10:30 – 11:00

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Registration

11:00 – 11:10

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Welcome Remarks by Rajat Kathuria, Director & CE, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)

11:10 –11:20

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Opening Remarks by Diya Dutta, Manager-Research,
Policy Research and Campaigns, Oxfam India

11:20 – 11:40

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Inaugural Address by H. E. Manjeev Singh
Puri, Ambassador of India to Nepal

11:40 – 12:10

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Presentation of Key Findings

Sanjay Pulipaka, Senior Fellow, NMML and Advisor, ICRIER

Tanu M. Goyal, Consultant, ICRIER

12:10 – 12:30

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Tea Break

12:30 – 13:20

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Panel Discussion on

“Deconstructing Development Assistance from India to Nepal: Reflections on the Social and Economic Impact”

Moderator: Dr. Rajat Kathuria, Director & CE, ICRIER

Panelists:

·    Govind Raj Pokharel, former Vice-Chairman of Nepal’s Planning Commission and former Chief Executive Officer of National Reconstruction Authority of Nepal

·    Nischal Nath Pandey, Director, Centre for South Asian Studies, Kathmandu

·    Tri Ratna Bajracharya, Dean, Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University

·   
Purushottam Ojha, Former Secretary for Commerce, Nepal

13:20 – 13:30

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Open Discussion

13:30 – 13:35

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Vote of Thanks by Sanjay Pulipaka, Senior Fellow, NMML and Advisor, ICRIER

13:35 onwards

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Lunch