Rejuvenate the Indian Growth Story through Manufacturing
and Trade
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
today hosted a discussion on November 10th at Kolkata on Manufacturing and
Trade, and how these sectors are key for India’s future growth. The theme of
the symposium was Rejuvenate the Indian Growth Story through Manufacturing and
Trade. There was also a panel discussion on “How can we effectively derive most
out of trade agreements and make them dynamic?” The group of speakers included
Mr. Tilak Raj Seth - Exec VP, SEA, Siemens (Guest of Honour), Mr.Vineet Mehra
–Director,Stemcor India, Mr.Ambarish Dasgupta-Exec Director and Partner, PwC,
Mr. Pallab ChakrabortyAVP, Head of Manufacturing, United Spirits, Mr.
Prabal
Kumar Sen-Head of Entrepreneurship
Cell, XLRI, Mr. Siddhartha Roy, DGM, L&T, Mr. Sushil Cherian-Business Leader,
Anantara Solutions Pvt Ltd, Mr. Utpal Sinha, Kolkata Port Trust, Dr.Abhirup
Sarkar-Vice Chairman, WBIDC, Dr. Ajitava Raychaudhuri, Jadavpur University and
Dr. Suresh Kumar-IACCI, African Desk.Dr. K. Rangarajan, Centre Head, IIFT
Kolkata, and Mr. Ravi Shanker, Chairperson, IIFT were also present on the
occasion. The symposium is organised each year by the students of IIFT to focus
on issues related to trade upholding the distinction of the institute as the
institute of international business and trade.
The discussion at the symposium
centered around reconnoitering the channels to boost manufacturing
and trade to spurt the nation towards being a global superpower. With services
growth in India taking place faster than manufacturing, the symposium aimed to
thrash out ways to develop new ways to shift from services trade to goods trade
in the Indian trade context. The aim was also to deliberate upon systems and
infrastructure in India affecting trade and manufacturing, innovation of
solutions to tackle
problems in supply chain management
and analyse the core strength of Indian trade in face of situations like rupee
depreciation. The objective was also to discuss possibilities, need and impact
of further trade collaborations for India.
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