JOIN USExternal Affairs' ministers of six countries to address Asia Economic Dialogue 2021
The Foreign Affairs' ministers of six countries including India, Japan, Australia, Maldives, Mauritius and Japan will address the Asia Economic Dialogue 2021 to be held between 26-28 February.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will address the inaugural session on ‘Resilient Global Growth in a Post-Pandemic World’ which would also be addressed by Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
Jointly convened by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and Pune International Centre (PIC), a number of prominent dignitaries, policymakers, high-level bureaucrats and leading experts from across the world are participating in this virtual conference.
Dr. Naushad, Forbes co-chairman, Forbes & Marshall will chair the session while eminent scientist and PIC president Dr R.A Mashelkar will make the opening remarks at the AED.
This will be followed by a session on ‘Global Finance in a Post Covid-19 World’ chaired by Dr. K.V. Kamath, former president of New Development Bank (BRICS).
A ‘fireside chat’ with Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman, Aditya Birla Group; a panel discussion chaired Kamath on the state of global finance in the post-Covid-19 world, and perspectives from industry leaders from Vietnam, South Korea, Japan and India on building global supply chains are among the highlights of the conference.
‘Post Covid-19 Global Trade and Finance Dynamics’ is the theme of this conference with a total of eight sessions, including a Fireside Chat between Birla and diplomat Gautam Bambawale, Convener of AED 2021.
Bambawale, trustee, PIC, is the former Indian Ambassador to China, Pakistan and Bhutan. Dr. Vijay Kelkar, vice president, PIC and chairman of the 13th Finance Commission of India, said: “AED 2021 is a unique, high level international conference to understand better the profound challenges that Covid-19 is posing to the growth and stability of the global economy. AED 2021 will also debate and discuss innovative policy measures that the major economies, including those from Asia will need to take for achieving sustainable growth in the coming decade.”
Former RBI Governor Dr Urjit Patel will be chairing the session on ‘Asia’s Role in Global Currency Realignment and Financial which will be attended by Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin, Executive Director, International Monetary Fund, Lord Meghnad Desai, Professor Emeritus, London School of Economics and Dr. Eswar Prasad, Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy, Cornell University.
Ambassadors and Permanent Representatives to the WTO (World Trade Organisation) from Australia, South Africa, Jamaica and India, along with Dr. Abhijit Das, Head and Professor, Centre for WTO Studies, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi, will be among the participants in Session IV on ‘Whither WTO Post Covid-19 Pandemic?’.
The session chaired by J.S. Deepak, former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the WTO.A session on ‘Perspectives on India’s International Development Cooperation’ has been scheduled featuring a panel discussion with foreign ministers from Bhutan (Dr. Tandi Dorji); Maldives (Abdulla Sahid); Mauritius (Mr. Nandcoomar Bodha) and Commerce Secretary (Economic Relations), Rahul Chhabra.
This session will be chaired by the former Foreign Secretary, Mr Vijay Gokhale. Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and Commerce Secretary Dr. Anup Wadhawan will speak at the session on ‘India as a Global Partner’.