Deepening the U.S.-India Commercial Partnership: The First Year of the Modi Government
We are pleased to invite you to a special U.S.-India business collaboration conference taking place at CSIS on April 15, co-organized by the Ananta Aspen Centre and the Wadhwani Foundation. This full-day conference will convene senior policymakers, business leaders, and other stakeholders from both countries with the aim of generating practical policy recommendations that enhance economic cooperation. The session will include expert-led discussions covering some of the Modi government's most important economic initiatives including the Smart Cities concept, the Make in India campaign, and Skills Development. The conference will feature a keynote address by India's Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley.
9:00 AM Welcoming Remarks
John Hamre
President and CEO, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Romesh Wadhwani
Chairman and CEO, Symphony Technology Group
T.N. Ninan
Chairman, Ananta Aspen Centre and Chairman, Business Standard Ltd.
9:45 AM State of the Bilateral Economic Relationship
Catherine A. Novelli
Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, & Environment, U.S. Department of State
Arun M. Kumar
Assistant Secretary for Global Markets, U.S. Department of Commerce
Rajiv Mehrishi
Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance
Panel: Skills Development and Innovation
Ajay Kela
President and CEO, Wadhwani Foundation
Gwendolyn Kopsie
Vice President for International Strategic Partnerships, Boeing
Tarun Das
Founding Trustee, Ananta Aspen Centre & Former Chief Mentor, Confederation of Indian Industry
Richard Rossow (moderator)
Senior Fellow and Wadhwani Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies, CSIS
12:15 PM Lunch
1:15 PM Panel: Smart Cities as Innovation Hubs
Akhilesh Tilotia
Associate Director, Kotak Institutional Equities
Denise Lee
Associate Director & City Solution Leader, Deloitte
Catherine McKalip-Thompson
Sustainability Practice Lead, Infrastructure Planning and Development, Bechtel
Suparno Banerjee
Vice President for Public Sector Programs, Hewlett Packard
Richard Rossow (moderator)
2:30 pm Panel: Make in India Campaign
Hon. B.J. Panda
Member of Parliament, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Party
Joseph Alhadeff
Vice President for Global Public Policy, Oracle Corporation
Rustom Desai
Managing Director, Corning India
Clifford Samuel
Vice President of Access Operations and Emerging Markets, Gilead Sciences
Tarun Das (moderator)
Keynote
Hon. Arun Jaitley
Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Government of India
