Date : Friday, N ovember 21, 2008 Venue : Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi |
GUEST |
TIMING |
| Inauguration by Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India | 1000-1045 AM |
| Moderator : Dr. Amit Mitra, Secretary General, FICCI |
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DAY 01 SESSION |
 Exclusive interview with Sanjay Dutt |
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 Exclusive interview with Garry Samore |
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 Amit Baruah in a tete' a tete' with Tony Blair |
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Videos... |
 The knowledge superpower |
Dr K. Kasturirangan Dr K. Kasturirangan highlights the examples of pioneering and path breaking advances in Indian science and technology that have either already made a mark or bear the promise of doing so. |
| A vision for Indian judiciary |
H.R. Bhardwaj With the spread of education and the increased awareness that has come with it, the expectation of the people from the courts is very high. This is a happy sign. |
| Let’s spot leaders, and do so early |
Leander Paes India is a bit of an enigma when it comes to leadership in sports. |
| Well-connected powerhouse |
Sunil Bharti Mittal Today, as approximately 10 million customers enter the country’s mobile networks every month, the long wait for a phone appears a distant memory. |
| That N-powered feeling |
K. Subrahmanyam India, along with China, Japan, South Korea, ASEAN and European Union nations has now made a strong case for increased global investment in infrastructure projects. |
| The next soft power |
Ronnie Screwvala In retrospect just about over a decade back our only source of entertainment was the Friday evening ‘Chitrahaar’ and the Sunday evening movie on ‘Doordarshan’ clubbed with the AIR. |
| Leadership opportunity for India Inc |
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw The 2008 financial quake that has devastated economies the world over, has at its epicentre, a number of underlying factors that pose a serious threat to the global economy. |
| It’s time to rescue our planet |
Shyam Saran The global economic crisis has dramatically exposed the intimate interconnectedness of the world’s financial and commodity markets. |
| New Media, new leveller |
Shekhar Kapur As access to the internet reaches every home… over a billion people... will suddenly flower and explode into a fervent desire to express themselves, to educate themselves. |
| India can show the way |
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar One of the most ancient of the 200-odd civilisations that history has known, the Indian civilization has survived mainly because of its spiritual lineage. |
| Hope lies in common sense politics |
Aruna Roy A series of state elections are declared, with a general election to follow. Democracy conjures up visions of masses of people waiting at the hem of a system. |
| Unite for terror-free future |
Brajesh Mishra
Terrorism is not new to India. What is new is that today it affects the entire country. Second, it is perpetrated by groups of people driven by parochial ideologies and, at least in one case, aided and abetted by foreign agencies, governmental and non-governmental. |
| Development and political consensus building |
Somnath Chatterjee
In the wake of Freedom, our Founding Fathers adopted parliamentary democracy as the system of governance to deal with the social, religious and ethnic diversity of our country as also to address the multifarious developmental challenges. Working within its framework, the country has made significant strides in several areas of our national life. But we cannot be complacent, as we still have to address the gigantic challenges in diverse spheres to ensure that the people enjoy all their rights as our Constitution provides for by ensuring sustained economic development. |
| Marching towards the future |
Azim Premji
"March-past is a very healthy and good exercise for children; It trains them to be disciplined, to follow a pattern. It is very important to inculcate discipline in our children." |
