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6 -8 March 2017: Parade Ground, Sector 17, Chandigarh

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1030 hrs - 1200 hrs Pre-Session on Livelihood Schemes in North East India- Experience Sharing

• Mr. JK Sinha, JS, NERLP/NERAMAC YOderators• Mr. Abhijeet Sarkar, Marketing Coordinator, NERCORM

'. Mr. Pankaj Kumar, MD, NERAMAC ,• NERLPRep

1200 hrs - 1400 hrsInaugural Session

, Making North East India An, Investment Destination-

Leveraging InherentStrengths

• Dr. Jitendra Singh, Honb'le Minister of State (I/C), Ministry of Development ofNorth Eastern Region, Government of India

• Smt. Kirron Kher, Honb'le Member of Parliament, Chandigarh

• Mr. Naveen Verma, Secretary, Ministry of Development of North EasternRegion, Government of India

• Dr. Girish Sahni, DG, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)

• Mr. SN Pradhan, Joint Secretary, , Ministry of Development of North EasternRegion, Government of India

• Mr. Gopal Jiwarajka, President, PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry &Chairman & Managing Director, Salora International Ltd

• Mr. Saurabh Sanyal, Secretary General, PHD Chamber of Commerce &Industry

1500 hrs - 1600 hrsSession"

Exploring Tourism Potentialof North East India

Networking Lunch

Keynote Speakers:• Mr. Dhian Chand, Chairman, HP Committee, PHD Chamber• Mr. Gautam Chintey, Adviser(Banking, Industries & Tourism) NEC• Mr. Tejbir Singh Anand, Vice President, Association of Adventure Tour

Operators of India• Mr. Manrnohan Singh Kohli, MD, Hotel Aroma, Chandigarh• Mr. Arvind Malhotra, GM(Tourism) ClTCO, Chandigarh

PARALLELSESSIONTechnical Session On

Appropriate .Technologies ForNorth East India

• Water Technologies (CSMCRI)} ,• Building Technologi,es (CSMCRI) Coordinate~ ,By-cglR• Leather Techno.logies (CLRI)• Food Processing(CSIR)

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1600 hrs - 1730 hrs

Session IIITopic: Agriculture & Food

Processing, Organic Farming,Bamboo Development In

North East India - The RoadTo Success

1000hrs -1130 hrsSession IV

Topic: Medicinal & AromaticPlants Of North East India:

The Way Forward

Keynote Speakers:

• Dr .Claude Alvares, Director, Organic Farming Association of India• Mr. Gautam Chintey, Secretary, CBTC• Mr. Pankaj Kumar, MD, NERAMAC• Medicinal! Bioprospecting (1IIM-CSrR~• Agro Technologies- Bio Villages (CIMAP- CSIR)• Ms. Indrani Phukan, Deputy Project Director (CCA-NER),GIZ• Representative of ICCOA• Mr. Jang Bahadur Singh Sangha, MD, Sangha Farms, Jalandhar• Mr. R P S Gandhi, Chairman, Green Valley Stevia• Dr. Priyanka Sarkar, Indian Coilncll of Food and Agriculture

Keynote Speakers:• Smt. Padmapriya Balakrishan, Dy CEO, NMPB - NMPB - NMPB Schemes,

Programs and Initiatives - MODERATOR

• Dr. Badari Narayana, Head - Bio-Resources Division of Dabu

• Agro/ Floriculture/ Bamboo opportunities - (IHBT/ CSIR)

• Mr. Arun Kumar Pradhan, Farmer Representative from North-East (Sikkim)-Medicinal Plants Cultivation in North East - Farmers Perspectives

• Mr. Atoka Zhimomi, Team Leader, Nagaland Bio Resource Mission, Nagaland- Scope for Marketing & Value addition of Medicinal Plants in North-East

• Dr. Puja Shah, Manager (QC), Patanjali Ayurveda Ltd, Haridwar- MarketPotential of Medicinal Plants in North East - Overview by Industry

• Mr. Janak Raj Rawal, President, Federation on Medicinal and Aromatic PlantsStakeholders (FEDMAPS), New Delhi- Supply Chain of Medicinal Plants inNorth-East

•. Mr. Avinash Desamangalam, Manager, Synergy Technofin Ltd -FarmerProducer Company - A new Approach for creation of Trade linkages ofMedicinal Plants in North East

Networking TeaKeynote Speakers:

• Mr. Naveen Verma, Secretary, MOoNER,GOI - Moderator• Secretary To PSA- Smt Swati Basu• OG CSIR-Dr Girish Sahani• RUTAGs(IITs)- Moderated By Dr Ketaki Bapat- Office of PSA

Mr. Nilkamal Kalita, Associate Project Engineer, liT GuwahatiMr. Prasanta Mahata, Technical officer, liT KharagpurDr. Rupali Khanolkar, Project Manager, liT BombayMr. Prashant Tak, Project Research Asst., liT BombayMr. Imtiyaz Ali, Project Associate, liT RoorkeeDr. Davinder Pal Singh, Project Associate, liT DelhiMr. Siddhartha Kamble, Project Associate, liT Kanpur

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1430 hrs - 1600 hrsSession VI

Topic: Handloom, ApparelAnd Handicrafts Of NorthEast India - ExploringUntapped Potential

• Mr. Sandeep Aggarwal, Joint MD, Paramount Cables & Chairman of RailwayCommittee, PHD Chamber

Networking Lunch

Keynote Speakers:

• Mr. Pramod Nagpal, MD, Centraf Cottage Industries Corporation. of India(CClC)

• Mr. Dhiraj Thakuria, MD, NEHHDC

• Ms. Sharon Kharsheiing, Project officer, (CCA- NER), GIZ (Initiatives For LoomTechnology/EDI)

• Ms. Rina Dhaka, Fashion Designer (Industry Perspective)

• Ms. Vimi Bansal, Director, Indian Institute of Fashion & Designing(IIFD)

• Dr. Poonam Aggarwal, Director, NIIFT Mohali

:!~!l~&t~.: Networking Tea

1100 hrs -14·00 hrs

82C Session On PromotingTourism in The North East

India

Mr. Gautam Chintey, Adviser(Banking, Industries & Tourism) NEC-Moderator

suvers-sellers Meet

VALEDICTORYFUNCTION

Networking lunch

Chief GuestShri C K DAS, Member, NEe

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