Today at the summit

All sessions are at the Grand Hyatt Mumbai

Breakfast

The World Economic Forum’s Vision and Mission
08.00 - 08.45
Elephanta Room

* Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, WEF

Interactive Session

Cultural Economics in India
09.00 - 10.15
Ajanta

* Bhagyashri Dengle, Executive Director, Plan India, India

* Mario Marconi, MD, Head of Family Services, UBS, Switzerland

* Nikhilananda Saraswati, Spiritual Head, Chinmaya Mission, New Delhi, Noida and Gurgaon, India

India Market Watch 2012
09.00 - 10.15
Ellora

* V. K. Bansal, Chairman, India IBD, Morgan Stanley, India

* Rahul Guptan, Head of Global India Capital Markets Group, Clifford Chance, Singapore

 

* Manish Kejriwal, Senior Adviser, Temasek Holdings, India

India’s Policy Outlook
09.00 - 10.15
Tadoba Room

* Rahul Bajaj, Chairman, Bajaj Auto, India

* Nitin Gadkari, President, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), India

* C. V. Madhukar, Director, PRS Legislative Research, India

* Ashutosh Varshney, Sol Goldman Professor of International Studies and the Social Sciences, Brown University, USA

Opening Plenary Session

India in the New Global Reality
10.30 - 11.45
Khandala Room / Plenary Hall

* Mukesh D. Ambani, Chairman and MD, Reliance Industries, India

* Prithviraj Chavan, Chief Minister of Maharashtra, India

* Chanda Kochhar, MD and CEO, ICICI Bank, India

* Anand Sharma, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Textiles of India

Plenary Session

Trading for Aiding the Global Economy
12.00 - 13.30
Khandala Room / Plenary Hall

* Cyril Chami, Minister of Industry and Trade of Tanzania

* Anil Gupta, Michael Dingman Chair in Global Strategy and Entrepreneurship, University of Maryland, USA

* B. Muthuraman, Vice-Chairman, Tata Steel; President, CII, India

* Anand Sharma, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Textiles of India

Interactive Session

India’s Infrastructure Imperative: Increasing the Pace of Implementation
13.30 - 14.45
Elephanta Room

* Ankur Bhatia, Executive Director, Bird Group, India

* Rajiv Lall, MD and CEO, Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC), India

* Ravi Sharma, Chief Executive Officer, Adani Power, India

The Water-Food-Energy Nexus
13.30 - 14.45
Tadoba Room

* Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister of the Environment and Water Resources of Singapore

* Harish Hande, MD, SELCO Solar Light, India; Social Entrepreneur

* Nitin Paranjpe, CEO and MD, Hindustan Unilever Limited; Executive Vice-President, Unilever South-East Asia, Hindustan Unilever, India

* Malini Mehra, Founder and CEO, Centre for Social Markets (CSM), India

TV Debate

The Indian Spring: Seeking Independence from Corruption
13.30 - 14.45
Tadoba Room

* Kiran Bedi, Founder and Secretary-General, Navjyoti India Foundation, India

* Adi B. Godrej, Chairman, Godrej Group, Godrej Industries; President Designate, CII, India; Co-Chairs of the India Economic Summit

* Huguette Labelle, Chair, Transparency International, Germany; Co-Chairs of the India Economic Summit

Plenary Session

Manufacturing for Livelihood
15.00 - 16.15
Khandala Room / Plenary Hall

* Baba N. Kalyani, Chairman and MD, Bharat Forge, India

* Arun Maira, Member, Planning Commission, India

* Sander van’t Noordende, Group Chief Executive, Management Consulting, Accenture, USA

Interactive Session

Spotlight on Mumbai: Getting Urbanisation Right
16.30 - 17.45
Elephanta Room

* Ajit Gulabchand, Chairman and MD, Hindustan Construction Company, India

* Subodh Kumar, Municipal Commissioner, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, India

* Ravi Raheja, Group President, K Raheja Corporation, India

The Next Generation: Leadership in South Asia
16.30 - 17.45
Ajanta

* Arif Dowla, Managing Director, Advanced Chemical Industries, Bangladesh

* Tanya Dubash, Executive Director and Chief Brand Officer, Godrej Industries, India

* Munizae Jahangir, Special Correspondent and Associate Executive Producer, Express TV, Pakistan

TV Debate

India’s Future Talent Pool
16.30 - 17.45
Tadoba Room

* Natarajan Chandrasekaran, CEO and MD, Tata Consultancy Services, India; Co-Chairs of the India Economic Summit

* Jeffrey Joerres, Chairman and CEO, Manpower Group, USA; Co-Chairs of the India Economic Summit

* Rajendra S. Pawar, Chairman, NIIT Group, India

* Kapil Sibal, Minister of Human Resource Development and Communications and Information Technology of India