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Programme |
9.00 hrs |
Registration
and Tea /Coffee |
9:30–10:30 hrs |
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Inauguration
Session Moderated by: Dr Amit Mitra,
Secretary General, FICCI |
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Welcome Address: Mr Rajeev Chandrasekhar, M.P.
and President, FICCI |
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An
Overview of RIS Report: Dr Nagesh Kumar, Director-General,
RIS |
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Keynote Address by: Mr Tariq Sayeed, President,
SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) |
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Chairman’s
Address by : Dr Arjun Sengupta, M.P. and Chairman,
RIS |
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Launch
of RIS South Asia Development and Cooperation Report 2008
and Inaugural Address by: Shri
Pranab Mukherjee, Hon’ble External Affairs
Minister, India |
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Vote
of Thanks by: Dr Amit Mitra, Secretary General, FICCI |
|
10:30–11:00 hrs |
Tea
Break |
11:00–13:00
hrs |
| Session
– I: |
| Vision
for South Asian Cooperation and Development’ |
| Moderator:
Dr Arjun Sengupta, M.P. and Chairman, RIS |
| Distinguished
Panelists: |
| 1 |
Prof.
Muchkund Dubey, President, CSD, India |
| 2 |
Dr.
Kamal Hossain, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh
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| 3 |
Mr.
Nihal Rodrigo, Advisor to President of Sri Lanka &
Former SAARC Secretary-General, Sri Lanka |
| 4 |
Dr
Bekh Bahadur Thapa, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Nepal |
| 5 |
Mr
Sultan Chawla, Life Member, SCCI & Chairman - Research
& Development Committee, Federation of Pakistan Chambers of
Commerce and Industry |
| Open
Discussion |
|
| 13:00–14:00
hrs |
|
14:00–15:15
hrs |
| Session
– II |
| Deepening
South Asian Economic Cooperation: Business Opportunities and Challenges |
| Chair:
Dr. Saman Kelegama, Executive Director, Institute
of Policy Studies, Sri Lanka |
| Presentation
by Dr. Ram Upendra Das, Fellow,
RIS |
| Panelists: |
| • |
Mr.
Rajeev Kher, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and
Industry, Government of India |
| •
|
Mr M K Saharia, Executive
Committee Member of SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
|
Open Discussion |
|
15:15–15:45
hrs |
Tea
Break
|
15:45–17:00
hrs |
| Session
– III |
| Exploiting
Potential of Regional Cooperation: Issues in Physical Connectivity,
Facilitation and Energy Cooperation |
| Chair
: Dr Bekh Bahadur Thapa, Former Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Nepal |
| Presentation
by Dr. Prabir De,
Fellow, RIS |
| Panelists: |
| •
|
Dr. Kheya Bhattacharya, Joint Secretary, Ministry of
External Affairs, Government of India |
| • |
Mr Abdul Haque, Director, Federation of Bangladesh
Chambers of Commerce & Industry |
| • |
Mr S K Aggrawal, Director, Vimal Organics Limited* |
| • |
Mr
R Dayal, Asian Institute of Transport Development,
New Delhi |
|
Open Discussion |
|
17:00–17:45
hrs |
| Valedictory
Session |
| Chair:
Dr. Kamal Hossain, Former Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Bangladesh |
| • |
Highlights
of Discussions, Dr. Saman Kelegama, Executive
Director, Institute of Policy Studies, Sri Lanka |
| • |
Valedictory
Address by: Shri Jairam Ramesh, Hon’ble
Minister of State for Commerce and Power, India |
| • |
Vote
of Thanks by : Dr Nagesh Kumar, Director-General,
RIS |
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Note:
Names for the Chair, Panelists, including business representatives
etc. in different
sessions (tbc)
*to be confirmed
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