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The India Dialog

Name: The India Dialog
Start: 2023-02-23T08:15:00+05:30
End: 2023-02-24T17:30:00+05:30
Location: Stanford University

23rd February 2023 @ 8:15 AM - 24th February 2023 @ 5:30 PM

Free

The Indian Economy 2023: Innovation, Competitiveness and Social Progress

2-day Conference: Thursday, February 23 & Friday, February 24, 2023

The Conference is being presented by Institute for Competitiveness and US Asia Technology Management Center, Stanford University. This will be an in-person conference at Stanford University and advanced registration will be required. The event will be open to the Stanford community and the public. More details could also be looked at https://asia.stanford.edu/

The Indian economic and social landscape has experienced crucial transformations in the last decade. The reforms and developmental initiatives in this period aimed at enhancing innovation, competitiveness, and efficiency in the Indian economy. Government policies across health, education, housing, and energy emphasized on sharing prosperity amongst all groups, ensuing equitable regional development and social progress. Despite several external uncertainties, India charted a resilient roadmap for its growth and development through focused policy implementation. To take stock of the transformations in the Indian economy and the social progress achieved in recent years, we are inviting world-leading experts and intellectuals in economics, business, policy-making, and social development to provide their up-to-date perspectives into the state of the India economy in 2023 and into the outlook and challenges for its continued progress.

Sessions include keynote talks, panel discussions, and fireside chats on topics such as the impact of government policies, district and regional economic and social progress, labor force transformation, education and healthcare reform, water governance, entrepreneurial innovation, and international engagement with Silicon Valley / the U.S.

Distinguished speakers include Amitabh Kant, G20 Sherpa, GOI; Param Iyer, CEO, NITI Aayog; Bibek Debroy, Chairman, EAC-PM; Nancy Jackson, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State; Christian Ketels from Harvard Business School; Richard Damania, World Bank; Kunal Kumar, Smart Cities Mission, GoI et al.

Venue location

Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center, Mackenzie Room (#300), 475 Via Ortega, 3^rd Floor, Stanford, CA 94305 (Google Map)

Parking

To purchase an all-day “A” parking permit for $16.25, please register your vehicle below for each day. Registration can be done in advance. The “A” permit will allow you to park in any A or C parking spot on campus.

Recommended garages:

Via Ortega Garage, 498 Via Ortega, Stanford, CA 94305 (Google Map)
Roble Field Garage, Via Ortega Dr., Stanford, CA 94305 (Google Map)

Hourly guest parking is also available using https://parkmobile.io/.

Block your seat

Walk ins are permitted. Please check in at the registration table

DOWNLOAD AGENDA

February 22, 2023

A VIP dinner was organised as a pre cursor to the event.

February 23, 2023

8:15 AM – 9:00 AM – Registration with Networking Breakfast

9:00 AM – 9:10 AM – Opening Remarks by Hosts

Richard Dasher, Director, US-Asia Technology Management Center, Stanford University
Amit Kapoor, Lecturer, Stanford University and Chairman, Institute for Competitiveness

9:10 AM – 9:20 AM – Welcome remarks by TV Nagendra Prasad, Consul General of India, San Francisco

9:20 AM – 9:40 AM – Keynote on “Factors behind India’s recent economic and social progress: The impact of government policies” by Dr. Bibek Debroy, Chairman EAC – PM. Government of India

9:40 AM – 10:00 AM – Keynote on “What the Indian economy means for the U.S” by Nancy Izzo Jackson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for India, US Department of State

10:00 AM – 10:20 AM – Networking Tea/Coffee Break

10:20 AM – 10:40 AM – Insights on “Competitiveness Roadmap for India@100” by Christian Ketels, Principal Associate, Harvard Business School

10:40 AM – 10:50 AM – Plenary Talk on “A higher resolution view of India” by Dr. Amit Kapoor, Lecturer, Stanford University & Chairman, institute for Competitiveness

10:50 AM – 11:50 AM – Panel on “Regional insights into India performance and outlook”

Chaired by Amit Kapoor, Honorary Chairman, Institute for Competitiveness & Lecturer, Stanford University

Rick Rossow, Wadhwani Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies, CSIS
Kunal Kumar, Joint Secretary and Mission Director, Smart Cities Mission, GoI
Nirvikar Singh, Co-Director of the Center for Analytical Finance, UCSC
Sean Randolph, Senior Director, Bay Area Council Economic Institute

11:50 AM – 12:10 PM – Insights on “Impact of FDI in India” by Michael Enright, Professor in Global Business , Northeastern University

12:10 AM – 12:40 PM – Bibek Debroy, Chairman, EAC – PM in conversation with Michael Enright, Professor in Global Business , Northeastern University and Christian Ketels, Principal Associate, Harvard Business School

12:40 PM – 1:40 PM – Networking Lunch at the conference room

1:40 PM – 1:50 PM – Plenary Talk on “Labor force changes and continuing needs” by Radhika Prabhu, Exec. Director, US – India Alliance for Women’s Economic Empowerment, US Department of State

1:50 PM – 2:50 PM – Panel on “Labor force transformation”

Chaired by Radhika Prabhu, Exec. Director, US – India Alliance for Women’s Economic Empowerment, US Department of State

Harshul Asnani, Head of Global Technology Business, Tech Mahindra
Vinod Muthukrishnan, Chief Customer Officer, Uniphore
Rohini Somanathan, Fellow, Center for Advanced Studies in Behavioural Sciences, Stanford University

2:50 PM – 3:00 PM – Plenary Talk on “Economic Effects of Water Management” by Richard Damania, Chief Economist, Sustainable Development Practice Group, World Bank

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM – Panel on “Water Governance”

Chaired by Richard Damania, Chief Economist, Sustainable Development Practice Group, World Bank

Satyajit Singh, Professor, Department of Political Science, UCSB
Leela Fernandes, Scholar
Siddharth Desai, Director, Kishor Pumps

4:00 PM – 4:20 PM – Networking Tea/Coffee Break

4:20 PM – 4:30 PM – Plenary Talk on “Importance of Education” by Geetha Murali, CEO, Room to Read and Release of Report on “Foundational Literacy and Numeracy”. The report has been done by Institute for Competitiveness as mandated by EAC – PM.

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM – Panel on “Foundational Learning and Literacy”

Chaired by Geetha Murali, CEO, Room to Read

Pawan Sain, Joint Secretary, EAC – PM, Government of India
Karen Klimowski, Deputy India Mission Director, USAID
Arundhuti Gupta, Founder & CEO, Mentor Together
Asha Jadeja Motwani, Founder, Motwani Jadeja Foundation

5:30 PM – 5:50 PM – Keynote on LiFE: India Walking the Talk on Climate Action” by Parameswaran Iyer, CEO NITI Aayog, Government of India

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM – Release of Working Paper on “Healing the Economy: Estimating Economic Impact of Vaccination and related measures”

6:00 PM – 6:15 PM – Presentation on Working Paper on “Healing the Economy: Estimating Economic Impact of Vaccination and related measures” by Richard Dasher, Director, US-Asia Technology Management Center, Stanford University

6:15 PM – 6:45 – Panel Discussion and Comments

SV Subramanian, Professor at Harvard TH Chans School of Public Health (Virtual Presence)
Hari Menon, Director – India Country Office, BMGF (Virtual Presence)
Michael Enright, Professor in Global Business , Northeastern University
Mark Esposito, Professor, Hult Int’l Business School & Harvard University’s Division of Continuing Education
Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, GoI

Moderated by Amit Kapoor, Lecturer, Stanford University & Chairman, Institute for Competitiveness

6:45 PM – 7:00 PM – Address by Shri. Mansukh Mandaviya, Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India (Virtual Presence)

7:15 PM Onwards – Buffet Dinner at the Stanford Faculty Club

February 24, 2023

9:00 AM – 9:05 AM – Opening Remarks by Richard Dasher, Director, US-Asia Technology Management Center, Stanford University and Amit Kapoor, Lecturer, Stanford University & Honorary Chairman, Institute for Competitiveness

9:05 AM – 9:30 AM – Keynote on “India’s Transformation through Digital Public Infrastructure” by Amitabh Kant, Sherpa, G20, Government of India (Virtual Presence)

9:30 AM – 9:40 AM – Plenary Talk on “Needs Driven Innovation and Scaled Implementation” by Anurag Mairal, Adjunct Professor of Medicine & Director, Global Outreach Programs, Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign, Stanford University

9:40 AM – 10:40 AM – Panel on “Redefining Healthcare”

Chaired by Anurag Mairal, Adjunct Professor of Medicine & Director, Global Outreach Programs, Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign, Stanford University

Stephen Ezell, Vice President, Global Innovation Policy, ITI
Nikolaj Gilbert, CEO, PATH
Neil Buddy Shah, CEO, Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI)

10:40 AM – 11:00 AM – Networking Tea/Coffee Break

11:00 AM – 11:10 AM – Plenary Talk on “Entrepreneurship and Societal Sustainability” by Richard Dasher, Director, US-Asia Technology Management Center, Stanford University

11:10 AM – 12:10 PM – Panel on “Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Sustainability“

Chaired by Richard Dasher, Director, US-Asia Technology Management Center, Stanford University

Vivek Wadhwa, Fellow,Harvard Law School and Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering at Silicon Valley
Robert Eberhert, Professor, UCLA
Steven Vogel, Professor of Political Science and Political Economy, University of California, Berkeley

12:10 PM – 12:45 PM – Keynote on “India’s Rise from Emerging Economy to Developed Country” by Arvind Virmani, Member, NITI Aayog , GoI

12:45 PM – 1:45 PM – Networking Lunch

1:45 PM – 1:55 PM – Plenary Talk on “The importance of ease of living and social progress in aiming at a balanced model of economic growth” by Amit Kapoor, Lecturer, Stanford University & Chairman, Institute for Competitiveness

1:55 PM – 2:55 PM – Panel on “Integration of Economic Growth and Social Progress“

Chaired by Amit Kapoor, Lecturer, Stanford University & Chairman, Institute for Competitiveness

Mark Esposito, Professor, Hult Int’l Business School & Harvard University’s Division of Continuing Education
Mathew Bishop, Senior fellow in the Center for Sustainable Development, Brookings
E. Somanathan, Fellow, Center for Advanced Studies in Behavioural Sciences, Stanford University

2:55 PM – 3:15 PM – Networking Tea/Coffee Break

3:15 PM – 3:25 PM – Plenary talk on “What India’s future means to the U.S.” by MR Rangaswami, MD, Indiasopra

3:25 PM – 4:25 PM – Panel on “International engagement for India’s future“

Chaired by MR Rangaswami, MD, Indiasopra