ICRIER-KAS Seminar
on
Services Sector as an Engine of Inclusive Growth
Date: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 Venue: Magnolia Hall, India Habitat Centre, Lodi Road, New Delhi
Programme
9:45 - 10:00 am:
Registration and Tea
10:00 - 10:05 am:
Welcome Address Rajat Kathuria, Director & Chief Executive, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)
10:05 - 10:10 am:
Opening Remarks Tomislav Delinic, Resident Representative to India (Officiating), Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS)
10:10 – 10:40 am:
Keynote Address Rajeev Kher, Additional Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India
Q & A
10:40 am-1:00 pm:
Technical Session
Chair: Sumanta Chaudhuri, Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India
10:40- 11:00 am:
Speaker 1: Donghyun Park, Principal Economist, Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank and author of the Asian Development Outlook [Download Presentation]
Title: Developing the Services Sector as Engine of Growth for Asia: An Overview
11:00 - 11:20 am:
Speaker 2: Arpita Mukherjee, Professor, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relation (ICRIER) [Download Presentation]
Title: Services Sector in India: Issues and Way Forward
11:20- 11:40 am:
Speaker 3: Rupa Chanda, Professor, Department of Economics & Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore [Download Presentation]
Title: Managing Labour Services Exports: Role of Interstate Cooperation
11:40 am-12:10 pm:
Speaker 4: Ejaz Ghani, Economic Adviser, South Asia PREM, The World Bank, Washington D.C., USA [Download Paper]
