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NEWS & EVENTS
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The Second Conference
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Kerala in the Global Economy
Organised by
Asian School of Business (ASB)
Kerala Global Support Network (KGSN)
Stanford Center for International Development (SCID) &
TiE Kerala
April 2-3, 2007
Trivandrum
The second Kerala in the Global Economy seeks to build on the first conference that was held in December 2005. That conference brought together a number of thoughtful contributors from academia, industry, bureaucracy and political leadership, of widely differing persuasions, to engage in open and insightful dialogue on the opportunities and challenges before Kerala.
It was clear that Kerala has moved from being a laggard to a leader in economic development, building on its historical lead in social and human development indices. Kerala’s per capita income is 60% above the national average today and the state leads the country in per capita consumption expenditure. The growth of its domestic product has in recent years surpassed the national rate.
Even as these successes are worthy of celebration, the true story of Kerala lies in the future. Kerala holds the potential for enormous economic dynamism. The state’s economy evokes the image of a crouching tiger, harnessing its power and ready to leap. At the same time, as happens with all human organizations and political entities, many of the beliefs that served the state well in the past need to be critically revisited. Reflecting this conclusion, the results of that conference were brought out as a book, Kerala’s Economy: Crouching Tiger, Sacred Cows, published by DC Books.
It is hoped by the organizers that this second conference will explore avenues to transform Kerala. The opportunity now is to build on a sound base of socially successful policies and indicators to significantly advance incomes and living standards for the state’s citizens -- to that of developed economies, perhaps to aim for a ten-fold increase in per capita income over a period of 15-20 years as well as the elimination of absolute poverty within 10 years.
Programme Schedule
| 1 April 2007 (Sunday) |
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| 6:30pm |
Conference Dinner, Muthoot Plaza |
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DAY 1 |
| 2 April 2007 (Monday) |
Travancore Hall, Technopark |
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SESSION 1: |
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Chairman: TKA Nair, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister |
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| 9:00am to 9:30am |
Challenges Facing India’s Economy
T N Srinivasan, Yale University and Stanford Center for International Development
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| 9:30am to 10:00am |
China’s Economic Growth: The Perspective from the Provinces
Nick Hope, Stanford Centre for International Development
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| 10:00am to 10:30am |
Coffee Break |
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| 10:30am to 11:00am |
Panelists:
KP Kannan, National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector
Narayan Ramachandran, Morgan Stanley
Prabhat Patnaik, Kerala State Planning Board
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| 11:00am to 12:00pm |
Discussion |
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| 12:00pm to 1:30pm |
Lunch |
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SESSION 2: |
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Chairman: Ajit Balakrishnan, Chairman, Rediff India |
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| 1:30pm to 2:00pm |
Kerala’s Economy
Thomas Isaac, Finance Minister and Ram Kumar, Tata Institute of Social Sciences
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| 2:00pm to 2:30pm |
Panelists:
Pulapre Balakrishnan, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
K. Narayanan Nair, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum
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| 2:30pm to 3:30 pm |
Discussion |
| 3:30pm to 3:45pm |
Coffee Break |
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SESSION 3: Project Implementation and Public Spending
Chairman: V. Ramachandran, Administrative Reforms Commission
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| 3:45pm to 4:15pm |
Project Implementation and Public Spending
Sunil Mani, Centre for Development Studie
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| 4:15pm to 4:45pm |
Panelists
Vinod Thomas, World Bank
Samuel Paul, Public Affairs Centre, Bangalore
Madhavan Nambiar, Additional Secretary, IT, Government of India
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| 4:45pm to 5:30pm |
Discussion |
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DAY 2 |
| 3 April 2007 (Tuesday) |
Travancore Hall, Technopark |
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SESSION 3:
Education, Employment
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Chairman: NR Madhava Menon, Chairman, Centre for Development Studies |
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| 9:00am to 9:30am |
Employment and employability: insights into Kerala’s situation
TN Srinivasan
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| 9:30am to 10:00am |
School education
Anjini Kochar, Stanford University
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| 10:00am to 10:30am |
Higher education
Naushad Forbes, Director, Forbes & Co.
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| 10:30am to 10:45am |
Coffee Break |
| 10:45am to 11:15am |
Panelists:
K Ramakrishnan, Asian School of Business
RVG Menon
Ajit Balakrishnan
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| 11:15am to 12:00pm |
Discussion |
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| 12:00pm to 1:30pm |
Lunch |
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SESSION 4:
Chairman: G. Vijaya Raghavan
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| 1:30pm to 2:00pm |
IT Policy and Growth Implications
Ward Hanson, Stanford University
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| 2:00pm to 2:30pm |
Panelists:
Jyothilal, Secretary, IT, Government of Kerala
Sanjay Singh, President and MD. HP Global e-Business Operations
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| 2:30pm to 3:15pm |
Discussion |
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SESSION 5:
Learning from the Successful
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Chairman: C. Balagopal, TiE Kerala |
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| 3:15pm to 3:35pm |
Suntec Business Solutions, Nanda Kumar |
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| 3:35pm to 4:00pm |
Sterling Farm Services, Shivdas Menon |
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| 4:10pm to 4:30pm |
Coffee Break |
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| 4:30pm to 4:50pm |
Kudumbasree, Sarada Muraleedharan |
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| 4:50pm to 5:20pm |
Panelists and Discussion
G.Vijaya Raghavan
Narayan Ramachandran
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| 5:30pm to 6:00pm |
Closing Remarks |
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