Opening Session

Introduction and welcome address

Srinivasa Madhur, Director, Office of Regional Economic Integration (OREI), Asian Development Bank (ADB), Manila

Inaugural address:

Mani Shankar Aiyar, Minister, DONER, Delhi

Vote of Thanks :

Rajiv Kumar , Director & CE, ICRIER, Delhi

Session I : India ’s Role in SAARC Integration and Way Ahead

Chair

Kheya Bhattacharya, Jt. Secretary (SAARC), MEA

Presentation by :

Rajiv Kumar , Director & CE, ICRIER, Delhi
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Panelists :

Dushni Weerakoon, Deputy Director, Institute of Policy Studies, Sri Lanka [Download Presentation]

Jayant Menon, Principal Economist, OREI, ADB

Bishwambher Pyakuryal, Professor, Tribhuvan University , Board of Director of Nepal Rastra Bank  

Session II : Spillovers from India ’s Northeast Provinces to Neighboring Countries

Chair

Rajeev Kher, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Delhi

Presentation by :

M. Govinda Rao, Director, NIPF&P, Delhi
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Panelists :

Rajeev Singh, Secretary General, ICC, Kolkata;  

Bibek Debroy, Center for Policy Research,     Delhi 

Hans-Peter Brunner, Senior Economist, South           Asia Regional Department, ADB

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Session III : India ’s Economic Relations with East Asia

Chair

R. Gopalan, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Presentation by

Nagesh Kumar, Director General, RIS, Delhi
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Ganeshan Wignaraja, Senior Economist, OREI,         ADB [Download Presentation]

Panelists : 

Suthad Setboonsarng, former Deputy Secretary   General, ASEAN Secretariat and Partner, WMS, Thailand

Ashok Desai, Business World

Session IV : Panel Discussion on India ’s Role in  Regional Integration

Moderator :

Santosh Kumar, External Consultant, ICRIER

Panelists :

S. D. Muni, Professor, JNU, Delhi

Farooq Sobhan, President, BEI, Dhaka

G.D.C. Ekanayake, Addl. Director General of the External Resources Department, Treasury, Government of Sri Lanka [Download Presentation]