New Delhi Roundtable on "Innovate in India"
On September 24, 2015, NBR and the Institute of Economic Growth (IEG) co-hosted a public event in New Delhi, India, featuring senior policymakers and innovation specialists, as part of NBR’s initiative on India’s IP and Innovation Policies. This event also served as the New Delhi launch of NBR’s Special Report, “Innovate in India: Global Perspectives on the Continuing Evolution of India’s IP Policy.”
India has emerged as a major economic power and is actively looking to strengthen its role in and ties to the global economy while stimulating domestic growth. As India works to further develop its economy, issues concerning intellectual property rights and innovation policies have increasingly appeared in national and international discussions. Major economies across the Asia-Pacific have large stakes in India’s development and in the ways in which Indian policy affects innovation and the competitive landscape in global markets. How and to what extent India, the United States, and other leading economies are able to work together to address these issues will have critical implications for sustaining healthy environments for investment, market innovation, economic growth, and closer overall strategic ties.
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Agenda
INAUGURAL SESSION
Chair
Nitin Desai, Chairman, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi University, and Former Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations
Welcome and Introduction
Pravakar Sahoo, Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi University
Manoj Panda, Director, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi University
Roy Kamphausen, Senior Vice President for Research, The National Bureau of Asian Research
Special Address
Rajiv Kumar, Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research, and Founding Director, Pahle India Foundation
Chair
Nitin Desai, Chairman, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi University, and Former Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations
Co-chair
Clara Gillispie, Director of Trade, Economic, and Energy Affairs, The National Bureau of Asian Research
Panel
R. Guha, Head of Corporate Business Development, Wipro
Chandni Raina, Professor, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, and Former Director, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India
Pradeep Agrawal, Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi University
Roy Kamphausen, Senior Vice President of Research, The National Bureau of Asian Research
PANEL TWO: Perspectives on IP and Innovation in India
Chair
Subir Gokarn, Director, Brookings India, and Former Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India
Panel
Amit Kapoor, President and Chief Executive Office, India Council on Competitiveness
Uday Bhanu Sinha, Professor, Delhi School of Economics
Bhaskar Bhattacharya, Partner, Corporate Law Group
Pravakar Sahoo, Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi University
CONCLUSION
Clara Gillispie, Director of Trade, Economic, and Energy Affairs, The National Bureau of Asian Research
Pravakar Sahoo, Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi University
