OCSI Dialogues 2018 - India Perspectives

 

Taking stock of the context of the highest world’s growth and projections that the “21st century belongs to India”, as well as “imagining it as a civilizational construct”, the OCSI Dialogues is multifold. It aims at gathering scholars, policy makers, members of the government, industrialists, entrepreneurs, and representatives of think tanks for high level debates to reflect on a series of key issues that shape India and its impact on the world. Four broad themes have been identified embodying this intent

 

 

 

Inauguration

 

 

 

From 10:30 to 11:45

 

Law and Governance

 

Speakers: Prof. Niraja Gopal Jayal, Professor, Centre for the Study of Law & Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University;

 

Dr. Rathin Roy, Director, National Institute of Public Finance & Policy, New Delhi and Member, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister; Prof. Dipankar Gupta, sociologist, author and public intellectual; Hon’ble Shri Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed, former Chief Justice of the Jammu & Kashmir High Court; Ms Atishi Marlena, Spokesperson, Aam Aadmi Party

 

 

 

From 12 noon  to 13:15

 

Energy, Ecology and Built Environment

 

Speakers: Shri Suman Bery, Non-resident Fellow, Brussels Think Tank Bruegel and Senior Fellow, Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth; Shri Vikram S. Mehta, Executive Chairman, Brookings India; Dr. Arunabha Ghosh, public policy professional, adviser, author, columnist and founder-CEO, Council on Energy, Environment and Water; Shri Ashok B. Lall, Design & Technology Chair, Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture, Mumbai; Ms Bahar Dutt, environmentalist

 

 

 

From 14:15  to 15:30

 

Education, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Employment

 

Speakers: Shri Gyanendra Badgaiyan, Director General, National Centre for Good Governance and former Chief Economist at UNDP; Shri Anil Swarup, Secretary, School Education and Literacy, Govt. of India; Prof. K. Vijayaraghavan, Distinguished Professor, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bengaluru; Dr. Rajiv B. Lall, Founder MD & CEO, IDFC Bank; Shri Manish Kumar, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, National Skill Development Corporation; Dr. Rukmini Banerji, CEO of Pratham Education Foundation

 

 

 

From 15:45 to 17:00

 

Crisis of Identity: Civilisation, Culture and Hinduvta

 

Speakers: Prof. Arvind Sharma, Birks Professor of Comparative Religion, McGill University; Shri Swapan Dasgupta MP and columnist; Shri Pavan Varma, writer-diplomat and author; Shri Sanjeev Sanyal, Indian economist, author, environmentalist, and urban theorist, Principal Economic Adviser in the Ministry of Finance, Government of India; Prof. Madhu Khanna, historian of religion and noted Tantric scholar

 

 

 

From 17:00 to 17:30

 

Valedictory Session

 

By Prof Lokesh Chandra; Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar; and Shri Vikram Lall, President OCSI

 

 

 

(Collaboration: The Oxford and Cambridge Society of India)