Round Table Discussion on Women Empowerment: Are men equal Partners? Organized by Centre for Public Policy in association with ASSOCHAM. The session was inaugrated by Ms. Supriya Sule, Member of Parliament who delivered the keynote address. The Inaugural session was chaired by Dr. Syeeda Hameed Member of Planning Commission. Ms. Mohini Giri, Former Chair Person, National Commission for Women chaired the Technical session. Those who participated were Dr. Ranjana Kumari, President, Centre for Social Research; Ms. Madhu Kishwar, Editor, Manushi; Ms. Ganga Gupta, Programme Officer The Hunger Project; The perspective from Pakistan was presented by Ms. Mossarat Qadeem, ( who headed Pakistani delegation to India); Dr. Azra Abidi – Secretary, Muslim Women’s Forum & Asst. Prof., Dept. of Sociology, Jamia Milia Islamia, Mr. George Mathew, Director – Institute of Social Sciences were among those who addressed the gathering.

4th August, 2010

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Round Table Discussion on Water: Will it run out? Organized by Centre for Public Policy in association with ASSOCHAM. The inaugural session was attended by Mr. Vincent H Pala, Hon’ble Minister of State, Water Resources who delivered the keynote address. The technical session, Chaired by Ms. Hemalatha Ramasubramanian Professor, Rai Business School, had Mr. A.K. Bajaj, Chairman, Central Water Commission; Dr. Ramesh Negi – CEO, Delhi Jal Board; Mr. Ashok Jaitley, Distinguished Fellow and Director, Water Resources Division, TERI; Ms. Jyoti Sharma, President, Force (NGO) and Opening Remarks by Prof. S.Neelamegham, President, NIILM CMS in ASSOCHAM, 47 Prithviraj Road, New Delhi – 3

26th June 2010

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Round Table Discussion on “Genetically Modified Food-Reality and Misconceptions” by Dr. K. Vinod Prabhu, Head Genetics, Indian Agriculture Research Institute; Dr. Kailash Chandra Bansal, Professor, National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, IARI; Dr. Devinder Sharma, Chairman, Forum for Biotechnology and food Security. Chaired by Dr. Swapan Kumar Dutta, Deputy Director General (Crop Science), Indian Council of Agriculture Research in Espire, A-41, Mathura Road, New Delhi

28th May 2010

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Round Table Discussion on “Night Shelters-A Dire Need” by Mr. Anshu Prakash (IAS), Additional Commissioner, MCD; Mr. Miloon Kothari, Former UN Special Rapporteur on adequate Housing, UN Human Rights Council and Ms. Asha Menon, Member Secretary, Delhi Legal Services Authority. Chaired by Ms. Kavita Sharma, Director, India International Centre and Former Principal, Hindu College in India International Centre, Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi– 110 003

23rd April 2010

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