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Conference
Sixth
Annual Conference,
India
ICRIER hosted the Sixth Annual conference of SANEI in New Delhi from
August 26–27, 2004. The Conference brought together 50 participants
from SANEI member countries in South Asia including Bangladesh, India,
Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, presenting research on diverse areas of
economic development in South Asia.
Key participants at the conference included Professor T.N. Srinivasan,
Chairman SANEI, Dr. Isher Judge Ahluwalia, Founder Coordinator SANEI,
Professor Siddique Osmani, Research Advisory Panel Member, SANEI, Dr.
Asaduzzaman, Research Director, BIDS, Bangladesh and Mr. Basil
Ilangakoon, Executive Vice Chairman, Marga Institute, Sri Lanka, both
Members of SANEI Steering Committee, Dr. Shankar Acharya, Honorary
Professor and Member Board of Directors, ICRIER and Dr. Arvind Virmani,
Director & Chief Executive, ICRIER and Coordinator, SANEI (till March
31, 2004).
Researchers undertaking projects under SANEI round V presented their
draft final reports. Work-in-progress of the research projects due for
completion under SANEI round VI was also presented during the
conference.
Ms. Nisha Taneja, Senior Fellow, ICRIER and Dr. Arpita Mukherjee,
Senior Fellow, ICRIER presented a paper on ’Indo-Sri Lanka Trade in
Services: FTA II and Beyond’ jointly with Sanath Jayanetti and Tilani
Jayawardhana from Institute of Policy Studies, Colombo. The session
was chaired by Dr. Arvind Virmani, Director & Chief Executive, ICRIER.
Dr. Rajeev Ahuja, Senior Fellow, ICRIER presented a paper on ‘Health
Insurance for the Poor in India: Selected Conceptual Issues’ and Dr.
Aradhna Agarwal presented work-in-progress report on ‘Performance of
Export Processing Zones: A Comparative Analysis of India, Sri Lanka
and Bangladesh’.
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