Programme
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Day 1: January 21, 2014 (Tuesday)
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9:45- 10:00 am |
Registration |
10:00- 11:00 am |
Inaugural Session
Welcome Remarks by Rajat Kathuria (Director and Chief Executive, ICRIER, New Delhi)
Keynote Address by G. K. Chadha (President, South Asian University and former Vice-chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)
Release of Report on the 1st Trade Perception Survey and Special Address by Chief Guest Rajeev Kher (Special Secretary, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India) |
11:00- 11:30 am |
Tea/Coffee |
11:30- 1:00 pm |
Session 1: Enhancing Trade in Goods
Chair: Abid Suleri (Executive Director, Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan)
Presentations by:
Comments by:
- Manzoor Ahmad (Regional Trade Advisor, USAID Pakistan)
- Zubair Ahmed Malik (President, The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry, Pakistan)
- Sanjib Pohit (Senior Principal Scientist, National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies, New Delhi) Deb Kusum Das (Associate Professor, Ramjas College, University of Delhi)
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1:00- 2:00 pm |
Special Address by Ishrat Husain (Dean & Director, IBA and Former Governor, State Bank of Pakistan) |
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Lunch |
2:00- 3:30 pm |
Session 2: Trade in Automobile Industry
Chair: Suhail P. Ahmed (Vice Chairman, House of Habib, Pakistan and Founder Chairman, Pakistan Association of Automotive Parts & Accessories Manufacturers)
Presentations by:
- Vaqar Ahmed (Deputy Executive Director, Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan)
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- T. S. Vishwanath (Principal Advisor, APJ-SLG Law Offices, New Delhi)
- Biswajit Nag (Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi)
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Comments by:
- Sanjay Kathuria (Lead Economist, Regional Trade Integration, World Bank, Washington DC)
- Meenu Tewari (HUDCO Chair Professor, ICRIER, New Delhi)
- Saikat Sinha Roy (Associate Professor, Dept. of Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata)
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Discussion |
3:30- 4:00 pm |
Tea/Coffee |
4:00- 5:30 pm |
Session 3: Trade in Agriculture
Chair: Ashok Gulati (Chairman, Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices, New Delhi)
Presentations by:
- Anwarul Hoda (Chair Professor, Trade Policy and WTO Research Programme, ICRIER, New Delhi)
- Usman Khan (Faculty, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan)
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- Ramesh Chand (Director. National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, New Delhi)
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Comments by:
- Naeem Anwar (Minister-Trade, Pakistan High Commission, New Delhi)
- Syed Yawar Ali (Chairman, Nestle Pakistan Ltd. and Member, Pakistan Business Council)
- Tariq Bucha (President, Farmer’s Association, Pakistan)
- Simrit Kaur (Professor of Public Policy, Faculty of Management Studies, New Delhi)
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Day 2: January 22, 2014 (Wednesday)
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9:30- 11:00 am |
Session 4: Trade in the Pharmaceutical Sector
Chair: B. N. Goldar (Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi)
Presentations by:
Comments by:
- Aradhna Agarwal (Policy Director, Wadhwani Foundation, New Delhi)
- Aparna Sawhney (Associate Professor, Centre for International Trade and Development, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)
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11:00- 11:15 pm |
Tea/Coffee |
11.00 am – 12.30 pm |
Session 5: Barriers to Trade
Chair: S. D. Muni (Senior Visiting Scholar, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi)
Presentations by:
- I. N. Mukherji (Former Professor of South Asian studies, JNU and Consultant, UN ESCAP, New Delhi)
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- Huma Amir (Chairperson and Asst. Professor, Department of Marketing Institute of Business Administration, Pakistan)
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- Ather Elahi (Assistant Professor & Research Fellow, Centre for Business and Economics Research, Institute of Business Administration, Pakistan)
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- Rahul Mediratta (PhD Candidate, Northwestern University)
Comments by:
- Ram Upendra Das (Senior Fellow, Research and Information for Developing Countries, New Delhi)
- Pardeep Sehgal (Partner, Sinochem Impex, Amritsar)
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12:45- 1:30 pm |
Special Address by Sharat Sabharwal (former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan) |
1:30- 2:00 pm |
Lunch |
2.00 – 3:00 pm |
Session 6: Trade in Energy
Chair: Zafar Mahmood (Chairman, Punjab Public Service Commission and Former Commerce Secretary, Government of Pakistan)
Presentations by:
- Salman Zaheer (Program Director, Regional Integration, World Bank)
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- Nitya Nanda (Fellow, The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi)
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- Arif Alauddin (MD,National Energy Conservation Centre, Pakistan)
Comments by:
- Rakesh Kumar (Director, Solar Energy Corporation of India)
- Prabir De (Senior Fellow, Research and Information System for Developing Countries, New Delhi)
- Saon Ray (Senior Fellow, ICRIER, New Delhi)
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3:00- 3:15 pm |
Tea/Coffee |
3:15- 4:30 pm |
Panel Discussion on India-Pakistan Trade: The Way Forward
Chair: Manoj Pant (Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)
Speakers:
- Aqdas Kazmi (Former Joint Chief Economist, Planning Commission, Pakistan)
- Nagesh Kumar (Director, UN-ESCAP South and South-West Asia Office and Chief Economist, UN-ESCAP, New Delhi)
- Ijaz Nabi (Country Director, International Growth Centre, Pakistan)
- E. Sridharan (Academic Director, University of Pennsylvania Institute for the Advanced Study of India, New Delhi)
- Nisha Taneja (Professor, ICRIER, New Delhi)
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4:30- 5:00 pm |
Valedictory Address by Sujatha Singh (Foreign Secretary, India)
Vote of thanks: Rajat Kathuria (Director and Chief Executive, ICRIER, New Delhi) |
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