One of the highlights of the Conference this year is the Special Session on Friday, December 17 in honour of the late Dr. Subir V. Gokarn, former faculty of IGIDR and former Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. Dr. Duvvuri Subbarao, Former Governor, Reserve Bank of India, is the Chief Guest of the session. In this session, the top three papers of the conference will be awarded the Dr. Subir V. Gokarn Best Paper Awards, as well as a web page devoted to Dr. Gokarn's policy writings and work at IGIDR will be launched.

Chief Guest: Dr. Duvvuri Subbarao