Tamarind Hall, India Habitat Centre, Lodi Road, New Delhi
(Tuesday) March 20, 2018
Program
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11:00 AM |
Inaugural by Naveen Verma, Secretary, DONER
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11:30 AM |
Session 1: Infrastructure Development in NER and Current Status of India-Japan Engagement
Chair – V. S. Seshadri, Former Vice Chairman, RIS
Speakers: Naoyuki Yoshino, Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) Tokyo Takema Sakamoto, Chief Representative, JICA India Narendra Taneja, Well Known Energy Expert & National Spokesperson, BJP Manoj Pant, Director, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT)
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1:00 PM |
Lunch
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2:00 PM |
Session 2: Attracting Japanese FDI to NER and Enhancing Market Linkages with ASEAN
Chair – Rajeev Kher, Former Commerce Secretary, Govt. of India
Speakers: Vandana Kumar, Joint Secretary, DIPP, Govt. of India Ram Upendra Das, Head, Centre for Regional Trade, IIFT Ravi Kota, Assam Principal Resident Commissioner, New Delhi Alemtemshi Jamir, Member, Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party, Nagaland & Former Chief Secretary Nagaland Palin Khundongbam, Chairman cum Managing Director, Shija, Manipur
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3:15 PM |
Coffee Break
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3:30 PM |
Panel Discussion: Generating a Long-Term Vision for India-Japan Partnership in the Northeast
Chair – Shakti Sinha, Director, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML)
Panelists: Naoyuki Yoshino, Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) Tokyo Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa, Former Indian Ambassador to Japan Gautam Mukhopadhaya, Former Indian Ambassador to Myanmar
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7:00 PM |
Special Session on Manipur and India-Japan Partnership
Welcome Remarks by Isher Judge Ahluwalia, Chairperson, ICRIER Presentation on Manipur’s Act East Policy Keynote Address by H.E. Kenji Hiramatsu, Ambassador of Japan to India Keynote Address by Shri Nongthombam Biren Singh, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Manipur
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8: 30 PM |
Dinner |