Conferences & Workshops Details

Agenda for Reforms: An ICRIER Conference

Silver Oak Hall,
India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

 September
22, 2014 (Monday)

 There is underlying need for reform to propel inclusive, sustainable and faster growth in India. Consensus is that this cannot be delayed further. Based on extensive research ICRIER has developed a reform agenda for faster and inclusive growth. The day-long Conference is being held with a view to encourage serious public discourse in crucial areas that need reform including urban challenges, agriculture, telecommunication, manufacturing, economic corridors, regional integration and foreign policy.

Programme

09:00 AM – 09:30 AM:        
Registration

09:30 AM – 09:45 AM:         Opening Remarks by Dr. Isher Judge Ahluwalia,
Chair, Board of Governors, ICRIER, New Delhi

09:45 AM – 10:45 AM:         Session 1: Macroeconomic Reforms

Chair: Dr.
Shankar Acharya, Honorary Professor, ICRIER, New Delhi

Presentations:

•  Dr. Jaimini Bhagwati,Reserve Bank of India Chair Professor, ICRIER, New Delhi
• ·Mr. Abheek Barua, Consultant, ICRIER, New Delhi (15 minutes)

Commentator:

 Mr. Thomas Richardson, Senior Resident Representative for India and Nepal, International Monetary Fund,
New Delhi

Q
& A

10:45
AM – 11:00 PM:        
Tea/Coffee

11:00
AM – 01:00 PM:         Session
2: Sectoral Reforms I

 Chair: N K Singh

 Presentations:

•  Urban Challenges in India by Dr. Isher Judge
  Ahluwalia,Chair, Board of Governors, ICRIER, New Delhi
•  Rejuvenating Agriculture and Revamping Food Security Complex  by Prof. Ashok Gulati, Chair Professor of Agriculture, ICRIER, New Delhi (15 minutes)
•  Next Generation Reforms for Telecom’s Second Revolution by Dr. Rajat Kathuria, Director
  and Chief Executive, ICRIER, New Delhi
•  Reforms for Reviving the Manufacturing Sector by Prof. Anwarul
  Hoda, Chair Professor of Trade Policy and WTO Research Programme, ICRIER, New Delhi

  Commentators:

• Mr. Sunil Jain, Managing Editor, The Financial Express   
• Dr.
  Dev Nathan,  Professor,
  Institute for Human Development, New Delhi 

  Q & A  

 01:00 PM – 02:00 PM:    Lunch

02:00 PM – 02:45 PM:          Session
2: Building Strategic Capacity

Chair:  Mr.
Ajay Shankar, Member Secretary of the National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council

 Presentation: 

•  Reforming India’s Defence Industrial Sector by Amb. H. K. Singh, Chair Professor of “ICRIER-Wadhwani Programme of Research Studies on India-US Relations & Policy Issues”, ICRIER, New Delhi

  Commentators:

•  Brig. Arun Sahgal, PhD (Retd.), Secretary General, Forum for Strategic Initiative
•  Brig. Gurmeet Kanwal, Adjunct Fellow (Non-resident), Wadhwani Chair in U.S.-India PolicyStudies

Q & A

02:45
PM – 04:00PM:           Session 3: Trade and Regional
Cooperation

Chair: Mr. Arvind Mehta, Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce, Government of India

Presentation
by:

•  A New Paradigm for Economic Integration in South Asia by Prof. Nisha Taneja,
  Professor, ICRIER, New Delhi
• SEZs in India:
  Issues and Way Forward by Prof. Arpita Mukherjee, Professor,
  ICRIER, New Delhi

Commentator:

•  Mr. Siddharth Varadarajan, Senior Fellow, Centre for Public Affairs and Critical Theory, Shiv Nadar University, New Delhi (15
  minutes)
• Dr. Aradhna Aggarwal, Director, Policy Research Centre, Wadhwani Foundation, New Delhi

Q & A

04:00 PM – 04:10 PM:          Vote of thanks by Dr. Rajat Kathuria, Director and Chief Executive, ICRIER, New Delhi