2nd Annual Conference
on
Normalizing India-Pakistan Trade 

Date: January 21-22, 2014 
Venue: Silver Oak Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

 

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)
 

• Nisha Taneja (Professor, ICRIER, New Delhi)
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• Syed Turab Hussain (Associate Professor, Dept. of Economics, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan)
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• Selim Raihan (Professor, Dept. of Economics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh)
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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)

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)

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)

Chair: B. N. Goldar (Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi) 

Presentations by:

• Vaqar Ahmed (Deputy Executive Director, Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan) 
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• Manoj Pant (Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi) 
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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)

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)

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)

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)

Vote of thanks: Rajat Kathuria (Director and Chief Executive, ICRIER, New Delhi)