(Revised Draft – January 2 2007)

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Eighth Annual NBER-NCAER Neemrana Conference
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Neemrana Fort Palace Resort

(Rajasthan)

 

 

 

 

January 20 - 23 2007
 

 

 

PROGRAMME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Saturday January 20, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

1.00 PM                       Lunch at the residence of Mr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia hosted by Mr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia and his wife Mrs. Isher J. Ahluwalia

 

(Transportation from (and to) hotel to the residence of Mr. Ahluwalia will be available. The residence of Mr. Ahluwalia is approximately 4 - 5 km from the Imperial Hotel and it will take about 10 minutes to reach his residence)  

                                   

                       

 

7.30 PM                       Dinner at the residence of Mr. Suman Bery hosted by Mr. Suman Bery and his wife Mrs. Maitreyi Bery

 

(Transportation from hotel (and to) to the residence of Mr. Suman Bery will be available. The residence of Mr. Suman Bery is approximately 12 km from Imperial Hotel and it will take about 20 minutes to reach his residence). The participants can expect to be back at the Hotel by 10.00 PM 

 

                                    Mr. Suman Bery,

                                    N-42, Panchshila Park,

                                    New Delhi –110017

                                    Telephone: 26494707

                                    Mobile: 9810349677

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday January 21, 2007

 

10.15 AM                     Assembly and Roll Call (The Imperial Hotel, Janpath, New Delhi)

 

10.30 –10.45 AM          Departure from Delhi from the Imperial Hotel by car convoy

 

1.00 PM                       Arrival and lunch at Neemrana Fort Palace

 

1.30 - 2.00 PM              Check in (as rooms are cleaned and become available)

 

 

2.00 PM - 2.15 PM                Welcome and Introductions

 

Martin Feldstein, President, NBER

Bimal Jalan, President, NCAER

               

Day I : Global Economy

Session I 

2.15 PM – 4.15 PM                India, US and Global Economy

 

Chair: P. Chidambaram / Bimal Jalan

(5 minutes for Chair to provide an overview of the topic; no more than 20 minutes for each speaker and 35 minutes for general discussion including comments)

 

Presentations/Panel

Martin Feldstein, President, NBER

Suman Bery, NCAER

John Lipsky, IMF

 

Comments: Ashok Lahiri, MOF

 

General Discussion

 

4.15 PM – 4.45 PM                   Tea break

Session II 

4.45 PM – 6.45 PM                Global Imbalances and Economic Governance

 

Chair: Rakesh Mohan

(5 minutes for Chair to provide an overview of the topic; no more than 20 minutes for each speaker and 55 minutes for general discussion including comments)

 

Presentations/Panel

Anne O Krueger, Stanford University

Jagdish Bhagwati, Columbia University

 

Comments: T. N. Ninan

 

General Discussion

 

7.30 PM                                  Bharat Natyam Performance

 

Performer: Mrs. Rasika Mohan and Troupe

 

 

8.30 PM                      Cocktails and Dinner

 

Monday January 22, 2006

               

Day II : Indian Economy

 

Session III

8.45 AM – 10.45 AM             Special Lecture

 

Chair: N. K. Singh

 

Speaker

Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Planning Commission

 

General Discussion

 

10.45 – 11.15 AM         Tea Break

 

Session IV

11.15 AM - 1.15 PM              FDI, Entrepreneureship and Resurgent Private Sector

Chair: I. J. Ahluwalia

(5 minutes for Chair to provide an overview of the topic; no more than 20 minutes for each speaker and 45 minutes for general discussion including comments)

 

Presentations/Panel

Simon Johnson, MIT

Antoinette Schoar, MIT

Subir Gokarn, Crisil

Saumitra Chaudhuri, ICRA

 

Comments: Swaminathan A Aiyar, The Economic Times

 

General Discussion

 

1.15 PM - 2.15 PM                               Lunch

 

Session V

2.15 PM – 4.15 PM                     Public and Corporate Finance

 

Chair: C. Rangarajan 

(5 minutes for Chair to provide an overview of the topic; no more than 20 minutes for each speaker and 35 minutes for general discussion including comments)

 

Presentations/Panel

R. Glen Hubbard, Columbia University

Oliver Hart, Harvard University

Mihir Desai, Harvard University

 

Comments: Ila Patnaik, NIPFP

 

General Discussion

 

4.15 - 4.45 PM              Tea break

Session VI

4.15 PM – 6.15 PM                Banking and Capital Markets

 

Chair: Raghuram Rajan

(5 minutes for Chair to provide an overview of the topic; 20 minutes for each speaker and 35 minutes for general discussion including comments)

 

Presentations/Panel

Andy Rose, Berkeley

Mike Moskow, Chicago Fed

Rajiv Kumar, ICRIER

Ajay Shah

 

Comments:

 

General Discussion

 

7.30 PM          Cocktails and Dinner

 

Tuesday January 23, 2005

 

Day III : Growth

 

Session VII

8.45 AM – 10.25 AM             Long Term Growth 

 

Chair: Kirit Parikh

(5 minutes for Chair to provide an overview of the topic; no more than 20 minutes for each speaker and 35 minutes for general discussion including comments)

 

Presentations/Panel

Alan, Drazen, University of Maryland

Ken Sokoloff, UCLA

Kala Krishna, Penn State

Arvind Virmani, Planning Commission

 

Comments:

 

General Discussion

 

10.25 – 11.00 AM         Tea Break

 

Session VIII

11.00 AM – 1.00 PM            Inclusive Growth:Affrimative Action

 

Chair: Abhijit Sen

(5 minutes for Chair to provide an overview of the topic; no more than 20 minutes for each speaker and 35 minutes for general discussion including comments)

 

Presentations/Panel

Bruce Meyer, University of Chicago

Kaivan Munshi, Brown University

Pratap Bhanu Mehta, CPR

Surjit Bhalla, Oxus Research

 

Comments: Sunil Jain, Business Standard

 

General Discussion

 

1.00 PM - 1.10 PM                Closing Remarks

 

Suman Bery, NCAER

 

1.10 PM                                               Lunch

 

2.30 PM                                              Departure for Delhi