3rd North-East Business Summit
10 - 11 April 2007
Organized by
Ministry of Development of North-Eastern Region &
Indian Chamber of Commerce
Convention Hall, Hotel The Ashok, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi
Final Programme
Day One
10 April, 07
09.50 am to
11.50 am
Inaugural Session
10.00 am
Welcome Address
10.10 am
In the presence of the Hon’ble Chief
Ministers of the North-Eastern States –
Summit Chairman: Shri Mani
Shankar Aiyar, Minister, DONER
Coordinator: Dr. Rajeev Singh,
Secretary General, ICC
Shri S K Bangur
President
Indian Chamber of Commerce
Multimedia Presentation on “North-East – Opportunities Unlimited”
10.20 am
Opening Address
10.30 am
Address by Summit Chairman
10.50 am
Inaugural Address by the Chief Guest
11.20 am
Vote of Thanks
11.25 am
Inauguration of Exhibition on North
East Handlooms & Handicrafts
11.30 am
H.E. the Vice-President of India and other VIPs are escorted by Minister, DONER
and President, ICC to Exclusive Room for meeting with prospective
investors/leading Corporates over Tea/ Coffee.
H.E. the Vice-President of India departs. Seen off by Union Minister of DoNER,
President, ICC and Chief Ministers.
11.50 am
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Shri Sunil Kant Munjal
Managing Director & CEO
Hero Corporate Service Ltd.
Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar
Hon’ble Union Minister
Ministry of DoNER
Government of India
Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
H.E. Vice President of India
Smt. Sushma Singh
Secretary.
Ministry of DoNER, GoI
Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
H.E. Vice President of India
Plenary Session 1
12.00
noon –
3.30 pm
North-East : Opportunities Unlimited
Chief Ministers Conclave: Thrust Areas for Investment in the North
Eastern States
Chair: Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar, Minister, DONER
12 noon
Opening Remarks
12.20 pm
Statements by Heads of Delegation of
the North East States
Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar
Minister, DONER
Arunachal Pradesh
- Shri K Shankaranarayan
Governor
Assam
- Shri Tarun Gogoi
Chief Minister
Manipur
- Shri Okram Ibobi Singh
Chief Minister
Meghalaya
- Dr. D D Lapang
Chief Minister
Mizoram
-Lt. Gen (Retd.) M.M. Lakhera
Governor
Nagaland
- Shri Neiphiu Rio
Chief Minister
Sikkim
- Shri Pawan Chamling
Chief Minister
Tripura
- Shri Tapan Chakravorty,
Minister, Industries
2.00 pm
Lunch
2.45 pm
3.30 pm
Open Interaction with the Heads of Delegation of the North East States
Tea Break
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Plenary Session 2
3.45 –
6.00 pm
Investment and Incentives in the North East: Interaction
between Central and State Governments
Chair: Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar, Minister, DONER
3.45 pm
Opening remarks
3.55 pm
4.30 pm
Investing in the North East: The Crucial
Question of Air Connectivity
Incentivising investments in the North
East
Investing in the North East: An Industry
perspective
Roundtable Discussion
5.40 pm
Discussions / Q & A
6.30 pm
Summing Up
4.10 pm
4.20 pm
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Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar,
Minister, DONER
Shri S.S. Sidhu,
H.E. the Governor of Manipur
Dr. AK Dua, Secretary, DIPP,
Govt. of India
Shri M.K. Saharia
Chairman, North East, ICC
Shri P.P. Shrivastav
Member, NEC -Discussant
Sh. R. C. Jhamtani, Adviser
(Industries/VSE), Planning
Commission
Chief Secretaries – Shri Lalhuma,
Nagaland, Shri Haukum Hauzel,
Mizoram, Shri R Chatterjee,
Meghalaya, Shri P C Sharma,
Assam. Shri Alok Rawat,
Principal Secretary Development,
Sikkim, Shri PC Lawmkunga,
Principal Secretary (Industries)
Manipur, Shri Kewal Sharma,
Development Commissioner,
Arunachal, Shri Lok Ranjan,
Secretary (Industries), Tripura
Shri Jawahar Sircar
Additional Secretary, SSI
Shri Gautam Ray
Joint Secretary, Revenue
Shri N.N. Prasad
Joint Secretary, DIPP
Shri K N Hazarika, CMD, NEDFi
Shri M.K. Saharia,
Vice President ICC
Shri S K Jain, President, FINER
Shri M.K. Saharia
Chairman, North East, ICC
Dr. Rajeev Singh
Secretary-General, ICC
Day 2
11 April
10 am –
1.30 pm
(Investment Hubs of Each State to be operational by
9.30 am)
Roundtable Discussion on Enhancing Infrastructure in
the North East (Concurrent Session 1)
10.00 am
Opening Remarks
10.20 am
Role of Public Private Partnership for
Infrastructure Projects in the North East
Role of Multilateral Agencies in the
development of the North Eastern
Region
10.40 am
11.00 am
Roundtable Discussion on issues in the
roads, power, oil and gas, real estate,
Telecom, Connectivity and other
infrastructure sectors
Panelists –
12.00 pm
Presentation on Project Profiles
12.30 pm
Guest of Honour
1.00 pm
Interactions & Summing Up
1.30 pm
Lunch
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Shri Vikram Thapar
Past President, ICC
Shri Hari Shankaran
Managing Director,IL&FS
Mr. Shunso Tsukada
Principal Transport
Specialist, Asian
Development Bank
Smt. Sushma Singh
Secretary, DONER –
Discussant
Shri Ashok Chawla
Secretary CivilAviation
Shri A K Razdan,
Secretary Power
Shri Vishwapati Trivedi
CMD, Indian Airlines
Shri Deepak Brara,
CMD, Alliance Air,
Shri S S Kohli
CMD, IIFCL
Shri Pawan Jain
CMD, SAFEX
Shri Sunand Sharma,
Chairman
ALSTOM (I) Projects Ltd.
Shri Rohit Chandra
CEO-NE, AIRCEL
Shri K P Roy, ED, GAIL
Shri S P Sen
Director, NHPC
North East States – ILFS
to coordinate and present
Shri Praful Patel
Union Minister, Civil
Aviation, Govt. of India
Shri P P Shrivastav
Member, NEC & CoChairman
10.00 am1.15 pm
Horizons of Heaven Opportunities in the Tourism
Sector
(Concurrent Session 2)
10.00 am
Address by Chairperson
10.30 am
Financial Incentives to develop Tourism
Infrastructure
10.40 am
Address by Special Guest
10.50 am
Film on North East
11.00 am
Tea/Coffee Break
11.15 am
Tourism in the North East : The
Entrepreneur’s Perspective
Presentation by States on Opportunities
for Tourism
Shri Subhash Goyal
President IATO
Shri Parvez Dewan
CMD, ITDC –Discussant
Shri D V Singh
Principal Secretary
Tourism, Manipur
Secretary (Tourism)
Shri H S Das, Assam
Shri K K Sema,
Nagaland
Shri N C Sinha, Tripura
12.25 pm
Special Address
1.00 pm
Interactions & Summing up
H.E. Lt. Gen. (Retd) Ajai
Singh
Governor of Assam
Shri M.K. Saharia
Chairman, North East,
ICC
1.15 pm
Lunch
11.25 am
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Smt. Ambika Soni,
Minister of Tourism &
Culture, Govt. of India
Smt. Archana Capoor,
CMD, Tourism Finance
Corporation of India
Shri V Thulasidas
CMD, Air India
ICC
2.00 - 4.15 North East: Advantage Agro & Food Processing
pm
(Concurrent Session 3)
Chair: Shri Subodh Kant Sahay, Minister of State,
Food Processing
2.00 pm
Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Shri Subodh Kant
Sahay
Minister of State, Food
Processing
2.05 pm
Roadmap for the Tea Industry in the
North East:
Problems and Prospects
(a) Innovative Rural Technologies
Shri Basudeb Banerjee
Chairman, Tea board
2.15 pm
(b) Radiation Processing of Horticulture
Produce
2.35 pm
Opportunities in Bamboo Sector
2.45 pm
Financing the Agro Sector in the North
East
2.55 pm
Prospects for Rubber Industry
3.05 pm
Agri Infrastructure in North East
3.15 pm
Presentation on Project profiles
3.45 pm
Address by Chairman
4.05– 4.15 Summing Up and Interactions
pm
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(a) Dr A M Patankar,
Head(TT&CD), BARC
(b) Shri A K Kohli, CMD
BRIT, Deptt. of Atomic
Energy
Shri Kamesh Salam
Director
CBTC
Shri S S Acharya
Executive Director,
NABARD
Shri Sajen Peter
Chairman
Rubber Board
Shri Tushar Pandey
Country Head, Yes Bank
North East States – Yes
Bank to coordinate and
present
Shri Subodh Kant
Sahay
Minister of State, Food
Processing
Shri R S Jhawar
Director, Williamson
Magor
2.00 pm
to 4.15
pm
Roundtable Discussion on the Look East Policy:
Developing the North East as a hub for International
Business (Concurrent Session – 4)
Chair: Shri Anand Sharma, Minister of State, Ministry of
2.00 pm
External Affairs
Chairman’s Opening Remarks
2.10 pm
Roundtable
3.15 pm
Address by Chairman
3.40 pm
Q & A, Summing Up
4.00 - 4.15 Networking Break
pm
Tea/Coffee
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Shri Anand Sharma
Minister of State, Ministry
of External Affairs
Dr. C.L. Fernandez
Spl Secretary Commerce
- Discussant
Smt. Sushma Singh
Secretary, DONER
Shri M L Kumavat
Spl. Secretary, MHA
Dr. Veena Jha
UNCTAD India
Dr. K.T. Chacko
Director, IIFT
Shri B.G. Verghese,
Chairman, NEC Vision
Steering Committee,
Prof. Mahendra Lama,
Member, NEC Vision
Steering Committee
Shri Mohan Kumar
Jt. Secretary (BSM)
Shri Biren Nanda
Jt. Secretary South-MEA,
Dr. Jayant Madhab
Economist, Board of
Trade of Thailand
Shri Anand Sharma
Minister of State, Ministry
of External Affairs
Shri R.M. Abhayankar
Former Secretary (East),
MEA
3rd North-East Business Summit
10 & 11 April 2007, New Delhi
Final Programme*
4.30 –
6.00 pm
Valedictory Session
Chair: Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar,
Minister, DONER
4.30 pm
4.32 pm
4.37 pm
Chief Guest and Guest of Honour
arrive
Brief introduction with select guests
4.40 pm
Minister, DONER and President ICC to
escort Guests to the podium
Welcome Address
4.50 pm
Keynote Address
5.10 pm
Special Address by Guest of Honour
5.30 pm
Valedictory Address by Chief Guest
5.50 pm
Summing Up and Vote of Thanks
6.00 pm
7.00 pm
Coordinator: Dr. Rajeev
Singh, SecretaryGeneral, ICC
Shri S K Bangur
President, ICC
Shri Mani Shankar
Aiyar
Union Minister, DoNER
Shri Kamal Nath,
Union Minister of
Commerce, Govt. of India
Mr. Krirk-Krai Jirapaet
Minister of Commerce of
Thailand
Smt. Sushma Singh
Secretary, DoNER
Close of Summit
Dr. Rajeev Singh
Secretary-General, ICC
Colours of Paradise: Treasures from the North East:
A Cultural show and Fashion Show
(Co-ordinator : Shri Amit from ICC)
8.30 pm
Dinner and live music from North-east
(Co-ordinator : Shri Amit from ICC)
(An Exhibition of products from North-East will be hosted during the Summit)
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