Inaugural Session

Lighting of the Lamp

Welcome: Nirmal Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs

Address: Sheila Dikshit, Chief Minister of NCT of Delhi

Address: Vayalar Ravi, Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs

Special Address

Chief Guest Prof S. Jayakumar,

Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore

Inaugural Address: Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India

Release of Publications of the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs

Vote of Thanks: R Seshasayee, President, Confederation of Indian Industry

Tea / Coffee Break

Distribution of kits

Inaugural of the PBD Exhibition by Vayalar Ravi, Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs & Sheila Dikshit, Chief Minister of NCT of Delhi

Challenges of Development in the Global Context

The world is inter-dependent and connected because of technology. Social development challenges are faced all over the world and India is part of this. In this session, perspectives will be shared on global challenges and within that, India’s social challenges.

As India reinvents itself, and finds newer areas of expertise and excellence, there is but one issue that remains paramount in the minds of Indian leaders, and the global community. How is India addressing the developmental challenge? This is still the country with the largest incidence of poverty in absolute terms and developmental divides are stark.

This is a challenge of incomparable proportions! Some of the elements of this challenge, like population has become a strength for India, as India stands at the cusp of leveraging its unique demographic dividend. However, there are other areas, where India has to find its own solution, like in education, health, infrastructure, etc.

These are also areas that present the best opportunities for collaborations and partnerships. Partnerships between the centre and the states, partnerships between the public and the private, partnerships between India and the world.

It is a developed India that India desires and it is a developed India that is required by the international order. The imperatives of development of India also lay in the test that pluralism; secularism; multi-ethnicity; democracy and free market are faced with in the global community today.

This session would look at the development roadmap for a “globalising” India, in the broadest sense of the term.

Moderator: Apurv Bagri, Chairman, TiE, Global

Chief Guest: Kamal Nath, Minister of Commerce & Industry

Panel:

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Keynote Address :

Gopalkrishna Gandhi, Governor of West Bengal

Working Session 1 - GOPIO : Engaging PIOs in India's development

Moderator : T P Sreenivasan, Former Ambassador to the UN, Vienna

Chief Guest: Vayalar Ravi, Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs

Guests of Honour:

Oscar Fernandes, Minister of State (IC), Labour & Employment
Release of Book authored by Leela Gajadhur Sarup

Mahyendrah Utchanah, President, GOPIO International, Mauritius

Ashook Ramsaran, Secretary General, GOPIO, USA

Ganesh Chand, University of Fiji

Mohan Gautam, Director, PIO Institute, Netherlands

Thomas Abraham, Chairman, GOPIO

V P Nair, President, GOPIO Singapore

Mohan Gautam, Director, PIO Institute, Netherlands

Working Session 2 - EDUCATION : Challenges and Opportunities in
India's Development: Education

While the success of India’s premier education institutes like the IIMs, IITs, etc are well known, the lack of a primary and higher education infrastructure in the country poses one of the most potent threats to India’s aspiration to be a prominent international player.

This session would bring the focus on to the education system in India and look at ways in which the Indian Diaspora can participate in the revamping of the education infrastructure in India.

Moderator : Abid Hussain, Former Ambassador of India to the US

Chief Guest: S. Jaipal Reddy, Minister of Urban Development

Panel:

P Jayaraman, Executive Director, Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan, New York, USA

Sukhadeo Thorat, Chairman, University Grants Commission

Pushpa Wood, Fund Specialist, Foundation and Community Funds
Tertiary Education Commission, New Zealand

A Parsuramen, Secretary, Executive Board, UNESCO

G Viswanathan, Chancellor, Vellore Institute of Technologies

Working Session 3 - HEALTH : Challenges and Opportunities in India's Development: Healthcare

The single largest challenge to India’s developmental aspirations is in the space of healthcare. From lack of basic healthcare to life style diseases, India has the dubious distinction of being the leader in a number of these including the incidence of HIV/ AIDS.

These pose special challenges to the Indian policy makers, as well as to the global community. This session would explore ways in which the Indian community resident abroad can connect with India through their participation in making the average Indian healthier.

Moderator: Naresh Trehan,
Executive Director, Escorts Heart Institute Research Center

Panel:

Syeda Hameed, Member, Planning Commission (Health)
Subramaniam Balasubramaniam, President, American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, USA

Georgi Abraham, Consultant -Nephrologist, Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute

Sant P Chawla, M.D., F.R.A.C.P., USA

Rajeev Venkayya, Special Assistant to the President for Bio-Defense, White House Homeland Security Council, USA

Working Session 4 - YOUTH : Driving India's Development

With more than 50% of its population below the age of 25, India has one of the youngest populations in the world. India is on the cusp of reaping the dividends of its demographic profile.

However, the huge opportunity and advantage of having one of the youngest population also poses special challenges for the country. Education, employment and skill development are some of the areas where the country would have to pay special attention.

This session would look at ways in which the youth of India can play a more important role in the developmental quest of the country.

Guests of Honour: Prithviraj Chavan, Minister of State, PMO

Panel:

Madhu Goud Yashki, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

Sachin Pilot, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

Shakeel Ahmed Khan, Director General, Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan

Moderator: Prof V C Govindaraj, Vice President, ISIL

Ram Niwas Mirdha, President, Indian Society of International Law

Abhishek Singhvi, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha

What are the concerns of the Overseas Indians from a region of the world, vis a vis India and how can they be addressed? How would they like to contribute and participate in the social development of India? What facilitation is needed to be able to contribute to India’s development? These Regional break out sessions will address more of such issues.

GULF

Moderator : M A Pathan, Group Resident Director, Tata Services Ltd

Co-Moderator : M M Hassan, Former Minister - NORKA & Information, Parliamentary affairs, Government of Kerala

Chief Guest: Vayalar Ravi, Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs

Guests of Honour:

Praful Patel, Minister of State for Civil Aviation

E Ahamed, Minister of State for External Affairs

Panel:

Jana K Krishnamurthy,Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha

Tony Jashanmal, Vice Chairman, Indian Business Council, Kuwait

Yusuff Ali.M.A., Previous Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awardee, UAE
Balachandran Nair, General Convener, NRK Welfare Forum, Saudi Arabia

C K Menon, Previous Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awardee, Qatar

Working Session 7

Meeting India's Development Challenges - A Canadian Perspective

Moderator : Aditya Jha, Director - Trade & Investments, ICCC

Guest of Honour : Harinder Takhar, Minister for Small Business and
Entrepreneurship, Ontario, Canada

Panel:

Ajit Khanna, President, ICCC

Alok Mukherjee, Chairman of Toronto Police Board, Canada

Nirmal Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs

Working Session 8

EUROPE

Moderator : Arun Bharat Ram, Chairman & Managing Director, SRF Ltd

Chief Guest: Mani Shankar Aiyer, Minister of Panchayati Raj, Youth Affairs & Sports and Development of North East Region

Panel:

Shalini Sinha, Founder, Life Coach, Ireland

Abdool Magid Vakil, President, EFISA Bank, Portugal

Nalin Surie, Secretary (West), Ministry of External Affairs

Working Session 9

SOUTH, SOUTH EAST & EAST ASIA

Moderator : N Kumar, Vice Chairman, The Sanmar Group

Chief Guest : G K Vasan, Minister of State (IC), Statistics & Programme
Implementation

Guest of Honour : Dato G Palanivel, Deputy Minister of Women, Family & Community Development, Government of Malaysia

Panel:

N Ravi, Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs

Satpal Khattar, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Singapore
Business Federation, Singapore

Datuk Dr Denison Jayasooria, Executive Director, Social Strategic Foundation, Malaysia and Member of the Malaysian Human Rights Commission

Working Session 10

AFRICA

Moderator : Syamal Gupta, Chairman, Tata International Ltd

Guest of Honour: Anand Sharma, Minister of State for External Affairs

Chief Guest : Madan Murli Dulloo, Foreign Minister, Mauritius

Jay Naidoo, Chairman, Development Bank of South Africa, South Africa
Pheroze Nowrojee, Lawyer, Kenya

Working Session 11

AUSTRALIA / NEW ZEALAND / FIJI / CARIBBEAN

Moderator: Brij Lal, Professor, University of Fiji

Chief Guest : A K Antony, Minister of Defence

Panel:

Prashanta Mukherjee, Principal, Prashanta.dot.com, New Zealand

Krishna Nandoe, Professor Emeritus and Consultant, University
of Suriname, Paramaribo

Pandit Prakash Persad, Professor of Mechatronics, Center for Innovation,

Development, Enterprise and Strategy, University of Triniidad and Tobago

Working Session 12

USA

Moderator: S S Mehta, Director General, Confederation of Indian Industry

Chief Guests : Ashwani Kumar, Minister of State for Industry

Panel:

Ramesh Kapur, President, Medical-Technical Gases Inc., USA
(Democrat Activist)

Anil Kumar, Co-Chairman, Indian American Council, USA

Sugata Bose, Gardiner Professor of History, Department of History,
Harvard University, USA

Vishakha Desai, President, The Asia Society, USA

J John (Sunny) Wycliffe, USA

A K Mago, Founding Chairman, Greater Dallas Indo-American Chamber of Commerce

Close of Day I Sessions
All Sessions must end by 6 pm as coaches leave for Hotels at 6.15 pm

Cultural Programme featuring FOLK DANCES OF INDIA / Dinner sponsored by NCT of Delhi at the Talkatora Stadium

PLENARY 2
Developmental Challenges of the States: Partnership Opportunities

The states of India are the theatres of reforms after the initial phase of reforms were carried out at the Central level.

Whether the reform process, which is widely believed to be “irreversible”, can make its logical way forward, is largely dependent on whether the states are able to carry the process forward.

While most of the states are looking at promoting private sector investments for various projects, the responsibility of the states themselves to raise resources for various developmental activities is considerable.

This resource requirement also presents opportunities for partnerships with private players in the development of basic infrastructure like roads, ports, airports, energy, etc. Besides these agriculture remains a significant area of private participation.

Creation of social infrastructure like education and health also requires significant resources, and novel ways of private – public partnerships can be explored.

These sessions would explore ways of harnessing these partnership opportunities, especially with the help of the human and financial capital that is not resident in India, but are of Indian origin.

Moderator : R Seshasayee, President, Confederation of Indian Industry

Chief Guest: Pranab Mukherjee, Minister of External Affairs

Guests of Honour :

Ambika Soni, Minister of Tourism & Culture

Panelists:

State Chief Ministers

Sheila Dikshit, Chief Minister, NCT of Delhi

Narendra Modi, Chief Minister, Gujarat

Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Chief Minister, Haryana

Gautam Singh, Minister of State for Industry, Independent Charge, Bihar

PLENARY 3 : (continued from Plenary 2)
Developmental Challenges of the States: Partnership Opportunities

Moderator : Kirit Parikh, Member, Planning Commission

Chief Guest: Sharad Pawar, Minister of Agriculture

Guest of Honour : Shivraj Patil, Minister of Home Affairs

Panelists:

State Chief Ministers

Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh

Ashok Chavan, Minister for Industries, Mining, Corporate Affairs and Protocol, Govt of Maharashtra

Katta Subramanya Naidu, Minister for Large & Medium Industries, Karnataka

Narpat Singh Rajvi, Minister for Industry, Rajasthan

Elamaram Kareem, Industries Minister, Government of Kerala

Working Session - STATES : Collaborating for Development : The States and You

The theatres of India’s next generation reforms are also the largest potential areas of collaboration and partnerships in making Development a Business Proposition for the private participants. This session would explore the business opportunities for mutual engagement between you and your State.

Working Session 13

Bihar - Hall 3

Moderator : Pramod Sharma, Director, Shree Baidyanath Ayurved Bhavan
Pvt. Ltd.

Lead Presentation : Alok Vardhan Chaturvedi, Managing Director, Bihar
Industrial Development Authority

Chief Guest : Gautam Singh, Minister of State for Industry
Independent Charge, Government of Bihar

S Vijayraghavan, Industrial Development Commissioner

CK Mishra, Resident Commissioner

Concluding Remarks : Satyajit Singh, Chief Executive Officer, Shaktisudha Industries

Working Session 14

Delhi - Hall 5

Moderator : Ankur Bhatia, Managing Director, Amadeus India Pvt Ltd

Co-Moderator : Kartikeya Bharat Ram, President & Executive Director

(Corporate IT and HR), SRF Ltd

Panel :

Shivinder Mohan Singh, Managing Director, Fortis Healthcare Ltd

P Indresan, Chairman, Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (NSIT)

V V Bhat, Principal Secretary (Finance), Government of NCT of Delhi

Sanat Kaul, Chairman & Managing Director, DTTDC

Working Session 15

Gujarat - Hall 6

Working Session 17 - WOMEN

The Gender Development Index of UNDP places India at 98 with an index of 0.586 (2003). In India, the Gender ratio is 97/100. For 0-6 age group it is 927/1000.

In rural India, on an average, per day, a male casual labourer earns Rs 56.53, and a female Rs 36.15. In urban India, males earn Rs 75.51 per day and women Rs 44.28.

Maternal mortality rate per 100000 live births is 407 in 2001, down from 437 in 1991.

These are figures, which put in sharp relief the need to put quality of life of women as a priority in the development agenda of the country.

This session outlines the priority areas of intervention for improving the plight of women in India, with special emphasis on areas, where the Indian Diaspora can play a part.

Moderator : Anu Aga, Director, Thermax Ltd,

Chief Guest: Renuka Choudhury, Minister of State of Women and Child Development

Panel :

Girija Vyas, Chairperson, NCW

Brinda Karat, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha

Prema Cariappa, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha

Sushmita Ghosh, President, Emeritus, Ashoka, USA

Rajani Patil, Chairperson, Central Social Welfare Board

WORKING SESSIONS

Working Sessions : STATE SESSIONS

Karnataka - Hall 4

Moderator : Vinay L Deshpande, Chairman & CEO, Encore Software Ltd.

Chief Guest : Katta Subramanya Naidu, Minister of Large & Medium Industries, Government of Karnataka

Panel :

K M Shivakumar, Principal Secretary, Department of Commerce & Industries, Government of Karnataka

Rajkumar Khatri, IAS, Commissioner for Industrial Development & Director of Industries and Commerce, Government of Karnataka

G Kumar Naik, IAS, Commissioner for Tourism, Government of Karnataka

Working Session 19

Kerala - Hall 3

Moderator : Navas Meeran, Director, Eastern Treads Ltd

Chief Guest : Elamaram Kareem, Industries Minister, Government of Kerala

Panel :

Jiji Thomson, IAS, Principal Secretary, NORKA, Programme Implementation & Information (Addl. Charge of Transport & Co-operation), Government of Kerala

P H Kurian, MD, KSIDC & Secretary to Government (IP), Government of Kerala

V Venu, IAS, Secretary, Department of Tourism, Government of Kerala

K R Jyotilal, IAS, Special Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Government of Kerala

Vishwas Mehta, IAS, Secretary, Department of Health & Family Welfare, Government of Kerala

Working Session 20

Madhya Pradesh - Committee Room B

Moderator : Sunil Chordia, Managing Director, Rajratan Global Wire Ltd

Chief Guest : Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Chief Minister, Government of Madhya Pradesh

Panel :

Babulal Gaur, Minister for Commerce & Industry, Government of Madhya Pradesh

Yashodhara Raje Scindia, Minister for Tourism, Sports & Youth Welfare, Government of Madhya Pradesh

R C Sahni, Chief Secretary, Government of Madhya Pradesh

Working Session 21

Rajasthan - Committee Room C

Moderator : Shripal Choudhari, Managing Director, EMGEE Cables Communications Ltd

Co-Moderator : R K Poddar, Managing Director, Mayur Leather Products Ltd

Chief Guest : Narpat Singh Rajvi, Minister for Industry, Government of Rajasthan

Open House

Working Session 22: MEDIA

Moderator: Sanjaya Baru, Media Advisor to PM

Chief Guest: P R Dasmunsi, Minister for Information & Broadcasting & Parliamentary Affairs

Shekhar Gupta, Group CEO, Indian Express

Ranvir S Nayar, Media India Group, France

Soman Baby, Associate Editor, Gulf Daily News

K.P. Nayar, Telegraph, USA

Plenary 4: How to get US $ 1.5 Trillion of Capital Investment: The Resource Hurdle for Development

According to the Investment Commission, India needs around US$ 1.5 trillion in capital investments over the next five years even to maintain a 8% growth momentum.

The Commission also estimates FDI requirements of US$ 72 bn for the same period.

How to get this kind of resource? What models can work? What would the Indian government be required to do?

These and other questions relating to the critical issue of resources get deliberated in this session.

Moderator: T N Ninan, Editor & Publisher, Business Standard

Chief Guest: P. Chidambaram, Minister of Finance

Guest of Honour: Dato Seri S Samy Vellu, Cabinet Minister of Works, Government of Malaysia & President, Malaysian Indian Congress

Keynote Address: Rakesh Mohan, Deputy Governor, RBI

Panel:

Ratan Tata Chairman, Investment Commission

Swadesh Chatterjee CEO, Swadesh Chatterjee & Associates, USA

O P Bhatt, Chairman, State Bank of India

Ashok Lahiri Chief Economic Advisor, GOI

PLENARY 5 : Leveraging Technology for Development

India’s recognition in the international domain has been owing to its prowess in the area of Information Technology and other knowledge industry developments, among other things.

Technology has to play a key part in India bridging its developmental divide. Be it the digital divide or the requirement for networking the economy, technology would play a critical role in India’s progress.

The mere scale of these requirements present phenomenal opportunities for the technology providers and developers.

How can India leverage the knowledge skills of its diasporas? How to build the technological infrastructure of India?

This session would look at developing on these aspects.

Moderator : S Ramadorai, Managing Director, TCS

Chief Guest : Sam Pitroda, Chairman, Knowledge Commission

Guest of Honour : Balaji Sadasivan, Sr. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs & Information Communication & Arts, Singapore

Panel:

Gopal Pillai, Secretary, Ministry of Commerce

Sunil Mittal, Vice President, CII and Chairman & Group Managing Director, Bharti Enterprises

V Rajakumar, Director, CSIRO Light Metals Flagship, Australia

R K Pachauri, Director General, TERI

PLENARY 6 : Planning for Development: How to Include the Indian Diaspora?

The Planning Process still plays a significant role in the economic policy making of the country. India is at the rather unique position, where a sound economy, backed by strong demographic ratios and genuine international business interest in India are presenting a never-before window of opportunity for big and bold decisions, which would help the economy to move onto the next level of growth trajectory.

The rapid externalisation of the Indian economy, and the keen interest and potentially significant role that NRIs can play in the development of India means that the Indian diaspora may want to be more involved with the planning process for India. Besides the large remittances that the NRIs send back to India from all parts of the world, the potential for this community to contribute to the efforts of building social and physical infrastructure is huge. How to include this community in the planning process? How to leverage their strength? This session looks at these aspects.

Chief Guest : Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman,
Planning Commission

Panel :

Sitaram Yechuri, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha

Anil Kapur, Managing Director, South Asia, Western Union

Lord Karan Bilimoria CBE DL, UK Chairman, Indo British Partnership

Welcome : Nirmal Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs

Ignited Minds …. Songs by school children

Citation and Awards

Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, President of India will confer the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards

Remarks by Award Winners (2)

A R Kidwai, Lt. Governor, Delhi

Prof. S. Jayakumar,Deputy PM, Singapore,

Address : Vayalar Ravi, Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs

Valedictory Address: Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam, President of India

Vote of Thanks: R Seshasayee, President, Confederation of Indian Industry

National Anthem