Media Galaxy invites Nitish Kumar-CM Bihar at India Islamic Centre,New Delhi-My personal Invitation to join the show

Dear Media Students of NAM & RLA
My Personal Invitation to attend the following programme at the Indian Islamic Centre, at Lodhi Road, New Delhi:


Governance Now, a fortnightly magazine and daily website on politics and public policy, is organising a day-long seminar on Bihar as a precursor to the elections there. The overall theme of the event is “BIHAR ON THE MOVE”.


The event is on Saturday, August 21 at the Indian Islamic Centre, at Lodhi Road, New Delhi.


MJ Akbar, editor of Sunday Guardian and one of India’s best editors, will deliver the Inaugural Address on the new Bihar.


The discussions will begin with a panel under the sub-theme “BRANDED BIHAR TO BRAND BIHAR”. The latter sessions will dwell on WHAT BIHAR NEEDS NEXT (more development, more jobs, private investment and industry) and WHAT BIHAR NEEDS MOST (political consensus and getting over the deep divisions of caste).


For all the discussions, we are trying to invite panelists from various walks of life who have a lot of exposure to the realities of Bihar such as Pramath Raj Sinha (Founder & MD, 9.9 Media and Founding Dean, ISB, also Former partner, McKinsey & Company) and Uday Shankar, Star India CEO and one of the best known editors out of Bihar.


The panel discussions will be followed in the afternoon with a key note address by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on the topic “THE BIHAR OF MY DREAMS”.


09:45 am : Registration etc

10:15 am: Opening, lighting of lamp etc. welcome address

10:30 am: Inaugural Address by M J Akbar, one of India’s finest editors and an expert on Bihar.
11:00 am: MJ Takes questions from the floor (if he has time)
11:15 pm: First panel discussion
BRANDED BIHAR TO BRAND BIHAR: The turnaround story. Moderator: Rahul Dev, editor of CNEB
1. Shaival Gupta, Director ADRI
2. Pramath Sinha, Founder & MD, 9.9 Media and Founding Dean, ISB. (Former partner, McKinsey & Company).
3. Shalini Vats, actress, one of the leads of Peepli Live
4. G S Kang, former chief secretary of Bihar

12:00 pm: THE STORY OF MY HOUSE. Real life story of a doctor who was driven out of Sivan and how he has got it back and started practice again.
12: 10 pm: Second panel discussion. WHAT BIHAR NEEDS NEXT : Industrial development, jobs and private investment
Moderator: Pradeep Bhargava, director of GB Pant Institute of Social Sciences
1. Nitesh Sinha (APCA)
2. Rituraj Singh (COO, SI Securities)
3. SC Sinha, exec director, Oriental Bank of Commerce
4. Anil Sharma, CEO, Amrapali
01:00 pm: Lunch break

01:45 pm: Third panel discussion
WHAT BIHAR NEEDS MOST: Political consensus, a way out of the caste cauldron.
Moderator: Manisha Priyam, Development Economist and LSE scholar
1. Harivansh, editor, Prabhat Khabar
2. Prof Anand Kumar, JNU
3. Prof Mahesh Rangarajan
4. Ali Anwar, JDU legislator
02:45 pm: I AM THE CHANGE. Personal account of a woman panchayat president from Bihar to showcase how women have been empowered and what change it has brought about at the grassroots.

03:00 pm: Arrival of Honourable Chief Minister of Bihar, Shri Nitish Kumar.

03:15 pm: Shri Nitish Kumar's special address on THE BIHAR OF MY DREAMS.

03:45 pm: Tete e tete with Chief Minister. Uday Shankar, Star India CEO and (earlier) editor of Star News to engage the chief minister on all matters Bihar.
04:30 pm: Vote of thanks and tea with Chief Minister.
05:00 pm: Wind up


Thanking you in anticipation,
NKSingh
Director,NAM
Malviya Nagar,New Delhi
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