Panelists: Prof. Pratap Bhanu Mehta, President, CPR; Dr. Cao Haijun, Secretary, Economic & Commercial Counsellor's office, Embassy of China; Prof. Jayati Ghosh, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, JNU; Prof. Guo Bin, National Institute for Innovation Management,Zhejiang University; Dr. Stephen McGurk, International Development Research Centre - South Asia Regional Office

Chair: Prof. Abhijit Sen, Planning Commission

The villages of China and India have largely been unable to avail of the opportunities of rapid economic growth, while development is often framed in terms biased against "low-tech" rural sectors. The discussion addresses how to harness innovation for inclusive development, and involve policy-makers and scientists in knowledge-based rural transformation. Appraising the uses made of knowledge capital and new initiatives to increase productivity, the panel will also discuss how best the state might enable innovation