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India-Post 2010
Conference on harnessing the outreach infrastructure of India's Postal Network
12 and 13 November 2002, Le Meridien Hotel, New Delhi, India
Opening Session
Welcome remarks
Gautam Bhardwaj
Managing Director
Invest India Economic Foundation
Opening remarks
S.C. Dutta
Secretary, Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications and IT, Government of India
Opening remarks
Mieko Nishimizu
Vice President, South Asia Region
The World Bank
Keynote Address
Dr. E.A.S. Sarma
Principal
Administrative Staff College of India
Recent studies on India-Post
Session Chair
S.C. Dutta
Secretary, Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications and IT, Government of India
Transforming a Postal Infrastructure to deliver modern information and financial services : The World Bank Report
Dr. Simon Bel l
Senior Financial Economist (Finance & Private Sector), South Asia Region
The World Bank
Business opportunities for India Post in the financial services sector: The KPMG Report
Atul Pradhan
Managing Director, KPMG India
Questions and answers
Changing role of global postal networks: Lessons for India
Session Chair
Dr. Ashok Lahiri
Chief Economic Advisor, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India
Country case-study: New Zealand
Grant Stephen
Regional Director (Asia-Pacific)
Transend Worldwide Limited
Country case-study: U.K.
Trevor Rollason
Regional Director (Middle East & India) , BPCS, International Services, Consignia
Technology for the masses: An India perspective
Prof. S. Sadagopan
Director, Indian Institute of Information Technology
Questions and panel discussions
Atul Pradhan
Managing Director (Consulting), KPMG India Private Limited
S.C. Mahalik
Chairman, FICCI Working Group on Postal & Related Service Reforms
Rameshwari Handa
Deputy Director General (Financial Services), Department of Posts
Ministry of Communications and IT, Government of India
Applications of Postal Networks for Financial Markets
Session Chair
Dr. S.A. Dave
Chairman, OASIS Foundation
An overseas perspective on financial sector applications
Hans Boon
Vice President ING (FI I&GA), Head of PostBank International Consultancy
Financial sector intermediation and expansion
Chanda Kochhar
Executive Director, ICICI Bank Limited
Applications to Commodity Markets
Dr. Susan Thomas
Assistant Professor, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research
Questions and panel discussions
Gautam Bhardwaj
Managing Director
Invest India Economic Foundation
C. J. George
Managing Director
Geojit Securities Limited
Financial Sector Applications: Pilot Case Studies - India Post
Session Chair
Dr. P. J. Nayak
Chairman and Managing Director, UTI Bank Limited
Collection & payment of PF contributions and benefits
Ajai Singh
Central Provident Fund Commissioner, Employees' Provident Fund Organisation, Ministry of Labour
Domestic and international funds transfer
Rick Tynes
Regional Vice President (Asia-Pacific), Western Union Financial Services
Distribution of mutual funds
Sanjay Sachdev
Managing Director, IDBI Principal AMC Limited
Questions and panel discussion
Prithvi Haldea
Managing Director
PRIME Database
A.P. Singh
Director (Financial Services), Department of Posts
Ministry of Communications and IT, Government of India
Close of technical sessions for day one
E-business applications
(Day-2)
Session Chair
R. R. Shah
Secretary, Ministry of Information Technology
Government of India
E-commerce applications
Prof. D.B. Phatak
Chair and Head, Kanwal Rekhi School of Information Technology
Indian Institute of Technology (Mumbai)
E-business infrastructure and applications
Rajesh Jain
Managing Director
Netcore Solutions Private Limited '
Questions and panel discussion
Vivek Bharti
Advisor, FICCI
S. B. Bhattacharya
Member (Operations), Postal Board
Applications for e-Governance
Chair
Dr. V.K. Agnihotri
Secretary and OSD
12th Finance Commission, Government of India
E-governance applications for the Central and State Governments
R. Chandrashekhar
Joint Secretary (e-Governance), Ministry of Information Technology, Government of India
Questions and panel discussion
A.S.I.S Paul
Member (Personnel), Postal Services Board, Ministry of Communications and IT, Government of India
C.B. Bhave
Managing Director, National Securities Depository Limited
Dr. Ajay Shah
Consultant, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India
Applications for the social economy and rural markets
(Day-2)
Session Chair
T.R. Sharma
Member (I&FS), Postal Services Board
Ministry of Communications and IT, Government of India
Rural outreach applications
Dalveer Singh
Country Manager, Ogilvy Outreach
Delivering micro-credit in India
Vijay Mahajan
Managing Director, BASIX
Questions and panel discussion
Sandeep Bagchi
Deputy Director General
CAPART
Mathew Cherian
Managing Director
Charities Aid Foundation India
Capacity Building at India Post
(Day-2)
Session Chair
Vijay Bhushan
Principal Chief Post Master General (Punjab), Department of Posts
Technology and process design
Dr. Ajay Shah
Consultant, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India
Human capital enhancement
Priya Shaikh
Chief Executive Officer, Invest India Economic Foundation
The experience of the German Deutsche Post
Marietta Auer
Head of UPU Contact Bureau , Deutsche Postbank AG
Panel discussions and questions
Hemant Sahai
Senior Partner, J Sagar Associates
Gautam Chikermane
Executive Editor, Intelligent Investor
Closing Session
Closing remarks
Dr. Simon Bell
Senior Financial Economist, Finance & Private Sector
South Asia Region, The World Bank
Closing remarks
Dr. Sanjay Paswan
Minister of State for Communications and IT
Government of India
Vote of thanks
S. C. Dutta
Secretary-Posts, Ministry of Communications and IT
Ministry of Communications and IT, Government of India
Close of conference
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