ALLIANCE FOR THOUGHT LEADERSHIP AND ACTION FOR AGRI
ALLIANCE FOR THOUGHT LEADERSHIP AND ACTION FOR AGRI-WATER JEHANGIR HALL, HOTEL TAJ PALACE, SARDAR PATEL MARG, NEW DELHI MAY 5, 2015 AGENDA 0830 to 0900 hours Registration 0900 to 0910 hours Welcome and Opening Remarks 0910 to 0930 hours Special Address 0930 to 1030 hours Mr. Ravi Puranik, CEO Hindustan Unilever Foundation (HUF) Mr. Anders Berntell, 2030 Water Resources Group (WRG) Mr. Rajendra Singh, Stockholm Water Prize 2015 and Magsaysay Award Winner and Secretary, Tarun Bharat Sangh SDG Nexus for Water Source Security: Agri-Water and Wash Moderator: Anders Berntell, Executive Director, 2030 WRG Ms. Priya Nair, Executive Director, Hindustan Unilever Limited Dr. Jaco Cilliers, Resident Representative and Country Director, UNDP India [Mr. Jelle Nijdam, Counselor, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands] Ms. Veena Khanduri, Executive Secretary, India Water Partnership Dr. Mihir Shah, Member, Planning Commission, Government of India, 20092014 and Member National Advisory Committee, HUF Mr. Girish Sohani, President, BAIF 1030 to 1100 hours Tea and coffee break 1100 to 1200 hours Rejuvenating the Ganga: The Role of the Farmers and Supply-Chains Moderator: Mr. Amarjit Singh, Additional Secretary, MoWR, Government of India Dr. Vinod Tare, IIT Kanpur and Chairperson IIT Consortium for Ganga 1200 to 1220 hours Mr. Ajay Shriram, Managing Director, DCM Shriram Limited Dr. Tushar Shah, IWMI Mr. William Young, Senior Water Resources Specialist, The World Bank Mr. Arun Lakhani, Managing Director, Vishwaraj Infrastructure Limited Mr. Bharat Bhushan, Secretary, PANI Launch of Strategic Agri-Water Partnerships Moderator: Mr. Sanjiv Mehta, CEO, Hindustan Unilever Limited 1220 to 1300 hours 2030 WRG-HUF Partnership [Ganga Multi-Stakeholder Forum] Launch of Knowledge Initiatives of HUF Partners Moderator: Ms. Irena Vittal, Member, National Advisory Council, HUF Mr. Sachin Oza, Executive Director, DSC: From PIM to PWLAD - Participatory Water (Surface and Ground), Land and Agriculture Development Mr. M.P. Vasi Malai, Executive Director, DHAN Foundation: Water Knowledge Centre Mr. T. Pradeep, Secretary, SAMUHA: Water Pressure - A Center for Water Enquiries Mr. Himanshu Kulkarni, ACWADAM: Setting a New Pedagogy for Groundwater Management in India Dr. Prof. N C Narayanan, IIT Mumbai: Creating a Water Cost Curve for Sugarcane – Experience from Barwani, Madhya Pradesh 1300 to 1400 hours Lunch Break 1400 to 1500 hours Blended Public and Private Finance for Agri-Water Moderator: Mr. Bastiaan Mohrmann, Asia co-lead, 2030 WRG Dr. S. Goel, Additional Chief Secretary (Agriculture), Government of Maharashtra Mr. Anil Jain, Managing Director, Jain Irrigation Systems Limited Mr. Ajay Narayanan, Chief Investment Officer, International Finance Corporation Mr. Manoj Rawat, Executive Vice President and Head Agribusiness Group, Ratnakar Bank Prof. Arvind Galagali, Technical Advisor and Board Member KBJNL, Government of Karnataka 1500 to 1550 hours [Yes Bank / HDFC Bank / NABARD] Change Ambition for Agri-Water: Lessons and Experience from Grassroots Collective Action Moderator: Mr. Ramaswamy Iyer, Former Secretary, MoWR, Government of India and Member, National Advisory Committee, HUF Mr. Roshan Tamak, Business Head (Sugar), Olam Agro India Limited: Business-case for Water Use Efficiency Practices in Sugarcane Mr. Jagdeesh Rao, Executive Director, FES: Water Commons – Influencing Practice and Policy Mr. Bharat Bhushan, Secretary PANI: Improving Water Use efficiency in agriculture in Eastern Uttar Pradesh Mr. Apoorva Oza, CEO,AKRSP (I): Water for Public good – Influencing Practice and Policy Mr. Crispino Lobo, Executive Director, WOTR: Making Rural India Climate Resilient and Sustainably Prosperous 1550 to 1615 hours Tea and coffee break 1615 to 1745 hours Roundtable Discussions: Brainstorming on Themes for Collective Action (including Emerging Practice-based Vocabulary in Agri-Water) Moderator(s): Mr. Jason Morrison, Pacific Institute and Technical Director UN Global Compact CEO Water Mandate and Mr. Arunabha Ghosh, Director, CEEW 1745 to 1800 hours Concluding Remarks: Mr. Anders Berntell, Executive Director, 2030 WRG 1800 to 2100 hours Cocktail and Dinner Knowledge Partners
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