affairs, India
Chair: Jayant Prasad, Director General, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
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01:00-01:45 pm |
Lunch |
01:45-03:00 pm |
Session 2: Trends and Patterns of Trade between India, Bangladesh and Myanmar
Address: Arvind Mehta, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, India
Presenters: · Prominence of RMG Sector in Bangladesh-India Bilateral Trade and Investment Selim Raihan, Executive Director, SANEM and Farazi Binti Ferdous, Fellow, SANEM, Bangladesh
· Zin Zin Naing, Researcher, Yangon University of Economics and Khin Thida Nyein, Researcher, Monywa University of Economics, Myanmar
· Trade Patterns in the Sub Region: India, Myanmar and Bangladesh Deepika Wadhwa, Consultant, ICRIER and Nisha Taneja, Professor, ICRIER
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03:00-04:00 pm |
Session 3: Economic Cooperation through Connectivity : India, Myanmar and Bangladesh
Address: Bhupinder Singh Bhalla, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, India
Presenters: · Connectivity in Sub Region: India, Myanmar and Bangladesh Nisha Taneja,Professor, ICRIER and Deepika Wadhwa,Consultant, ICRIER
· Farazi Binti Ferdous,Fellow, SANEM and Selim Raihan, Executive Director, SANEM, Bangladesh
· Connectivity, Transaction Cost and Trade Relation between Myanmar, India and Bangladesh Tun Min Sandar, Research Associate, MDRI-CESD, Myanmar
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04:00-04:15 |
Tea/Coffee |
04:15-05:30 pm |
Session 4: FDI : India, Bangladesh and Myanmar
Address: Manoj Pant, Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), India
Presenters: · Samridhi Bimal, Research Associate, ICRIER and Deb Kusum Das, Consultant, ICRIER
· Tin Htoo Naing,Director, Center for Economy, Environment and Society (CEES Myanmar) andMyo Myo Myint,CEES, Myanmar
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05.30-05.45 pm |
Concluding Remarks |