Registration

9.30-11.00 hrs

Inaugural Session

S.P. Shukla: Introductory Remarks

V. Krishna Iyer: Chairperson

Walden Bello: Inaugural Speech

11.00-11.15 hrs

Coffee/Tea Break

11.15-13.00 hrs

Perspectives

Manoranjan Mohanty (……….) Chairperson

Prabhat Patnaik (Resisting Imperialism)

Deepak Nayyar (Issues in Global Governance)

13.00-13.45 hrs

Lunch Break

13.45-15.30 hrs

Perspectives

-Continued

Ashok Mitra(…….)

Rajani Kothari (Paradigm of Development)

Aijaz Ahmed (Globalization and Culture)

15.30-15.45 hrs

Coffee/Tea Break

15.45-18. 45 hrs

Infrastructure and Industry in the Age of Globalisation

Amiyo Bagchi , Chairperson (Development Strategy )

Jayati Ghosh (External Sector & Finance)

C P Chandersekhar (Industry)

Probir Purkayastha (Power)

Ashok Rao (Disinvestment & Public Sector)

Dinesh Abrol (Research & Technology)

9.00-11.15 hrs

Food & Agriculture in the Age of Globalisation

Vandana Shiva (Corporatization of Agriculture) (Chairperson)

Utsa Patnaik (Challenges in Agriculture & Food Security)

Sucha Singh Gill (Peasantry in Green Revolution Areas)

Kalpana Wilson (Agricultural labour)

Each presentation: 20-25 minutes

11.15-11.30 hrs

Coffee/Tea Break

11.30-14.15 hrs

Basic Needs & Employment in the Age of Globalisation

B.D. Sharma Chairperson (Right to Resources)

Devendra Sharma (Biodiversity)

Abhijit Sen (Poverty & Employment)

Sunil (Informal/Unorganised Sector)

Krishna Kumar (Education)

Sunil(…………)

Imrana Qadeer (Health)

Each presentation: 20-25 minutes

14.15-15.00 hrs

Lunch Break

15.00-16.30 hrs

Democracy and Globalisation

(Institutions)

Randhir Singh,Chairperson

(………)

Namwar Singh (……….)

Aruna Roy ( Right to Information)

B.Sivaraman (………..)

Sukumar Muralidharan (Media)

Each presentation of 20 minutes

16.30-16.45 hrs

Coffee/Tea Break

16.30-19.30 hrs

People’s Struggles against Globalisation

Surendra Mohan, ( ………) Chairperson

Prabhash Joshi ( ……..)

Srilata Swaminathan(Grass -root struggles)

Vijay Pratap(Movements of marginalised people)

P. Sainath (Peoples’ Struggles)

Vivek Monterio (Trade Unions)

M.P.Parameswaran (Towards a Programme of Action)

Each presentation: 20 minutes

9.00-11.30 hrs

Concluding Session

Concluding Session

• Overview

• Interaction with Participants

• Action Plan and Statement

March 23

12.00-16-30hrs

Larger Convention

Representatives of Political Parties

Representatives of New Social Movements

Representative of Mass Organisations