Release of ‘Stitches to Riches? Apparel Employment, Trade, and Economic Development in South Asia’ Report
on
April 29, 2016
at
Juniper Hall, India
Habitat Centre, New Delhi
PROGRAMME
09:30 – 10:00 am : Registration and Tea/Coffee
10:00 – 11:30 am :
Welcome Address
Dr. Rajat Kathuria, Director and Chief Executive, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)
Special Address by
Shri Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog
Special Address by
Shri Vijay Mathur, Additional Secretary General, Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC)
Opening Address
Mr. Onno Ruhl, India Country Director, South Asia, World Bank
Video: Provided by World Bank [Video]
Release of the Report titled
“Stitches to Riches? Apparel Employment, Trade, and Economic
Development in South Asia” edited by Gladys Lopes-Acevedo and Raymond Robertson published by the World Bank Group
Presentation of the Report
By Gladys Lopez-Acevedo [Download Presentation]
11:30 – 11:45 am : Tea/Coffee Break
11:45 am – 01:00 pm : Panel Discussion on ‘Apparel Job Creation, Trade, and Development in India’
Chair:
Ms. Sushmita Dasgupta, Economic Adviser, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India
Panelists:
• Dr. Saon Ray, Senior Fellow, ICRIER
• Ms. Chandrima Chatterjee, Advisor, AEPC [Download Presentation]
• Mr. Sudhir Dhingra, Chairman, Orient Craft Ltd.
01:00 – 01:30 pm : Question and Answer
01:30 – 01:40 pm : Vote of Thanks
Bhavook Bhardwaj, ICRIER
01:40 pm onwards : Lunch