The Program on Indian Economic Policies at Columbia University Presents:

India: Issues for 2013 with Ambassador Nirupama Rao

WHO: Ambassador Nirupama Rao assumed her responsibilities as Ambassador of India to the United States in September 2011. Prior she served as ambassador in Sri Lanka and China, after which she was appointed Foreign Secretary, the highest office in the Indian Foreign Service, where she served a two-year term until July 2011.

Introduction by Arvind Panagariya (the Jagdish Bhagwati Professor of Indian Political Economy in the Department of International and Public Affairs and of Economics)

Presided by Jagdish Bhagwati (Columbia University Professor of Economics, Law and International Affairs)

Professors Bhagwati and Panagariya are the Co-directors of the Program on Indian Economic Policies. Their joint book on Indian Reforms, Why Growth Matters (Public Affairs, April 2013), will be presented to the Ambassador

WHEN: Tuesday, April 2, 2013, 6:00-8:00pm.

WHERE: Columbia University, International Affairs Building, Room 1501 (15th Floor) Morningside Heights Campus, 420 W. 118th Street NY, NY 10027. Enter Building at 118th Street, at Broadway. Google Map, Campus Map.

SPONSOR: Program on Indian Economic Policies at Columbia University, http://indianeconomy.columbia.edu