Inaugural Session
                                                     
Welcome Remarks by Rajat Kathuria (Director and Chief Executive, ICRIER, New Delhi)

Keynote Address by G. K. Chadha (President, South Asian University and former Vice-chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)

Release of Report on the 1st Trade Perception Survey and Special Address by Chief Guest Rajeev Kher (Special Secretary, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India)

Session 1: Enhancing Trade in Goods

Chair: Abid Suleri (Executive Director, Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan)

Presentations by:

• Nisha Taneja (Professor, ICRIER, New Delhi)
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• Syed Turab Hussain (Associate Professor, Dept. of Economics, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan)
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• Selim Raihan (Professor, Dept. of Economics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh)
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• Manzoor Ahmad (Regional Trade Advisor, USAID Pakistan)

• Zubair Ahmed Malik (President, The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry, Pakistan) 

• Sanjib Pohit (Senior Principal Scientist, National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies, New Delhi)Deb Kusum Das (Associate Professor, Ramjas College, University of Delhi)

Session 2: Trade in Automobile Industry

Chair: Suhail P. Ahmed (Vice Chairman, House of Habib, Pakistan and Founder Chairman, Pakistan Association of Automotive Parts & Accessories Manufacturers)

Presentations by:

• Vaqar Ahmed(Deputy Executive Director, Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan)
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• T. S. Vishwanath (Principal Advisor, APJ-SLG Law Offices, New Delhi)

• Biswajit Nag (Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi)
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Comments by:

• Sanjay Kathuria (Lead Economist, Regional Trade Integration, World Bank, Washington DC) 

• Meenu Tewari (HUDCO Chair Professor, ICRIER, New Delhi)

• Saikat Sinha Roy (Associate Professor, Dept. of Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata)

Discussion

Session 3: Trade in Agriculture

Chair: Ashok Gulati (Chairman, Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices, New Delhi)

Presentations by:

• Anwarul Hoda (Chair Professor, Trade Policy and WTO Research Programme, ICRIER, New Delhi)  

• Usman Khan (Faculty, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan)
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• Ramesh Chand(Director. National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, New Delhi) 
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Comments by:

• Naeem Anwar (Minister-Trade, Pakistan High Commission, New Delhi) 

• Syed Yawar Ali (Chairman, Nestle Pakistan Ltd. and Member, Pakistan Business Council)

• Tariq Bucha (President, Farmer’s Association, Pakistan)

• Simrit Kaur (Professor of Public Policy, Faculty of Management Studies, New Delhi)

Session 4: Trade in the Pharmaceutical Sector

Chair: B. N. Goldar (Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi)

Presentations by:

• Vaqar Ahmed (Deputy Executive Director, Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan)  
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• Manoj Pant (Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)
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Comments by:

• Aradhna Agarwal (Policy Director, Wadhwani Foundation, New Delhi)

• Aparna Sawhney (Associate Professor, Centre for International Trade and Development, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)

Session 5: Barriers to Trade           

Chair: S. D. Muni (Senior Visiting Scholar, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi)           
Presentations by:

• I. N. Mukherji (Former Professor of South Asian studies, JNU and Consultant, UN ESCAP, New Delhi)
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• Huma Amir (Chairperson and Asst. Professor,
  Department of Marketing
  Institute of Business Administration, Pakistan)
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• Ather Elahi (Assistant Professor & Research Fellow, Centre for Business and Economics Research, Institute of Business Administration, Pakistan)
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• Rahul Mediratta (PhD Candidate, Northwestern University)

Comments by:

• Ram Upendra Das (Senior Fellow, Research and Information for Developing Countries, New Delhi) 

• Pardeep Sehgal (Partner, Sinochem Impex, Amritsar)

Special Address by Sharat Sabharwal (former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan)

Session 6: Trade in Energy

Chair: Zafar Mahmood (Chairman, Punjab Public Service Commission and Former Commerce Secretary, Government of Pakistan)

Presentations by:

• Salman Zaheer (Program Director, Regional Integration, World Bank)
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• Nitya Nanda (Fellow, The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi)
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• Arif Alauddin (MD,National Energy Conservation Centre, Pakistan) 

Comments by:

• Rakesh Kumar (Director, Solar Energy Corporation of India)

• Prabir De (Senior Fellow, Research and Information System for Developing Countries, New Delhi)
  
• Saon Ray (Senior Fellow, ICRIER,  New Delhi)

• Nagesh Kumar (Director, UN-ESCAP South and South-West Asia Office and Chief Economist, UN-ESCAP, New Delhi)

• Ijaz Nabi (Country Director, International Growth Centre, Pakistan)

• E. Sridharan (Academic Director, University of Pennsylvania Institute for the Advanced Study of India, New Delhi)

• Nisha Taneja (Professor, ICRIER, New Delhi)

Valedictory Address by Sujatha Singh (Foreign Secretary, India)
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Vote of thanks: Rajat Kathuria (Director and Chief Executive, ICRIER, New Delhi)