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ASSOCHAM-IIEF Pension Fund Management Conference 2003
Policy Imperatives and Investment Strategies for maximising Retirement Benefits for India's Retired workforce
03 September, Imperial Hotel, New Delhi, India
Opening Session
Backdrop (15 October)
Welcome remarks
R.K. Somany
President,
ASSOCHAM
Backdrop and conference overview
Gautam Bhardwaj
Managing Director,
Invest India Economic Foundation
Inaugural Address: The future agenda for reform at the EPFO
Dr. Sahib Singh Verma
Union Minister for Labour,
Government of India
Release of book by the Hon'ble Labor Minister : 'Rethinking Pension Provision for India'
Edited by Anand Bordia and Gautam Bhardwa j
Published by Invest India - Tata McGraw-Hill
Vote of thanks
M.K. Sanghi
Alternate President,
ASSOCHAM
Technical Session 1:
Using fixed income markets to maximize retirement savings
Session Chairman
Anand Bordia
Member (Finance),
National Highways Development Authority
Opening remarks by the Chair
Role for Fixed Income Markets in Investment of Retirement Savings
Jayesh Mehta
Senior Vice Presiden,
DSP Merrill Lynch
Commentators
Milind Barve
Managing Director,
HDFC Mutual Fund
Sandeep Batra
Chief Financial Officer,
ICICI-Prudential Life Insurance Company
Dr. Susan Thomas
Assistant Professor
IGIDR
Q&A session
Summary of session by the chair
Technical Session 2:
Using equity markets to maximize retirement savings
Session Chairman
U.K. Sinha
Joint Secretary (CM & Pensions),
Ministry of Finance
Opening remarks by the chair
Role for equities in maximizing retirement savings
Dr. Ajay Shah
Consultant,
DEA, Ministry of Finance
Commentators
Rajiv Vij
Managing Director (Asia),
Franklin Templeton Investments
Sanjay Sachdev
Managing Director,
Principal Financial Group
Baman Mehta
Director, Darashaw & Co.
Neeraj Kulshrestha
Chief Executive Officer,
India Index Services Limited
Q&A session
Summary of session by the chair
Technical Session 3:
Strategies to maximize benefits under existing provisions
Session Chairman
Dr. Prodipto Ghosh
Additional Secretary,
DEA, Ministry of Finance
Opening remarks by the chair
Maximizing benefits of existing provisions in the face of reducing interest rates in the economy
G.V. Nageswara Rao
Managing Director,
IDBI Capital Markets Limited
Commentators
Dr. J.S. Sarma
Additional Secretary ,
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Ajai Singh
Central Provident Fund Commissioner, Ministry of Labour
Shailendra Bhandari
Managing Director,
Prudential-ICICI AMC
Q&A session
Summary of session by the chair
Release of book by Dr. Prodipto Ghosh
'Derivatives Markets in India 2003'
Edited by Dr. Susan Thomas
Published by Invest India - Tata McGraw-Hill
Closing
Conference summary and closing remarks
Dr S.A. Dave
Chairman, India Pension Research Foundation
Close of discussions
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