Citizen consumer and civic Action Group (CAG),
a non-profit and non-political organisation, works to empower citizens, promote
transparency and accountability, and harness new technologies to strengthen
governance.
CAG was founded in October 1985 and celebrates 30 years this
October. To mark its commitment to governance reform and to recognise the
support of our friends and colleagues through this journey, CAG will host
events throughout the year in Chennai. We invite you to a celebratory launch
where we will be joined by people whose work embodies a deep commitment to “Transparency,
Accountability and Citizen participation”.
Venue: Anna Institute of Management, Greenways Road, Chennai
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Date: October 10, 2015
TIME
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AGENDA (tentative)
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09:00 - 9:30
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Registration
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09:30 - 10:30
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Inaugural session
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10:30 - 11:00
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TEA
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11:00 - 13:00
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Technical session I
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Technical session II
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13:00 - 14:00
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LUNCH
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14:00 - 16:00
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Technical session III
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Technical session IV
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16:00 - 17:00
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TEA
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17:00 - 19:00
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Founders' Day Lecture
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Inauguration Introduction
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Mr. Sriram Panchu, Senior
Advocate
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Keynote Speaker
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Justice Dr. S Muralidhar,
Delhi High Court
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Inaugural address
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Mr. G Gurucharan, IAS,
Additional Secretary, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, GoI
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Session I: Corporate Consumer
Responsibility
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Key Note Address
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Mr. Kumar Jayant, IAS,
Secretary, Labour and Employment Department and Commissioner of food safety,
GoTN
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Chair
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Mr. S Gopalakrishnan, IAS,
Commissioner, Department of Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, GoTN
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Panellists
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After Sales Service
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Mr. Keshav Desiraju, IAS
(Retired), former Secretary, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, GoI
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Financial Services
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Mr. N.L. Rajah, Advocate
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Health
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Dr. George Thomas,
Orthopaedic surgeon
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Food Safety
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Mr. Santhanarajan, Consumers
Association of India
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Session II: Smart
Citizenship - challenges of a digital world Key-note address
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Chair
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Panellists
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Data driven decision making
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Dr. Vijay Pingale, IAS, Joint
Secretary, Industries Department, GoTN
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Dangers of data digitisation
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Ms. Nisha Thompson, Data Meet
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Data security risks
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Mr. Sumit Dhar,
Hewlett-Packard
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Civic engagement in
governance
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Ms. Tara Murali, Architect
and Urban Planner
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Session III: Mitigating
Climate change - can business lead the way? Key-note address
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Mr. K. Skandan, IAS,
Chairman, TNPCB
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Government’s perspective
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Mr. Malleshappa, Director,
Department of MoEF and Climate Change
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Chair
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Dr. K Palanivelu, Director,
Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation Research, Anna University
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Panellists
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Energy
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Ms. Bhargavi. S. Rao,
Environment Support Group
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Automobile Industry
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Mr. Om Prakash Singh, CAG
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Green Buildings
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Mr. M Anand, Indian Green
Building Council, CII
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Session IV: Is the
Sabarmati riverfront development model suitable for Chennai? Key-note address
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Chair
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Mr. PT Krishnan, Architect
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Panellists
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Mr. K Phanindra Reddy, IAS,
Principal Secretary, Municipal Administration and Water Supply, GoTN
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Mr. KT Ravindran, former head
of Urban Planning, SAP, Delhi
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Ms. R Geetha, Unorganised
Workers Federation, Chennai
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Ms. Renu Desai, Centre for
Urban Equity, CEPT, Ahmedabad
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Founder’s day lecture Founder’s day lecture
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Mr. Prashant Bhushan,
Senior Advocate
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