PROGRAMME
Eleventh Annual
Neemrana Conference
January 16-19, 2010
(Organized
by ICRIER)
PROGRAMME
Eleventh Annual
Neemrana Conference
January 16-19, 2010
(Organized
by ICRIER)
Saturday, January 16, 2010
12.30 PM: Lunch at 32
Aurangzeb Road, New Delhi
(Hosted by Dr. Isher
Judge Ahluwalia)
2.30 PM: Departure
from Delhi to Neemrana
Neemrana Fort - Palace Resort, (Rajasthan)
6.00 PM7.30 PM: Session
I: The World Economy
Chair: D. Subbarao
Speakers: Martin Feldstein (NBER)
Raghuram Rajan
(NBER)
General Discussion
Followed by Cocktails
and Dinner
(along
with light classical music)
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Day 1: Sunday, January 17, 2010
Morning Walk in the rural surroundings of Neemrana followed
by Breakfast
10.30 AM12.30 PM: Session II: Global
Financial Crisis
Chair: Rajiv
Kumar
Speakers: Jeremy Stein
(NBER)
Rakesh Mohan
General
Discussion
12.30 PM1.30 PM: Lunch
1.30 PM3.30 PM: Session
III: The Indian Economy
Chair: N. K. Singh
Speakers: C. Rangarajan
Shankar
Acharya
Presentation by Nandan
Nilekani on Unique Identity,
Micropayments and the challenges of the last mile
General
Discussion
3.30 PM4.00 PM: Tea/Coffee
4.00
PM6.00 PM:
Session IV: Reform
of the Global Financial Architecture
Chair: Suman Bery
Speakers: Montek Ahluwalia
Jagdish Bhagwati (NBER)
General Discussion
7.00
PM: Cultural
Event Vocal Classical Music by Vidya Shah
Followed by Cocktails and Dinner
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Day 2: Monday, January 18, 2010
9.00 AM11.00 AM:
Session V:
Affirmative Action
Chair:
Speakers: Rohini Pande
(NBER)
Abhijit
Banerjee (NBER)
General Discussion
11.00 AM11.30 AM:
Tea/Coffee
11.30 AM1.30 PM:
Session VI: Environment
Chair: Jairam Ramesh
Speakers: Catherine
Wolfram (NBER)
Shyam
Saran
E. Somanathan
Severin
Borenstein (NBER)
General Discussion
1.30 PM2.30 PM: Lunch
2.30 PM4.00 PM:
Session VII: Challenges
of Urbanization
Chair: B.
J.
Panda
Speakers: Isher Judge Ahluwalia
Ramesh
Ramanathan
Ed
Glaeser (NBER)
General Discussion
4.00 PM4.30 PM: Tea/Coffee
4.30 PM6.00 PM:
Session VIII: Governance & Delivery of
Public Services
Chair: Deepender Hooda
Speakers: Madhav
Chavan
Krishan Kumar
Karthik
Muralidharan (NBER)
General Discussion
7.00 PM: Cultural Event Kathak Dance by Neelima Beri
Followed by Cocktails and Dinner
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Day 3: Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Check
out and Departure to Delhi after Breakfast
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