Programme
Symposium on “Future of India”
At Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research,
Goregaon, Mumbai 400 065, India
December 8, 2017
[ December 7 at 7.30 P.M.: dinner talk by Dr. Subir Gokarn, Executive Director, IMF, at Westin Hotel Goregaon, Mumbai ]
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09.00 to 0915: Registration
9.15 to 9.30: Welcome and opening remarks by Dr. S.Mahendra Dev, Director, IGIDR
9.30 to 10.30: Macroeconomy, Finance and Regulatiion
Chairperson: Shri Uday Kotak (The executive Vice Chairman and Managing Director) Kotak Mahindra Bank
Lead discussant: Dr. Bimal Jalan (former CEA)
10.30 to 11.30: Structural Transformation: Sectoral Issues in Agriculture, Industry and Services
Chairperson: Shri M Rafeeque Ahmed (Chairman, SICCI)
Lead discussant: Dr. Deepak Nayyar (former CEA)
11.30 to 12.00: Tea Break
12.00 to 13.00: Labour, Employment and Technology (this session will also touch upon the demographic issues)
Chairperson: Shri M.V. Subbiah (Chairman, Murugappa Group)
Lead discussant: Dr. Arvind Virmani (former CEA)
13.00 to 14.00: Lunch Break
Dr. Bibek Debroy, Chairman, PM’s Economic Advisory Council, to speak during lunch time
14.00 to 15.00: Trade: Geopolitical Challenges and Opportunities
Chairperson: Prof. Brahma Chellaney (CPR, New Delhi)
Lead discussant: Dr. Shankar Acharya (former CEA)
15.00 to 15.30: Tea Break
15.30 to 16.30: Physical Infrastructure
Chairperson : Rajiv Lall (CEO&MD, IDFC Bank)
Lead Discussant: Ashok Lahiri (Former CEA)
16.30 to 17.30: Development Social, and Environmental Dimensions : Will have education and health also.
Chairperson: Prof. K. Srinath Reddy (President, PHFI)
Lead Discussant: Dr. Nitin Desai (former CEA)
17.30 to 18.00: Pre-dinner talk by Dr. Ashima Goyal (Member, PM’s EAC)
18.00 to 18.30: Way Forward: Dr. Y.V. Reddy
8.30 onwards: Dinner at Director’s Bungalow
Background Paper prepared by
P.G. Babu
S. Mahendra Dev
A. Ganesh Kumar
