Programme
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Day 1: 14th March 2013 (Thursday)
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9:30- 9:45 am |
Registration |
9:45- 10:30 am |
Inaugural session
Chair: Isher Judge Ahluwalia (Chairperson, ICRIER, New Delhi)
Keynote Address: Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal (Minister for Railways, Government of India) [Download Key-Note Address]
Vote of Thanks: Rajat Kathuria (Director and Chief Executive, ICRIER, New Delhi) |
10:30- 11:00 am |
Tea/Coffee |
11:00- 1:00 pm |
Session 1: Expanding Trade in Goods
Chair: Hafiz Pasha (Dean, Beaconhouse National University (BNU), Lahore; former Commerce Minister, Finance Minister and Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Government of Pakistan)
Presentations by:
- Nisha Taneja (Professor, ICRIER, New Delhi)
- Sanjib Pohit (Senior Principal Scientist, NISTAD, New Delhi)
- Manzoor Ahmad (Senior Fellow, International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development, Geneva)
Comments by:
- Aradhna Aggarwal (Senior Fellow, NCAER, New Delhi)
- Deb Kusum Das (Associate Professor, Ramjas College, University of Delhi)
- Saikat Sinha Roy (Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata)
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1:00- 2:00 pm |
Discussion
Special Address by S R Rao (Commerce Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India) |
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Lunch |
2:00- 4:00 pm |
Session 2: Barriers to Trade
Chair: Surjit Bhalla (Chairman, Oxus Investments)
Presentations by:
- Aisha Ghaus Pasha (Director, Institute of Public Policy, BNU, Lahore)
- Nadia Rehman (Trade Economist, USAID Trade Project, Islamabad)
- Abhijit Das (Head & Professor, Centre for WTO Studies, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi)
Comments by:
- Naeem Anwar (Minister-Trade, Pakistan High Commission, New Delhi)
- Ram Upendra Das (Senior Fellow, Research and Information System for Developing Countries(RIS), New Delhi)
- Pardeep Sehgal (Partner, Sinochem Impex, Amritsar)
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Discussion |
4:00- 4:30 pm |
Tea/Coffee |
4:30- 5:30 pm |
Session 3: Trade Perception Survey
Chair: Sanjay Kathuria (Lead Economist, Regional Integration, World Bank, Washington DC)
Presentations by:
- Nisha Taneja, Mishita Mehra, Prithvijit Mukherjee (ICRIER, New Delhi)
- Sanjib Pohit (Senior Principal Scientist, NISTAD, New Delhi)
Comments by:
- Atindra Sen (Senior Advisor, Transnational Strategy Group, India)
- Usman Khan (Faculty Member, LUMS, Lahore)
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7:30 pm |
Special Address by Salman Shah (Former Finance Minister, Pakistan)
Chair: N K Singh (Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha) |
8:30 pm |
Dinner Reception |
Day 2: 15th March 2013 (Friday)
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9:00- 11:00 am |
Session 4: focusing on Energy, Textiles, and Sports goods
Chair: I. N. Mukherji (Senior Consultant, RIS, New Delhi)
Presentations by:
- Mahendra Lama (Professor, Centre for South, Central, Southeast Asian and Southwest Pacific Studies, JNU, New Delhi)
- Saon Ray (Senior Fellow, ICRIER, New Delhi)
- Kiran Javaid and Farah Shahid (Teaching Fellows, LUMS, Lahore)
Comments by:
- Syed Yawar Ali (Chairman, Nestlé Pakistan Ltd)
- Biswajit Nag (Associate Professor, IIFT, New Delhi)
- Prabir De (Fellow, Research and Information System for Developing Countries, New Delhi)
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Discussion |
11:00- 11:30 pm |
Tea/Coffee |
11:30- 1:30 pm |
Session 5: Trade in Services and FDI
Chair: Anupam Khanna (Chief Economist and Director-General, NASSCOM, Delhi)
Presentations by:
- Rupa Chanda (Professor, Department of Economics & Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore)
- Hadia Majid and Nadia Mukhtar (Assistant Professor, LUMS, Lahore)
- Vaqar Ahmed (Deputy Executive Director, SDPI, Islamabad)
Comments by:
- B N Goldar (Visiting Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)
- Jehan Ara (President, Pakistan Software Houses Association for IT and ITES, Karachi)
- Arpita Mukherjee (Professor, ICRIER, New Delhi)
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Discussion |
1:30- 2:30 pm |
Lunch |
2:30- 4:00 pm |
Panel Discussion on India-Pakistan Trade: The Way Forward
Moderator: Sanjaya Baru (Director for Geo-economics and Strategy, International Institute for Strategic Studies, New Delhi)
Speakers:
- Rajeev Kher (Additional Secretary, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India)
- Hafiz Pasha (Dean, BNU, Lahore and former Commerce Minister, Finance Minister and Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Government of Pakistan)
- Syed Yawar Ali (Chairman, Nestlé Pakistan Ltd)
- Nagesh Kumar (Director, UN-ESCAP South and South-West Asia Office and Chief Economist, UN-ESCAP)
- Manoj Pant (Professor, Centre for International Trade and Development, JNU, New Delhi)
- Nisha Taneja (Professor, ICRIER, New Delhi)
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4:00- 4:30 pm |
Concluding session
Vote of thanks: Rajat Kathuria (Director and Chief Executive, ICRIER, New Delhi) |
4:30- 5:00 pm |
Tea/Coffee |