(31/12/2004)
(Draft for
Internal Review)
Neemrana Fort Palace Resort
(Rajasthan)
Friday
January 14, 2005
10.00 AM Guest Lectures by Selected
NBER Participants at NCAER, 11, I. P. Estate, New Delhi 110 002
5.30 PM Public Lecture by Dr. Anne
Krueger, First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund at NCAER,
11, I. P. Estate, New Delhi 110 002
Saturday January 15, 2005
1.00 PM Lunch at the residence of
Mr. N. K. Singh hosted by Mr. N. K. Singh and his wife Mrs. Tarini Singh
(Transportation from (and to) hotel to the residence
of Mr. N. K. Singh will be available. The residence of Mr. N. K. Singh is
approximately 7 km from the Oberoi Hotel and it will take about 20 minutes to
reach his residence)
Mr. N. K. Singh,
11, Teen Murti Lane,
New Delhi-110011
Telephone: 23011718
7.30 PM Dinner at the residence of
Mr. Suman Bery hosted by Mr. Suman Bery and his wife Mrs. Maitreyi Bery
(Transportation from hotel (and to) to the residence
of Mr. Suman Bery will be available. The residence of Mr. Suman Bery is
approximately 12 km from the Oberoi Hotel and it will take about 30 minutes to
reach his residence)
Mr. Suman Bery,
N-42, Panchshila Park,
New Delhi 110017
Telephone: 26494707
Mobile: 9810349677
Sunday
January 16, 2005
10.15
AM Assembly and Roll
Call (The Oberoi Hotel, Zakir Husain Marg, New Delhi)
10.30 10.45 AM Departure from Delhi from the Oberoi
Hotel by car convoy
12.30
AM Arrival and lunch
at Neemrana Fort Palace
1.30
- 2.00 PM Check in (as rooms
are cleaned and become available)
Session I
2.00 - 2.15 PM Welcome and Introductions
Martin Feldstein, President,
NBER
Bimal Jalan, President,
NCAER
(5 minutes for each speaker and 5
minutes for introduction of participants)
Session II
2.15 3.15 PM The Context: India, the
US and the World Economy
(The Conference is expected to be joined by the Honourable Finance Minister, Mr. P. Chidambaram)
Chair: Montek Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission
(5 minutes for Chair to provide
an overview of the topic; 10 minutes for each speaker and 25 minutes for
general discussion)
Presentations/Panel
Bimal
Jalan
Martin
Feldstein
Anne Krueger
3.15
3.45 PM Tea
break
Session III
3.45 5.45 PM Finance: International
and Domestic
Chair: Vijay Kelkar, Non Executive Chairman, IDFC Asset Management Company
(5 minutes for Chair to provide an overview of the
topic; 20 minutes for each speaker and 35 minutes for general discussion)
Presentations/Panel
Kenneth
Rogoff
Richard
Clarida
Rajiv
Lall
A
K. Purwar
General Discussion
Session IV
5.45 - 7.45 PM Trade and Capital Flows
Chair: Abhijit Sen, Member, Planning Commission
(5 minutes for Chair to provide an overview of the
topic; 20 minutes for each speaker and 35 minutes for general discussion)
Presentations/Panel
Ann
Harrison
S.
N. Menon
Vijay
Joshi
Ila
Patnaik
General
Discussion
8.00 PM Cocktails and Dinner (The Honourable
Finance Minister Departs)
Monday January 17, 2005
Session V
8.30 10.30
AM Growth Drivers:
International and Domestic
Chair: Isher J. Ahluwalia
(5 minutes
for Chair to provide an overview of the topic; 20 minutes for each speaker and
35 minutes for general discussion)
Presentations/Panel
Robert
Gordon
Raghuram
Rajan
Arvind
Virmani
Pronab
Sen
General
Discussion
10.30
11.00 AM Tea Break
Session VI
11.00 AM -
1.00 PM Public Finance
Chair: Shankar Acharya, Honorary Professor, ICRIER
(5 minutes
for Chair to provide an overview of the topic; 20 minutes for each speaker and
35 minutes for general discussion)
Presentations/Panel
Rajiv
Kumar
Surjit
Bhalla
P.
Shome
M.
Govinda Rao
General
Discussion
1.00
- 2.00 PM Lunch
Session VII
2.00 - 4.00 PM Poverty and Rural
Development
(The Conference is expected to be joined by the Honourable Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Mrs. Vasundara Raje Scindia (invited))
Chair: Kirit Parikh, Member, Planning Commission
(5 minutes for Chair to provide an overview of the
topic; 20 minutes for each speaker and 35 minutes for general discussion)
Presentations/Panel
Angus
Deaton
Esther
Duflo
Karthik Muralidharan
Shubashish
Gangopadhyay
General Discussion
4.00
- 4.30 PM Tea break
Session VIII
4.30 6.30 PM The Future of Business
Process Outsourcing
Chair: T. N. Ninan, Editor, Business Standard
(5 minutes for Chair to provide an overview of the
topic; 20 minutes for each speaker and 35 minutes for general discussion)
Presentations/Panel
Robert
Feenstra
Mihir
Desai
R.
S. Pawar
Subir
Gokarn
General
Discussion
7.00 PM Bharat Natyam
Performance
Performer: Mrs. Rasika Mohan
and Troupe
8.15 PM Cocktails and Dinner
Tuesday January 18, 2005
Session IX
8.30 10.30
AM The Challenge of
Regulation
Chair: Rakesh Mohan, Secretary, DEA
(5 minutes for Chair to provide an overview of the
topic; 20 minutes for each speaker and 35 minutes for general discussion)
Presentations/Panel
Pradip
Baijal
G.
N. Bajpai
Ashok
Desai
TCA
Srinivas Raghavan
General Discussion
10.30
11.00 AM Tea Break
Session X
11.00 AM -
1.00 PM Social Security
Reforms and Capital Markets
Chair: N. K. Singh, Former Member, Planning Commission
(5 minutes for Chair to provide an overview of the
topic; 20 minutes for each speaker and 35 minutes for general discussion)
Presentations/Panel
Alan
Gustman
Ravi
Narain
U.
K. Sinha
Ajay
Shah
General Discussion
1.00 - 1.10 PM Closing Remarks
Martin Feldstein, President,
NBER
Suman Bery, DG, NCAER
(5 minutes for each speaker)
1.10
PM
Lunch
2.30 PM
Departure for Delhi
Status of
Participants As on 31 December 2004
Special Invitees
1. P. Chidambaram, Finance Minister (accepted)
2. Montek S. Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission (accepted)
3. V. Raje Scindia, Chief Minister (invited)
NBER Group
1. Alan Gustman, Dartmouth College
2. Angus Deaton, Princeton University
3. Ann Harrison, University of California
4. Anne Krueger, IMF
5. Esther Duflo, MIT
6. Graham Ingham, IMF
7. Karthik Muralidharan, Harvard University
8. Kenneth Rogoff, Harvard University
9. Martin Feldstein, NBER
10. Mihir Desai, Harvard University
11. Raghuram Rajan, IMF
12. Richard Clarida, Columbia University
13. Robert Feenstra, University of California
14. Robert Gordon, Northwestern
NCAER Group
1. Abhijit Sen, Planning Commission
2. Ajay Shah, Ministry of Finance
3. A. K. Purwar, State Bank of India
4. Anil Sharma, NCAER
5. Arvind Virmani, ICRIER
6. Ashok Desai, The Telegraph
7. Bimal Jalan, NCAER
8. C. Rangarajan, Finance Commission (invited)
9. G.N. Bajpai, SEBI (invited)
10. Ila Patnaik, Indian Express
11. Isher J. Ahluwalia
12. Jairam Ramesh, Congress Party (invited)
13. Kiran Karnik, NASSCOM (invited)
14. Kirit Parikh, Planning Commission
15. M. Govinda Rao, NIPFP
16. Nachiket Mor, ICICI (invited)
17. N. K. Singh
18. P. Shome, Ministry of Finance
19. Pradip Baijal, TRAI
20. Pronab Sen, Planning Commission
21. R. S. Pawar, NIIT
22. Rajiv Kumar, CII
23. Rajiv Lall, IDFC
24. Rakesh Mohan, Ministry of Finance
25. Ravi Narain, NSE
26. Ritu Anand, State Bank of India
27. Sanjaya Baru, PMO
28. Shankar Acharya, ICRIER
29. S. Gangopadhyay, IDF
30. S. N. Menon, Ministry of Commerce (invited)
31. Subir Gokarn, CRISIL
32. Suman Bery, NCAER
33. Sunil Mittal, Bharti Enterprises (invited)
34. Surjit Bhalla, Oxus Fund
35. Tarun Das, CII (not attending)
36. TCA Srinivas Raghavan, Business Standard
37. T. N. Ninan, Business Standard
38. U.K. Sinha, Ministry of Finance
39. Urjit Patel, IDFC (not attending)
40. Vijay Kelkar, IDFC
41. Vijay Joshi, Oxford University
42. Y.V. Reddy, RBI (invited)