Tentative Programme

Date: 3rd March 2011, Venue: Central Library, IARI, New Delhi

Session - I (50 minutes)

• 2:00 pm : Brief Introduction by Dr. B.C. Barah
• 2:05 pm : Welcome Address by Dr. H.S. Gupta, Director, IARI, New Delhi
• 2:15 pm : Chairperson's Opening Remark by Dr. Rita Sharma *
• 2:25 pm : Global Overview and Upscaling Strategies by Dr. Norman Uphoff, Cornell University, USA
• 2:35 pm : Opening Remarks
  • Dr. Mihir Shah, Member, Planning Commission, New Delhi *
  • Dr. Abhijit Sen, Member, Planning Commission, New Delhi
  • Shri. P.K. Basu, Secretary, DAC, Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India

Experience sharing and status of SRI (1 hour)

• 2:50 pm : SRI in Government Programmes
  • Mr. Mukesh Khullar, Mission Director, NFSM, MoA, GoI, New Delhi *
  • Dr. Gurbachan Singh, Agriculture Officer, Punjab
  • Mr. C.K. Gopalakrishna, CGM, NABARD, Mumbai
• 3:05 pm : Research Needs for SRI
  • Dr. Swapan Datta, DDG (CS), ICAR, New Delhi
  • Dr. B. Virakathamat, Director, DRR, Hyderabad *
• 3:20 pm : States and CSOs initiatives
  • Dr. B.J. Pandian, IAMWARM, Tamil Nadu
  • Prof. C. Shambu Prasad, XIMB
  • Dr. Bahrul Islam, Tripura
  • Mr. A. Ravindra, WASSAN, Hyderabad
  • Dr. Ravi Chopra, Chairman, People's Science Institute, Dehradun

Policy Responses and Scaling up SRI (40 minutes)

• 3:55 pm : NCS Initiatives and SRI Proposition
• Dr. C. Shambu Prasad, XIMB
• Mr. A. Ravindra / Dr. N.K. Sanghi, WASSAN
• 4:15 pm : Discussion followed by remarks
• Dr. Mihih Shahi, Member, Planning Commission, New Delhi *
• Mr. P.K. Basu, Secretary, DAC, Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India
• Dr. Abhijit Sen, Member, Planning Commission, New Delhi

Open Interactions and discussions (1 hour)

• 4:35 pm : Way forward
• 5:05 pm : Chairperson's remarks and Vote of thanks