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On Saturday, October 29, 2022, the Deepak and Neera Raj Center on Indian Economic Policies will be hosting a major all-day conference reflecting on India at 75 years.

This event will be hosted at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University (420, W. 118th Street, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10027)

Seating is limited and a paid ticket guarantees a seat.

Event Schedule

• 8:00 – 8:50 am — Registration/Coffee

• 8:50 am — Welcome
  
  Arvind Panagariya, Columbia University in New York City and
  Ashley Tellis, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington DC

• 9:00 – 10:30 am — Session 1: India in the Emerging International Order
  
  Ashley Tellis (Moderator), Swapan Dasgupta (Ex MP, BJP, New Delhi India) & Shashi Tharoor (MP, Congress, New Delhi, India)

• 10:30 – 10:45 am — Coffee Break

• 10:45 am– 12:15 pm — Session 2: Economic Policy Today
  
  Arvind Panagariya (Moderator)
  Tuhin Kanta Pandey (Secretary, Disinvestment, Government of India)
  TV Somanathan (Finance Secretary, Government of India)
  BVR Subramanyam (Secretary, Commerce, Government of India)

• 12:15 – 1:00 pm — Lunch

• 1:00 – 2:30 pm — Session 3: The US-India Partnership
  
  Ashley Tellis (Moderator)
  C. Raja Mohan (Asia Society Policy Institute, New Delhi)
  Ambassador Teresita Schaffer (McLarty Associates, Washington DC)

• 2:30-2:45 pm — Coffee Break

• 2:45 - 4:15 pm — Session 4: Macro and Growth
  
  Arvind Panagariya (Moderator)
  Viral Acharya (Stern School, NYU)
  Poonam Gupta (NCAER, New Delhi, India)

• 4:30 – 5:30 pm — In Conversation
  
  Arvind Panagariya (Host)
  Amitabh Kant, India’s G-20 Sherpa

• 5:30 – 5:40 — Closing Remarks by Deepak Raj

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