Day 2: India and the Diaspora

India and the Diaspora

DAY – 2: January 10, 2004 2.00 p.m.-4.30 p.m.
Round-table on Voluntary Sector & Development-Pravasi Bharatiyas: India’s Partner in Social development
2.00 p.m.-4.30 p.m.	Chair: Mr Sudershan Agarwal, Governor of Uttaranchal, India Moderator: Mr Harsh Mander, Country Director, Action Aid India
2.00 p.m.-4.30 p.m.	Indian Panelists Ms Priya Vishwanath, Chief Executive Officer, Charities Aid Foundation India Dr Ashok Khosla, President, Development Alternative Mr Venkat Krishnan, Director, GIVE Foundation NRI Panelists Dato’ G.Palanivel, Dy Minister of Rural Development, Malaysia Mr Kabir Kumar, Director of Field Operations, Indicorps, USA Mr Anil Purohit, Executive Director, FXB US Foundation, USA Dr Arjun Daluvoy, Director, Dept of Surgery, Desert Valley Medical Center, USA Mr Raj Loomba, Chairman & Mg. Director, Rinku of Loomba, PLC, UK Mr Raju Rajagopal, Executive Member, Indians for Collective action, USA Respondents Mr Praveen Srivastava, Jt Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India* Mr P L Singh, Chairman, CBDT, Ministry of Finance, Government of India* Mr A K Singh, Chairman, CBEC, Ministry of Finance, Government of India*
Session: Tourism- Diaspora: A Natural Partner
2.00 p.m.-4.30 p.m.	Chair: Mr Inder Sharma, Chairman, Select Holiday Resorts Ltd., India Co-Chair and Moderator: Mr M.P.Bezbaruah, WTO Permanent Representative, India Special Addresses: Mr Jagmohan, Minister for Tourism and Culture, India Mr Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Minister of State for Civil Aviation, India* Indian Panelists: Shriji Arvind Singh Mewar, CMD, Historic Resorts Hotel Pvt Ltd Mr Saroj K Datta, Executive Director, Jet Airways Mr Subhash Goyal, Chairman, STIC Travels Private Ltd Mr Lalit Suri, Chairman, FICCI Tourism Committee and President, Hotel Association of India
2.00 p.m.-4.30 p.m.	NRI Panelists Hon’ble George Shiu Raj, Minister for Multiethnic Affairs, FIJI* Mr Anil Kumarsingh Gayan, Minister of Tourism and Leisure, Mauritius Mr Hitesh Bhakta, Chairman, AAHOA, USA Mr Fred Schwartz, President, AAHOA, USA Mr Mukesh Mowji, Treasurer, AAHOA, USA Mr Dhundev Bauhadoor, Chairman, GOPIO International, Mauritius Mr Manubhai M Madhvani, Sr. Director, Madhvani Group of Companies, Uganda Mr Gautam Broota, General Manager, Zubair Travels, Sultanate of Oman
Session: Legal Issues in the context of Private International Law and the Diaspora
2.00 p.m.-4.30 p.m.	Chair: Mr Justice R S Pathak, Former Chief Justice of India Co Chair: Prof Ved P. Nanda, Director, International Legal Studies, University of Denver, USA
2.00 p.m.-4.30 p.m.	Indian Panelists : Mr B Sen, Sr. Advocate, Supreme Court Mr M .L.Sarin, Sr Advocate Prof.V C Govindaraj, Vice President, The Indian Society of International Law Ms Gita Mittal, Gita Mittal & Associates, Advocates Dr A Jayagovind, Director, National Law School of India University Dr Prit Paul Kaur, Senior Sociology Faculty, Punjab Police Academy Prof. Pam RajputRajput, Professor of Political Science and Director, Centre for Women’s Studies & Development, Punjab University NRI Panelists : Mr Cyrus D Mehta, Cyrus D Mehta & Associates, PLLC, USA Mr Justice Santi Thakral, Central Tax Court, Thailand Mr Ashwin Hirjee Trikamjee, President, Hindu Maha Sabha, Attorney and Acting Judge, South Africa Dr Kamlesh Bahl, Former Vice President, Law Society of England and Wales, UK Mr Iqbal I. Dewji, Barrister & Solicitor, Canada Mr D.K. Agrawal, Retired Judge & Barrister-at-Law, Canada
2.00 p.m.-4.30 p.m.	Respondents Dr K.N.Chaturvedi, Member Secretary, Law Commission of India Dr S. Muralidhar, Member, Law Commission of India                               Continued