Plenary Day-1, December 14, 2012 (Friday) Durbar Hall, Hotel Taj Palace, Sardar Patel Marg, New Delhi. International Conference on Reviving Growth 08.30 09.30 AM Registration 09.30 10.15 AM Inaugural Session Welcome Address : Dr. Raghuram G. Rajan, Chief Economic Adviser, GoI Initial remarks : Dr. Arvind Mayaram, Secretary, Economic Affairs, GoI Inaugural Address : Shri P. Chidambaram, Finance Minister, GoI Vote of Thanks : Dr. M. Govinda Rao, Director, NIPFP 10.15 11.00 AM Opening Plenary Lecture Dr. C. Rangarajan, Chairman, EAC to PM, GOI Lecture: Mr.Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister, & Finance Minister, Singapore; Chairman of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) Rebuilding Global Growth 11.00 11.15 PM Tea 11.15 12.30 PM Panel Discussion 1 Global Economic Outlook Dr. Bimal Jalan, Former Governor, RBI Panelists: Prof. Martin Feldstein, Harvard University Prof. Jacob A Frenkel, JP Morgan Chase International Dr. Changyong Rhee, Chief Economist, ADB Ms. Chanda Kochar, MD & CEO, ICICI Bank
12.30 1.15 PM Lecture 2 Chair Dr. M Govinda Rao, Director, NIPFP Speaker Prof. Avinash Dixit, Princeton University Corruption: Supply-side and Demand-side Solutions 1.15 2.15 PM Lunch 2.15 3.30 PM Panel Discussion 2 : Reforms, Politics and Growth Dr. Kaushik Basu, Sr. Vice President & Chief Economist, The World Bank Panelists Prof. Arvind Panagariya, Columbia University Shri Sunil Kant Munjal, Hero Corporate Service Limited Prof.Sunil Khilnani, King s College, London. 3.30 3.45 PM Tea 3.45 5.00 PM Panel Discussion 3 : Growth, Innovation and Inclusiveness Mr. Nandan Nilekani, Chairman, UIDAI Panelists: Prof. Nick Bloom, Stanford University Prof. Jaideep Prabhu, Cambridge University Mr. Uday Kotak, MD, Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited 5.00 5.45 pm Closing Plenary Lecture Chairman: Dr. Y.V. Reddy, Former Governor, RBI Lecture: Dr. Pravin J. Gordhan, Finance Minister, South Africa The Challenges of Inclusive Growth. 5.45 PM Vote of Thanks Dr. H.A.C. Prasad, Senior Economic Adviser RSVP: Naveen Bhalla (NIPFP) +91 8860002941
Plenary Day-2, December 15, 2012 (Saturday) Shahjehan Hall, Hotel Taj Palace, Sardar Patel Marg, New Delhi. International Conference on Reviving Growth 09.00-10.00 AM Registration 10.00-11.00 AM Opening Plenary Session Welcome : Mr Adi Godrej, President, CII 11.00-11.15 AM Tea Moderated Interaction with global leaders. Moderated by : Dr. Raghuram Rajan, Chief Economic Advisor, MoF Guest of Honour : Mr Kittiratt Na-Ranong (TBC), Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Thailand Guest of Honour : Mr Pravin Gordhan, Minister of Finance, South Africa Concluding : Mr Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, Confederation of Indian Industry 11.15-12.15 PM Panel Discussion 1 : The Future of Financial Services Chairman Speakers : Mr Jacob Frenkel, Chairman, JP Morgan Chase International : Dr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Finance, Ministry of Finance, Singapore Dr Markus Brunnermier, Edwards S. Sanford Professor, Princeton University Dr Changyong Rhee, Chief Economist, Asian Development Bank 12.15-1.15 PM Panel Discussion 2 : Growth Through Financing Infrastructure Chairman Mr Deepak S Parekh, Chairman, HDFC Limited
Speakers : Mr M. Narendra, Chairman & Managing Director, Indian Overseas Bank : Mr T.C.A Ranganathan, Chairman & Managing Director, EXIM Bank : Mr R V Verma, Chairman & Managing Director, National Housing Bank (TBC) : Mr. Diwakar Gupta, Managing Director, SBI (TBC) 1.15-2.15 PM Lunch 2.15-3.00 PM Panel Discussion 3 : Search for Natural Resources - Emerging Geo-Political Alignments & Conflicts Chairman : (Being finalised) Speakers : Mr Khalid A.Al-Falih (TBC), President & CEO, Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia : Mr Atul Singh (TBC), President & CEO, India & South-West Asia, Coca-Cola India Inc. : Mr Prashant Ruia (TBC), Group Chief Executive, Essar Group 3.00-4.00 PM Closing Plenary Session : Managing in a G - Zero World Opening Special Address Guest of Honour Valedictory Address Concluding Vote of Thanks : Mr Adi Godrej, President, CII : Mr K V Kamath, Non-Executive Chairman, ICICI Bank Limited : Dr. Sarath Amunugama (TBC), Senior Minister for International Monetary Cooperation & Deputy Minister, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Government of Sri Lanka Mr Anand Sharma (TBC), Minister of Commerce and Industry, Textiles, GoI : Mr Ajay Shriram, Vice President, Confederation of Indian Industry Dr. H.A.C. Prasad, Senior Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance 4.00 PM Close of Delhi Economics Conclave and High Tea RSVP: Jessy Rajji (CII) +91-9717250180;
Delhi Economics Conclave - 2012 Satellite Conferences 17 th December, 2012 One day conference on Accelerating Growth in Tamil Nadu: Need for Paradigm Shift Hotel The Lalit, New Delhi South Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) and Madras School of Economics (MSE) RSVP: Mr. Joseph Thachil +91-9810516770 18 th December 2012: One day conference on Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy in an Era of Low Growth IIFT Conference Hall Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) RSVP: Dr. Jaydeep Mukherjee +91-9968660028 19-21 st December, 2012: International conference on Macroeconomic Issues and Challenges in the Indian Economy IIC (19 th December) & Delhi School of Economics (20-21 st December) Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics, in collaboration with the Indian Econometric Society. RSVP: Mr Surjeet Singh +91-2766 6533-35