Agenda and linked webcasts
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Introduction by Professor Raka Ray (UC Berkeley)
Welcome by Chancellor Robert Birgeneau (UC Berkeley)
Opening Remarks by Consul General of India, B.S. Prakash
FDRI - The Road to Berkeley
Sridar Iyengar, President, FDRI; Venktesh Shukla, Board Member, FDRI
Session One: Framing the Issues
Moderator: Raka Ray (UC Berkeley)
Panelists: Pranab Bardhan (UC Berkeley), Thomas Isaac (Minister of Finance, Kerala)
Principal Respondents: Suzanne Rudolph and Lloyd Rudolph (University of Chicago)
Discussion
Lunch Speaker: Jayaprakash Narayan (Loksatta)
Session Two: The State of Local Panchayats
Moderator: Pranab Bardhan (UC Berkeley)
Speaker: Mani Shankar Aiyar, Union Minister of Panchayati Raj
Panelists: Vijayendra Rao (World Bank), Aniruddh Krishna (Duke University), Nirvikar Singh (UC Santa Cruz)
Principal Respondents: Kevin O'Brien (UC Berkeley), Kent Eaton (UC Santa Cruz)
Discussion
Friday, May 25, 2007
Session Three: Urban Governance and Citizen Empowerment
Moderator: Ananya Roy (UC Berkeley)
Speaker: Jaipal Reddy (Union Minister of Urban Affairs)
Panelists: John Harriss (Simon Fraser University), Ramesh Ramanathan (Janaagraha), Arvind Kejriwal (Parivartan)
Principal Respondents: Irfan Nooruddin (Ohio State), Margaret Weir (UC Berkeley)
Discussion
Lunch Speaker: Kris Gopalakrishnan, incoming CEO of Infosys
Session Four: Empowerment Catalysts: Media and Social Activists
Moderator: Pradeep Chhibber (UC Berkeley)
Panelists: Kalpana Sharma (Senior Journalist, India), Chandan Mitra (Rajya Sabha MP and Editor, Pioneer), Rajeev Dhavan (Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India) Principal Respondents: Alberto Diaz and Beatriz Magaloni (Stanford)
Discussion
Session Five: Good Governance: Lessons Learned
Moderator: Isha Ray (UC Berkeley)
Panelists: Digvijay Singh (Former Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh), Pradeep Chhibber (UC Berkeley)
Respondents: All Participants
