POLICY FORUM ON – Special Economic Zones: An International Perspective

Special Economic Zones: An International Perspective

Facilitators: International Research Consortium of Academic Institutions on SEZs in association with Export Promotion Council for EoUs and SEZs (EPCES)

Agenda

08:30-09:30 AM   REGISTRATION & TEA

09:30-11:00 AM   INAUGURAL SESSION

Welcome address:   Mr. Bhuvnesh Seth, Chairman EPCES

Chair:   Mr. Alok Chaturvedi, Director General EPECS, Government of India.

Introduction, Professor Holger Görg, Kiel Institute of World Economy, Germany &  Ari Kokko, Professor, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

Special Economic Zones: An Asian perspective

• SEZ development and FDI attraction: experiences from Vietnam , Dr. Tran Toan Thang, Director, Vietnam Institute for Development Strategies, Vietnam.
• SEZ implementation approaches in Asia, Professor Aradhna Aggarwal, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

Keynote Address by Chief Guest: Shri L. Satya Srinivas, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India

Q&A      Latest SEZs and EoUs reforms in India

Vote of thanks: Dr. (Ms.) Cecilia Hornok, Kiel Institute of World Economy, Germany

11:00-11:20 AM   TEA BREAK

11:20-12:45 PM TECHNICAL SESSION I: PAPER PRESENTATIONS

Chair:  Professor Nagesh Kumar, Director, Institute of Studies in Industrial Development, New Delhi.

• SEZs in Africa and their impact on Households, Dr. (Ms) Cecilia Hornok, Kiel Institute of World Economy, Germany

• Internationalization and Gender Wage gaps in Vietnam: Effects of SEZs, Professor Ari Kokko, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark; Dr. Tran Toan Thang, Director, Vietnam Institute for Development Strategies, Vietnam & Dr. Vu Hoang Dat. The Centre for Analysis and Forecasting, Viet Nam Academy of Social Science, Vietnam

• SEZs and Agricultural Landholding Inequality in India, Mr. Rajarshi Chowdhry, PhD Candidate, Jadavpur University, Professor Saikat Sinha Roy, Jadavpur University, West Bengal
• SEZs in South Asia: Structural Change, Growth and Competitiveness, Professor Aradhna Aggarwal, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

Q& A

12:45 – 01:30 PM TECHNICAL SESSION II: PANEL DISCUSSION

 Growth Potential of Infrastructure: An SEZ Perspective

 Moderator: Dr. L. B. Singhal, Former Zonal Development Commissioner SEZs, Government of India

Panelists

·       Shri, Senthil Nathan, Director, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India

• Mr. Bipin Menon, Development Commissioner, Noida SEZs, Government of India
• Mr. Ravindra Babu Sannareddy, Co- Founder & Managing Director of Sri City
• Hitender Mehta, Co-Chairman, ASSOCHAM National Council of SEZs, Industrial Parks, and Warehousing & Managing Partner, Centrum Legal, New Delhi
• Bargavi Natesan, Senior Partner-SPR & Co, Chennai.
• Mr. Deepankar Khare, Joint Director, Public Policy, MAIT, New Delhi
• Professor Arpita Mukherjee, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, New Delhi.

 Q& A

Concluding Remarks:  Professor Ari Kokko, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

01:30 PM   LUNCH