Pravasi Bharatiya Divas - 7-9 January, 2007 New Delhi

Plenary 1 - Challenges of Development in the Global Context
Plenary 2 - Developmental Challenges of the States: Partnership Opportunities
Plenary 3 - (continued from Plenary 2) Developmental Challenges of the States: Partnership Opportunities

Tuesday, 9^th January 2007
Plenary 4: How to get US $ 1.5 Trillion of Capital Investment: The Resource Hurdle for Development

According to the Investment Commission, India needs around US$ 1.5 trillion in capital investments over the next five years even to maintain a 8% growth momentum.
The Commission also estimates FDI requirements of US$ 72 bn for the same period.
How to get this kind of resource? What models can work? What would the Indian government be required to do?
These and other questions relating to the critical issue of resources get deliberated in this session.
Moderator: T N Ninan, Editor & Publisher, Business Standard
Chief Guest: P. Chidambaram, Minister of Finance

Plenary 5 : Leveraging Technology for Development
India's recognition in the international domain has been owing to its prowess in the area of Information Technology and other knowledge industry developments, among other things.
Technology has to play a key part in India bridging its developmental divide. Be it the digital divide or the requirement for networking the economy, technology would play a critical role in India's progress.
The mere scale of these requirements present phenomenal opportunities for the technology providers and developers.
How can India leverage the knowledge skills of its diasporas? How to build the technological infrastructure of India?
This session would look at developing on these aspects.
Moderator : S Ramadorai, Managing Director, TCS
Chief Guest : Sam Pitroda, Chairman, Knowledge Commission

Plenary : Planning for Development: How to Include the Indian Diaspora?
The Planning Process still plays a significant role in the economic policy making of the country. India is at the rather unique position, where a sound economy, backed by strong demographic ratios and genuine international business interest in India are presenting a never-before window of opportunity for big and bold decisions, which would help the economy to move onto the next level of growth trajectory.
The rapid externalization of the Indian economy, and the keen interest and potentially significant role that NRIs can play in the development of India means that the Indian diaspora may want to be more involved with the planning process for India. Besides the large remittances that the NRIs send back to India from all parts of the world, the potential for this community to contribute to the efforts of building social and physical infrastructure is huge. How to include this community in the planning process? How to leverage their strength? This session looks at these aspects.
Moderator : T K A Nair, Principal Secretary to PM
Chief Guest: Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission