REDESIST -
India International Seminar - Program
Programme
Centre for Development Studies
Trivandrum, 19-21 August 2009
19th August, Wednesday - DAY ONE
| INAUGURAL SESSION | |
|---|---|
| 09h30 to 11h00 | Welcome and Plenary 1 Session on Global Financial Crisis and Innovation Chairperson: K N Nair Director CDS Speakers: José Cassiolato, Dinesh Kumar, Liu Xielin, Rasigan Maharajh |
| TECHNICAL SESSIONS | |
|---|---|
| 11h00 to 13h30 | Session 1: Innovation Policy in BRICS Co-chaired by: M Radhakrishna Pillai & Michael Kahn
Discussants: Shyama Ramani (INRA, France), Helena M Lastres (BNDES), Rainer Walz (Fraunhofer Institute Systems and Innovation Research Germany) |
| 13h30 to 14h30 | Lunch |
| 14h30 to 17h00 | Session 2: Financing of Innovation Co-chaired by: K C Shashidhar & Rainer Walz
Discussants: Cristiane Garcez (BNDES, Brazil), D. Narayana (CDS), M Parameswaran (CDS) |
| 18h30 | Cultural Programme & Dinner |
José Gordon (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)
Tatiana Kuznetsova (Higher School of Economics)
Venni Venkata Krishna (National University of Singapore)
Liu Xielin (Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Science)
Mario Scerri (Tshwane University of Technology)
20th August, Thursday - DAY TWO
| Vennue: Hotel Uday Samudra, Kovalam | |
|---|---|
| 09h30 to 10h45 | Plenary 2: BRICS for an Innovative South Co-chaired by: P Mohanan Pillai & Rasigan Maharajh Speakers: Helena M. Lastres, Stanislaw Zaichenko, K J Joseph, Michael Kahn Rapporteurs: Suparna Pal, Jatinder Singh, Dilip |
| 11h00 to 13h30 | Session 3: Foreign Direct Investment and Innovation Co-chaired by: Sunil Mani & Mario Scerri
Discussants: Neelam Singh (LSR College, New Delhi), Pranav Desai (JNU), Shahid Ahmed (UNCTAD) |
| 13h30 to 14h30 | Lunch |
| 14h30 to 17h00 | Session 4: SMEs and Innovation Co-chaired by: K N Harilal & Li Yanhua
Discussants: Arjita Dutta (Calcutta University), Vinoj Abraham (CDS), Nimesh Chandra (JNU) |
| 19h00 | Dinner |
21st August, Friday - DAY THREE
| Vennue: CDS | |
|---|---|
| 09h30 to 12h30 | Session 5: Inequality and Innovation Co-chaired by: Veena Ravichandran & Helena M Lastres
Discussants: Cristina Chaminade (CIRCLE), Smita Srinivas (Columbia University) |
| 12h30 to 13h30 | Lunch |
| 13h30 to 14h30 | Valedictory Session
Welcome Address: K N Nair, Director CDS |
| 15h30 | Departure to the hotel |
| 19h00 | Farewell Dinner |
COUNTRY DELEGATIONS
| Country | Delegates | Allocation | |
|---|---|---|---|
 Brazil |
José Cassiolato | TNCs | cassio@ie.ufrj.br |
| Maria Clara Soares | Inequality | clara@ie.ufrj.br | |
| Luiz Martins | Finance | luizmelo@fujb.ufrj.br | |
| José Gordon | State | zegordon@terra.com.br | |
| Ana Arroio | SMEs | aarroio@gmail.com | |
 Russian Federation |
Stanislaw Zaichenko | Inequality | szaichenko@hse.ru |
| Alexander Sokolov | SME, Finance & TNCs | sokolov@hse.ru | |
| Tatiana Kuznetsova | State Role | tkuztezova@hse.ru | |
 India |
Sunil Mani | Finance | mani@cds.ac.in |
| Lakhwinder Singh | Inequality | lkhw2002@yahoo.com | |
| Dinesh Abrol | TNCs | ap1966@hotmail.com | |
| Venni V Krishna | State Role | krishna@mail.jnu.ac.in | |
| Rishikesha Krishnan | SMEs | rishi@iimb.ernet.in | |
 China |
Xielin Liu | State Role, Finance & Inequality | liuxielin@gucas.ac.cn |
| Yuan Cheng | SMEs | chengyn@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn | |
| Li Yanhua | TNCs | liyanhua1123@126.com | |
 South Africa |
Rasigan Maharajh | Inequality & TNCs | rasigan@antfarm.co.za |
| Lindile Ndabeni | SMEs | ndabenil@tut.ac.za | |
| Michael Kahn | Finance | mikejkahn@gmail.com | |
| Mario Scerri | State Role | mscerri@mweb.co.za |
GUESTS
| K Narayana Nair: Centre Development Studies (CDS) - Director, India |
| Govindan Parayil: Vice Rector UNU-IAS, Japan |
| Shashi Tharoor: Minister of State for External Affairs, India |
| Shyama Ramani: INRA, France |
| H K Mittal: DST, India |
| Helena M.M. Lastres: BNDES, Brazil |
| Cristiane Garcez: BNDES, Brazil |
| B P Patnaik: ITT, India |
| Jyothi Bhat: DSIR, India |
| Ashok Parthasarathy: , India |
| Shahid Ahmed: UNCTAD |
| Neelam Singh: LSR College, India |
| Pranav Desai: JNU, India |
| Nimesh Chandra: JNU, India |
| Arjita Dutta: Calcutta University, India |
| Sadhana Relia: DST, India |
| Veena Ravichandran: IDRC |
| Mahesh Sarma: JNU, India |
| Cristina Chaminade: CIRCLE |
| Smita Srinivasan: Columbia University, USA |
| Ashok Jain: NISTADS, India |
| Thomas Issac: Honorary Fellow CDS & Finance Minister Kerala Government, India |
| Ramamurrthi: DST Secretary TBC, India |