PROGRAMME
Ninth
Annual NBER Neemrana Conference
Organized
by ICRIER
3.00 PM : Departure
from
7.00 PM : Arrival
at
Day 1:
Session I: The
Chair: Isher Judge Ahluwalia, Chairperson, ICRIER
Panel:
P. Chidambaram (Finance Minister,
GOI)
Montek Singh Ahluwalia (Deputy
Chairman, Planning Commission)
Discussant:
Shankar N. Acharya (Honorary Professor, ICRIER)
Open
Discussion
Session II: US & the W
Chair: Uday
Kotak, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.
Panel:
Martin
Feldstein (President, NBER)
Rakesh Mohan (Deputy Governor, RBI)
Discussant:
Raghuram Rajan (NBER)
General Discussion
Session III: Trade and Competitiveness
Chair: Naina
Lal Kidwai, HSBC
Panel:
Gopal Pillai (Ministry of Commerce) (
Discussants:
Takatoshi Ito (NBER)
Elhanan Helpman (NBER)
General Discussion
7.30
PM : Cocktails and Dinner / Lohri Festival
Day 2:
Session IV: Political Economy of Reforms
Chair: Nandan
Nilekani, Infosys
Politicians Panel: (Five speakers)
Manvendra
Singh (BJP)
Sachin
Pilot (INC)
Naveen
Jindal (INC)
B. J. Panda
(BJD)
Discussant:
Pratap
Bhanu Mehta (CPR)
Brian Knight (NBER)
General Discussion
Session V: State Session: Haryana
Chair: Rajiv Kumar, Director, ICRIER
Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Chief Minister, Haryana
Official
Presentation Haryana : Challenges in Agriculture, Education and
Infrastructure
Perspectives
from Government of
Perspectives
from Private Sector : Sanjeev K. Asthana
Sunil
K. Munjal
General
Discussion
Session VI: What Ails Indian Agriculture?
Chair: Shankar Acharya, Honorary
Professor, ICRIER
Panel:
Ashok
Gulati (IFPRI)
Tushar Shah (International Water
Management Institute,
V. S. Vyas (
Discussant:
Surjit S. Bhalla (
Gary Libecap (NBER)
General Discussion
Session VII: International
Capital Markets and Exchange Rates
Chair:
Suman Bery
Panel:
Takatoshi
Ito (NBER)
Elhanan
Helpman (NBER)
Michael Dooley (NBER)
General
Discussion
7.45 PM : Cultural Event - Indian Classical Dance followed by Cocktails
and Dinner
Day 3:
Session VIII: Educational Reforms in
Chair: Katherine
Baicker
Panel:
B.
S. Baswan (
Sushma
Berlia (President
Karthik
Muralidharan (NBER)
General Discussion
11.00 AM 11.30 AM : Tea/Coffee
Session IX: Fiscal Issues in the
Chair: M.
Govinda Rao (NIPFP)
Panel:
Alan Auerbach (NBER)
Katherine Baicker (NBER)
Mihir Desai (NBER)
General Discussion
3.00 PM : Departure
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