Greening India’s GrowthDate: June 12, 2014
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Programme |
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| 9:30 – 10:00 am | Registration and Coffee |
| 10:00 – 10:30 am | Inaugural Session Welcome Address: Dr. Rajat Kathuria, Director and Chief Executive, ICRIER Inaugural Address: Dr. Muthukumara Mani, Senior Environmental Economist, Environment Department, World Bank |
| 10:30 – 11:30 am | Keynote Address: Shri Jairam Ramesh |
| 11:30 – 12:00 am |
Coffee Break |
| 12:00 – 1:30 am | Session 1: Economic Growth and Environmental Sustainability. Are there tradeoffs? Dealing with Air Pollution Issues
Moderator: Dr. Prashant Gargava, Senior Environmental Engineer & Incharge IT Division, Central Pollution Control Board, New Delhi Dr. Anant Sudarshan, Giorgio Ruffolo Post-doctoral Fellow in the Sustainability Science Program, Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government Ms. Anumita Roy Chowdhury, Executive Director, Research and Advocacy, Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi Mr. Sumit Sharma, Fellow & Area Convener, Centre for Environment Studies, The Energy and Resource Institute, New Delhi |
| 1:30 – 2:30 pm | Lunch |
| 2:30 – 3:30 pm | Session 2: Pathways to a Low Carbon Economy
Moderator: Prof. Anwarul Hoda, Chair Professor of Trade Policy and WTO Research Programme, ICRIER, New Delhi Panelists: Dr. Atul Kumar, Fellow & Area Convenor, Modeling and Scenario Building, The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi Dr. Purnamita Dasgupta, Ford Foundation Chair in Environmental and Resource Economics & Acting Head, Environment Economics Unit, The Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi |
| 3:30 – 3:45 pm | Coffee Break |
| 3:45 – 4:45 pm | Session 3: Accounting for resources, human capital and health
Moderator: Dr. Muthukumara Mani, Senior Environmental Economist, Environment Department, World Bank Panelists: Dr. Saudamini Das, Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Growth (on lien from SSN College, University of Delhi) Mr. Souvik Bhattacharjya, Fellow, Green Growth and Resource Efficiency, The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi |
| 4:45 – 5:45 pm | Session 4: Is Green Growth Desirable, Necessary, and Affordable?
Moderator: Dr. Pronab Sen, Country Director, Ideas for Growth India-Central Panelists: Mr. Siddharthan Balasubramania, Country Head, Global Green Growth Institute, India Dr. Joyashree Roy, Professor and Head of the Department of Economics, Coordinator, Global change programme, SYLFF Project Director, Jadavpur University, India Ms. Shailly Kedia, Fellow and Area Convenor, Green Growth Strategies Area, The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi |
| 5:45 – 6:00 pm | Closing remarks by Dr. Rajat Kathuria, Director and Chief Executive, ICRIER, New Delhi |