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Dean's International Council Meeting
New Delhi, India
November 4-7, 2008
 

Agenda


Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Mumtaz Hall
Taj Palace Hotel - New Delhi, India


8:00 p.m. Dinner
"Prosperity Will Spread in India but Happiness Will Not (Until We Fix Governance)"
Address by Gurcharan Das
Author, Consultant & Leading Intellectual


Day I | Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Mumtaz Hall
Taj Palace Hotel - New Delhi, India


10:00 a.m. United States Presidential Election Results Gathering
Hosted by Jim Harpel, Chair of the Dean's International Council
Dean's International Council members only

Join Mr. Harpel in Taj Hotel Suite 706 to watch the live returns of the United States Presidential Election.
3:00 p.m. New Member Tea
Join Dean Susan Mayer in welcoming the newest members to the Dean's International Council with introductions and an informal overview of the Harris School and the Dean's International Council. This event will be held in Taj Palace Suite 706.
4:00 p.m. Opening Roundtable Discussion
This opening session will include highlights from the year and member introductions.
8:00 p.m. Opening Reception and Dinner
Regency Ballroom III, Hyatt Park Regency Hotel
"Democracy, Demography and Development: Changing Perspectives"
Address by Dr. Ashish Bose
Demographer, National Commission on Population; Honorary Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi; Distinguished Professor, Institute for Integrated Learning in Management (ILM), New Delhi; and former President, Indian Association for the Study of Population (IASP)


Day II | Thursday, November 6, 2008
Mumtaz Hall
Taj Palace Hotel - New Delhi, India


9:00 a.m. Registration & Breakfast
"Disparity, Democracy and Development"
Address by Sam Pitroda (by live videoconference)
Chairman, National Knowledge Commission and formerly Advisor to Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi
10:00 a.m. India - U.S. Relations
Larry Schwartz
Minister-Counselor for Public Affairs, Embassy of the United States of America - New Delhi
11:00 a.m. Information Technology Part I
Anand Ramakrishnan
Practice Head - Global IT Outsourcing, Wipro Limited
12:00 p.m. CARE Presentation
Elizabeth Sime
Country Director, CARE India
1:30 p.m. Lunch with Dr. Naresh Trehan, M.D.
Senior Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon, Apollo Hospitals New Delhi Chairman, Global Health Private Limited
3:15 p.m. Panel: Social Policy and Development
Rukmini Banerji, Senior Operations Director, Pratham
Renana Jhabwala, Chair, SEWA Bharat
4:30 p.m. Shekhar Gupta
Editor-in-Chief, The Indian Express
8:00 p.m. Reception and Dinner
Bukhara Restaurant, The Maurya Hotel


Day III | Friday, November 7, 2008
Mumtaz Hall
Taj Palace Hotel - New Delhi, India


9:30 a.m. National Security: Challenges and Opportunities
Air Marshal B.D. Jayal
10:15 a.m. Subodh Bhargava
Chairman, Tata Communications Ltd.
11:15 a.m. Banking and Capital Markets
Ranjit Lakhanpal
Managing Director and Head of Corporate Finance, JP Morgan & Chase & Co.
12:00 p.m. Dr. Krishna Reddy
Director & CEO, Care Hospitals
12:45 p.m. Lunch with Karit Parikh
Member, Planning Commission - Government of India
2:15 p.m. Panel: Risk Management
Guru N. Rao, President, Aon Re India
Steven Wilford, Country Manager - India, Control Risks
Zia Mody, Baker & McKenzie / AZB Partners
3:30 p.m. Information Technology Part II
Som Mittal
Chairman, National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM)
4:30 p.m. Democracy, Reforms & India
Najma Heptulla
Honorable Member of Parliament; Chairperson Parliamentary Committee on Subordinate Legislation; former President of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU); and former Deputy Chairperson Rajya Sabha
5:30 p.m. Roundtable Discussion
Dean's International Council members only
8:00 p.m. Dinner hosted by Y.K. Modi
Chairman, YKM Holdings International Limited

 

   
Contact Information
Raluca Rustandi
Associate Director for International Development
Email: rustandi@uchicago.edu
Phone: 773-702-3918


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