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Eighteenth Annual Conference on Indian Economic Policy: Technology and Productivity

Event Details:

Monday, May 14, 2018 - Tuesday, May 15, 2018
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On May 14 and 15, the Stanford Center on Global Poverty and Development hosted the 18th annual conference on Indian economic policy. The conference brought together policy makers, academics, business experts and community members to discuss critical issues facing the Indian economy. This year’s conference focused on technology and productivity. As with earlier conferences, the program featured a mix of academic papers and panel sessions combining business leaders and senior policy makers.

This year’s conference was co-sponsored by the Stanford Precourt Institute for Energy and the Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies (Seed).

Admission: by invitation only

Schedule

Monday, May 14, 2018

  • Shuttle pickup at Sheraton Hotel

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    Breakfast

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    Opening Remarks

    Grant Miller, Director, Stanford Center on Global Poverty and Development

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    Session I: Technology and the Productivity of India's Agriculture

    David Lobell, Professor of Earth System Science, Stanford University.

    Sriram Gopal, Founder & CEO, FutureFarms

    Mark Rosenzweig, Frank Altschul Professor of International Economics, Yale University.

    Moderator: Grant Miller, Director, Stanford Center on Global Poverty and Development

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    Coffee break

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    Session II: Economic Inequality in the U.S. and India

    Raj Chetty, Professor of Economics, Stanford University.

    Paul Novosad, Assistant Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College

    Moderator:  Pascaline Dupas, Associate Professor of Economics, Stanford University

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    Lunch

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    Q&A with Narayana Murthy

    Student Lunch Session

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    Session III: Technology and Governance

    Aprajit Mahajan, Associate Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley

    Srikanth Nadhamuni, Founding Head-of-technology Aadhaar and CEO, Khosla Labs

    Amit Seru, The Steven and Roberta Denning Professor of Finance, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution.

    Moderator: Gavin Wright, William Robertson Coe Professor of American Economic History, Emeritus, Stanford University

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    Coffee break

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    Session IV: The Report of the Knowledge Commission

    Sam Pitroda, Telecom Inventor, Entrepreneur and Policymaker

    Isher Ahluwalia, Chairperson, Board of Governors, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER).

    Moderator: Roger Noll, Professor of Economics, Emeritus, Stanford University

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    Reception and dinner

    Narayana Murthy, Founder, Infosys Limited

    Moderator: Arogyaswami Paulraj, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University

  • Shuttle pickup from dinner to Sheraton Hotel

Tuesday, May 15, 2018

  • Shuttle pickup at Sheraton Hotel

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    Breakfast

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    Session V: Energy in India

    Overview of India's Energy Sector by 2030 and Beyond
    Amol Phadke, Leader, International Energy Studies Group, Lawrence Berkeley Lab

     

    Getting to India's Renewable Energy Targets of 350GW by 2030
    Sumant Sinha, CEO, Renew Power

     

    Getting to India's 100% Electrification of Transportation Goal by 2030
    Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras.

     

    Panel: Meeting India's Energy Need in a Sustainable and Secure Manner
    Thomas Heller, Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University
    Amol Phadke, Leader, International Energy Studies Group, Lawrence Berkeley Lab
    Sumant Sinha, Chairman and CEO, Renew Power
    Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras
    Sally Benson, Director, Precourt Institute for Energy and Professor of Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford University
    Moderator: Arun Majumdar, Director, Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford University

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    Lunch

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    Session VI: Technology and Productivity of India's Social Sectors

    Alka Upadhyaya, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India.
    Neha Barjatya, Chief Internet Saathi, Google, India.
    Rukmini Banerji, CEO, Pratham Education Foundation

    Moderator: Anjini Kochar, Director, India Program, Stanford Center on Global Poverty and Development

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    Coffee break

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    Session VII: The Role of Economic Policy

    Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Former Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Government of India
    Bibek Debroy, Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, Government of India
    Anne Krueger, Senior Research Professor of International Studies, John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
    Moderator: Ambassador David Mulford, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution

  • Shuttle pickup at conference building to Sheraton Hotel

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