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ICRIER’s Programon Capacity Building and Knowledge Disseminationon Urbanisation in India

Conference
on
Financing Metropolitan Governments in Developing Countries

Date: April 23, 2014
Venue: Jacaranda Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

In Partnership with Capacity Building for Urban Development, Ministry of Urban Development

Programme
09:00 – 09:30 am	Registration and Tea
09:30 – 11:15 am	Session I: An Overview Chair: Dr. Isher Judge Ahluwalia
09:30 – 09:50 am	Principal Speaker/Author: Dr. Johannes Linn Nonresident Senior Fellow,Brookings Institute Discussion on Implications for India
09:50 – 10:00 am	Mr. Anil Baijal Chairman, National Institute of Urban Affairs
10:00 – 10:10 am	Mr. V. Ravichandar Chairman, Feedback Business Consulting
10:10 – 10:40 am	Discussion
10:40 – 10:50 am	Comments by Chair
10:50 – 11:15 am	The Book, Cities and Public Policy: An Urban Agenda for India by Dr. P. K. Mohanty, Chief Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh, will be released by Dr. Isher Judge Ahluwalia, Dr. Roy Bahl and Dr. Johannes Linn
11:15 – 11:30 am	Tea Break
11:30 – 01:00 pm	Session II: Metropolitan Public Finances Chair: Dr. P. K. Mohanty
11:30 – 11:50 am	Principal Speaker/Author: Dr. Abhay Pethe Professor of Economics, Mumbai University Discussion on Implications for India
11:50 – 12:00 pm	Mr. U. P. S. Madan Commissioner, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority
12:00 – 12:10 pm	Dr. Rathin Roy Director, National Institute for Public Finance and Policy
12:10 – 12:20 pm	Mr. Anand Sahasranaman Board Member, IFMR Foundation
12:20 – 12:50 pm	Discussion
12:50 – 01:00 pm	Comments by Chair
01:00 – 02:00 pm	Lunch
02:00 – 03:30 pm	Session III: Empowering Decentralisation Chair: Dr. Rajat Kathuria
02:00 – 02:20 pm	Principal Speaker/Author: Dr. Roy Bahl Regents Professor of Economics, Georgia State University Discussion on Implications for India
02:20 – 02:30 pm	Mr. Sitaram Kunte Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai
02:30 – 02:40 pm	Mr. U. A. Vasanth Rao GM Finance, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation, Bangalore
02:40 – 02:50 pm	Dr. Satya Poddar Senior Tax Partner, Ernst & Young
02:50 – 03:20 pm	Discussion
03:20 – 03:30 pm	Comments by Chair
03:30 – 03:45 pm	Tea
03:45 – 05:15 pm	Session IV: Financing of Public Infrastructure Chair: Prof. Chetan Vaidya
03:45 – 04:05 pm	Principal Speaker/Author: Dr. Johannes Linn Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institute Discussion on Implications for India
04:05 – 04:15 pm	Mr. Barjor Mehta Lead Urban Specialist, World Bank
04:15 – 04:25 pm	Dr. Rajiv Lall Executive Chairman, IDFC
04:25 – 04:35 pm	Mr. Sanjay Sridhar Strategy Head (Urban Development and Accessibility) EMBARQ India
04:35 – 05:05 pm	Discussion
05:05 – 05:15 pm	Comments by Chair & Vote of Thanks

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