BIMSTEC Synergies in Agricultural Trade: Promoting Regional Growth - 25 June 2024 | New Delhi

Table of Contents

• Session I State of Agriculture in BIMSTEC 18
• Session II Protectionism in BIMSTEC and Rise in Sectoral Trade 18
• Session III Processed and Non-Processed Food Trade in BIMSTEC 19
• Session IV Prospects of Agricultural Value Chains in BIMSTEC 20
• About the Conference and Participation 22
• Professor Sachin Chaturvedi 23
• Director General RIS 23
• Dr Shahidur Rashid 24
• Director South Asia Office International Food Policy Research Institute IFPRI 24
• H.E. Mr Indra Mani Pandey 24
• Secretary General BIMSTEC 24
• Professor S. K. Mohanty 25
• Professor RIS 25
• Dr Smita Sirohi 25
• Principal Scientist ICAR 25
• Dr Kalpana Sastry 26
• Managing Director AgHub Foundation 26
• Dr Biswash Gauchan 26
• Executive Director Institute for Integrated Development Studies Nepal 26
• Dr Devesh Roy 26
• Senior Research Fellow IFPRI 26
• Dr Manoj Thibbotuwawa 27
• Research Fellow Institute of Policy Studies Sri Lanka 27
• Dr Suresh Babu 27
• Senior Research Fellow and Head of Capacity Strengthening IFPRI 27
• Dr Mahfuz Kabir 28
• Research Director Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies BIISS Bangladesh 28
• Mr Abhinav Shukla 28
• Regional Head North India Agri Business Division ITC Limited India 28
• Mr Abul Kamar 29
• Senior Research Analyst South Asia Office IFPRI 29
• Professor Prabir De 29
• Professor CMEC RIS 29
• Dr P K Anand 30
• Visiting Fellow RIS 30
• Dr Mirza Mofazzal Islam 30
• Former Director General Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture Bangladesh 30
• Professor Jeevika Weerahewa 31
• Senior Professor University of Peradeniya Sri Lanka 31
• Dr Devendra Gauchan 31
• Adjunct Professor IAAS Tribhuvan University Nepal 31
• Mr Aleen Mukherjee 32
• Agri Business Consultant 32
• Ms Naureen Ahsan 32
• Additional Foreign Secretary Research Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bangladesh 32
• Dr Orachos Napasintuwong 32
• Faculty of Economics Kasetsart University Thailand 32
• Dr Arun Padiyar Panemangalore 33
• Lead World Fish 33
• Dr Anil K Dixit 33
• Principal Scientist ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute 33
• Dr Sendhil R. 34
• Associate Professor Pondicherry University 34
• Dr Pankhuri Gaur 34
• Assistant Professor RIS 34
• Mr CSR Ram 35
• Joint Secretary BIMSTEC and SAARC Ministry of External Affairs Government of India 35
• H.E. Mr Md. Mustafizur Rahman 35
• High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India 35
• H.E. Dr Shankar Prasad Sharma 36
• Ambassador Embassy of Nepal 36
• H.E. Ms Kshenuka Dhireni Senewiratne 37
• High Commissioner for the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka 37
• Research and Information System for Developing Countries 40
• RIS is a New Delhi-based autonomous policy research 40
• The focus of the work programme of RIS is to promote 40
• South-South Cooperation and collaborate with developing 40
• For more information about RIS and its work programme 40