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Programme
| 09.00-09.30 |
Registration |
| 09.30-10.20 |
Inaugural Session |
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Opening
Remark by: Dr. Nagesh Kumar, Director
General, Research and Information System for Developing Countries
(RIS), New Delhi |
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Address
by: Mr.
Gopi N. Ghosh, Assistant FAO Representative in
India, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,
New Delhi |
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Address by: Dr. Manoranjan Hota, Additional
Director, Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF), New Delhi |
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Keynote
Address: Dr S R Rao, Advisor to Minister
of Science and Technology, Government of India on “Cartagena
Protocol: Identifying the Issues of Concern”. |
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Vote
of Thanks: Dr. Sachin Chaturvedi, Fellow, Research and
Information System for Developing Countries |
| 10.20-10.30 |
Tea Break |
| 10.30-12.00 |
Precautionary Principle and Compliance Mechanism: Exploring
the Policy Spaces |
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Chair:
Dr T. V. Ramanaiah, Advisor, Department of Biotechnology,
Government of India, New Delhi |
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Speakers:
Dr. Balakrishna
Pisupati, IUCN, Sri Lanka
Prof. (Dr.) A. Damodaran,
Homi Bhabha Fellow, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
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Discussant:
Dr. R. K. Khetrapal, Head, Plant Quarantine
Division, The National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR) |
| 12.00-14.00 |
Liability and Redress: International Trends and Domestic
Policy Options |
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Chair:
Dr. Rajiv Mehta, Member-Secretary,
CACP, Ministry of Agriculture, New Delhi |
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Co
Chair:Mr. Suparas Bhandari, Chairman & Managing Director,
Agriculture Insurance Company Limited, New Delhi |
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Speakers:
Dr. Philippe Cullet,International
Environmental Law Research Centre (IELRC), Geneva
— Presentation —
Paper
Dr. R. S. Rana, Former Director, National
Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR), New Delhi |
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Discussants:
Prof. M. M. Payak, Former Head, Indian Agricultural
Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi
Shri R. K. Sinha, All India Crop Biotechnology
Association, New Delhi |
| 14.00-14.30 |
Lunch Break |
| 14.30-16.00 |
Incorporating Socio-Economic Concerns: Challenges and
Policy Options |
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Chair:
Dr. Mruthyunjaya, National Director, National Agricultural Technology
Project (NATP), New Delhi |
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Speakers:
Dr. N. Lalitha, Associate Professor, Gujarat
Institute for Developmental Research (GIDR), Ahmedabad
— Presentation —
Paper
Dr. Sachin Chaturvedi,
Fellow, Research and Information System (RIS), New Delhi
Dr. E. Haribabu,
Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad Hyderabad
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Discussant:
Dr. Suman Sahai, Gene Campaign, New Delhi
Dr Vibha Dhawan, Dean, The Energy and Resources
Institute (TERI), New Delhi |
| 16.00-16.10 |
Tea Break |
| 16.10-16.55 |
International Commitments and Harmonizing Domestic Acts and
Guidelines |
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Chair:
Dr. S. R. Rao, Advisor to Minister of Science
and Technology, Government of India |
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Panelists:
Shri Arun Kumar, Joint Secretary, Ministry
of Food Processing
Shri Prem Narain, Joint Secretary (Seeds),
Ministry of Agriculture
Shri Sanjay Kumar, Director, Ministry of Commerce
(MoC), New Delhi
Dr. Manoranjan Hota,
Additional Director, Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) |
| 17.00-17.30 |
Recommendation for MoP-2 |
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Chair:
Dr.
Manoranjan Hota, Additional Director, Ministry of Environment
and Forest (MoEF), New Delhi
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