Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai
Annual Money and Finance Conference
January 23- 24, 2009
09.00
– 10.30 AM: Inaugural
Session (Venue: IGIDR Auditorium)
Chair: Dr. Rakesh Mohan, Deputy Governor, RBI
.
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Overview: Dr. Ashima Goyal, Professor, IGIDR
Keynote
Address: Dr.
Avinash
Persaud, (Chairman,
Intelligence Capital Ltd., Emeritus
"Global Credit Crisis: Causes, Consequences
and Implications
for
.
Chairman's Remarks
.
Vote of Thanks: Dr. Rajendra Vaidya, Professor, IGIDR
10.30-11.30
AM: Tea Break and Registration
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM: Parallel
Sessions:
1
Conference Hall |
Seminar Room 1 |
1(a):
Open Economy Macro 1- Reserves and the Exchange Rate Chair: Ganti Subrahmanyam |
1(b):
Finance 1- Stock Markets and Inflows Chair:
Susan Thomas |
Saikat Sinha Roy (Jadavpur University, Kolkata) and Pradyut Kumar Pyne: Exchange Rate Pass-Through in India: An Exploration with Sectoral Import Prices Suvojit Lahiri Chakravarty (Ram Lal Anand College (Eve), Delhi): The Optimal Level of International Reserves: The Case of India Prabheesh KP (Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT. Madras) and Malathy D: International Reserve Accumulation and Money Dynamics: An Empirical Investigation in Indian Context |
Kousik Guhathakurta (Army Saurabh
Ghosh (RBI, Mumbai) and Snehal Herwadkar: Foreign Portfolio Flows and
their Impact on Financial Markets in . K.V. Bhanu Murthy ( |
1.00–
2.00 PM: Lunch
2.00
– 3.30 PM: Parallel Sessions
2
Conference Hall |
Seminar Room 1 |
2(a):
Finance 2- Banks . Chair:
T.V.S. Ramamohan Rao |
2(b):
Crisis 1: Global Effects of Chair:
Ganesh Kumar |
Bibhas
Saha ( H
D Hosamane ( Nitish
Datta ( |
Dr.
Shrawan Kumar Singh (Jagan Institute of Management Studies, K.V.
Bhanu Murthy (
|
3.30 - 4.00 PM : Tea Break
.
4.00 – 5.30 PM: Parallel Sessions 3
Conference Hall |
Seminar Room 1 |
3(a):
Finance 3- Intermediation . Chair:
Subrata Sarkar |
3(b):
The Law and Economics of Money Laundering Chair:
Jayati Sarkar |
V.R
Prabhakaran Nair ( Dipika
Das (Monetary Policy Department, RBI, Mumbai): Role of Financial
Intermediation in Promoting Productivity Growth: Evidence from Rampratap
Sinha ( |
Vijay Kumar
Singh ( Pallav
Shukla ( |
7.00
PM:
Dinner Talk (Venue: Conference Hall) - Dr. Anjan Mukherji, (Professor, JNU),
"Regulation and Competitive Equilibria"
Day 2: 24 January, Saturday
9.00 – 10.30 AM: Parallel Sessions 4
Conference Hall |
Seminar Room 1 |
4(a): Open Economy Macro 2: Optimal Policies Chair: Romar Correa |
4(b):
Crisis 2- Effects on Chair:
Rajendra Vaidya |
Eiji Okano (Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia University, USA): Optimal Monetary and Fiscal Policy Mix in a Currency Union with Nontradable Goods
|
Manoranjan
Sharma (Canara Bank, Jayan
Jose Thomas ( |
10.30
– 11.00 AM: Tea Break
11.00 AM – 12.30 PM: Parallel Sessions 5
Conference Hall |
Seminar Room 1 |
5(a):
Finance 4- Futures and Bubbles Chair:
V. S. Chitre |
5(b):
Crisis 3- Management of Crises Chair:
Bibhas Saha |
Anver Sadath ( |
T.V.S.Ramamohan
Rao (IIT, . . Arijit
Das (JNU,
Saurabh
Kumar (JNU, |
12.30
– 2.00 PM: Parallel
Sessions 6
Conference Hall |
Seminar Room 1 |
6(a):
Development and Finance . Chair:
Shubhashish Gangopadhyay |
6(b):
Finance 5: Stock Markets and Money Laundering Chair:
K.V. Bhanu Murthy |
Gagan
Bihari Sahu (Centre for Social Studies, Rupayan Pal (IGIDR, Mumbai): Outreach of Banking Services, Infrastructure Penetration, Labour Regulation and Industrial Growth: Evidence from Indian States Tridip
Ray and Namrata Gulati (ISI, |
|
2.00 – 3.00 PM: Lunch Break
3.00
PM – 4.30 PM: Panel Discussion (Venue: Conference Hall) “Indian Financial Institutions:
Healthy amid global
crises?”
Panelists:
Ms.
Shyamala Gopinath, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India
Dr. T. T. Ram Mohan, Professor, IIM Ahmedabad
Dr. Shubhada Rao, Chief Economist, Yes Bank
Dr. Renu Kohli, Senior Economist, IMF, New Delhi
Dr. Shubhashish Gangopadhyay, Director, India Development Foundation
4.30
PM – 5.00 PM: Tea Break