Monday, October 31, 2005

Fwd: More on Conference on National Security and Economic Development in India -- Nov 16, 2005

oct 30th

interesting conference

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Economic Development and National Security: The Case of India


The Westin Grand Hotel
2350 M Street NW
Washington, DC

November 16, 2005

Hosted by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the US-India Institute (USINI)

TO REGISTER CONTACT:  INFO@USINI.ORG


10:00 am Welcome Remarks - Carlos Magarinos, Director General, UNIDO

10:10 am Opening Remarks - Armeane M. Choksi, President, US-India Institute


Session I

Moderator: Armeane M. Choksi

10:20 am "Security and Development" Professor Madhav D. Nalapat, Professor of Geopolitics &UNESCO Peace Chair,
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India

11:00 am "The US and India: The Emerging Strategic Relationship" Dr. Thomas Donnelly, Resident Fellow in Defense and Security Studies, American Enterprise Institute

11:40 am "Extremism and Development" Dr. Alex Alexiev, Vice-president, Research, Center for Security Policy

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12:30 pm Lunch

Session II

Moderator: Demetris Papageorgiou

2:00 pm "Current Issues of Indian Economic Reform" Professor T. N. Srinivasan, Samuel Chase Professor of Economics, Yale University

2:40 pm "Foreign Investment and Economic Development in India" Dr. Surendra A Dave, Chairman, Center for Monitoring the Indian Economy, Former Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India

3:20 pm "Poverty and Economic Development in India " Dr. Surjit Bhalla, Chairman, Oxus Fund Management

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4:00 pm Coffee Break


Special Session

Moderator: Carlos Magarinos

4:20 pm "The Bush Administration and India" Dr. Ashley J. Tellis, Senior Associate Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

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Session III

Moderator: Carlos Magarinos

5:00 pm "Economic Development and National Security in India"

Round Table Panel
Participants

Professor Madhav Nalapat, Professor of Geopolitics & UNESCO Peace Chair
Dr. Ashley J. Tellis, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Dr. Alex Alexiev, Vice-President Research, Center for Security Policy
Dr. Surendra Dave, Chairman, Center for Monitoring the Indian Economy
Dr. Surjit Bhalla, Chairman, Oxus Fund Management


6:00 pm Closing Remarks Carlos Magarinos, Director General, UNIDO


The US-India Institute gratefully acknowledges the generous sponsorship of this conference by:

Atlas Economic Research Foundation
Hudson Fairfax Group

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