Proposed Schedule


Day One: Saturday, 23rd March 2002


Inaugural Function

1000 - 1002 hrs. 

Floral Welcome

1002 - 1010 hrs. Welcome Address Hon'ble Shri Patangrao Kadam
Minister of Industries, Govt. of Maharashtra
1010 - 1015 hrs. Formal Inauguration
1015 - 1025 hrs. Curtain Raiser Film
1025 - 1040 hrs. Presentation Strategy for Vidarbha's Development
M/s. Accenture
1040 - 1045 hrs. Address Hon'ble Shri Manoharrao Joshi
Union Minister of Heavy Industries
1045 - 1050 hrs. Address Hon'ble Shri Suresh Prabhu
Union Minister of Power
1050 - 1055 hrs. Address Hon'ble Shri Chhaganrao Bhujbal
Deputy Chief Minister, Maharashtra State 
1055 - 1115 hrs. Inaugural Address Hon'ble Shri Yashwant Sinha
Union Minister of Finance
1115 - 1135 hrs. Presidential Address Hon'ble Shri Vilasrao Deshmukh
Chief Minister, Maharashtra State
1135 - 1145 hrs. Vote of Thanks Hon'ble Shri Shivajirao Moghe
Guardian Minister, Nagpur District OR
CII Representative
1145 - 1200 hrs. Tea Break

1st Session Investment Opportunities in Special Economic Zones and Butibori Industrial Area

1200 - 1220 hrs. 

Presentation

M/s PricewaterhouseCoopers
1220 - 1240 hrs. Key Note Address Hon'ble Shri Manoharrao Joshi
Union Minister for Heavy Industries
1240 - 1250 hrs. Open House
2nd Session Power Sector - Opportunities for Vidarbha in the context of Power Sector Reforms
1250 - 1310 hrs. Presentation Shri R. V. Shahi, Chairman, BSES
1310 - 1335 hrs. Key Note Address Hon'ble Shri Suresh Prabhu,
Union Minister for Power
1335 - 1345 hrs. Open House
Invited Panelist

Chairman, NTPC
Shri S. V. Chaoji

CMD, Western Coalfields Limited
1345 - 1445 hrs. Lunch Break
3rd Session Tourism Potentials in Vidarbha
1445 - 1500 hrs. Presentation Shri Ashish Kumar Singh
Managing Director, MTDC
1500 - 1520 hrs. Keynote Address Hon'ble Shri Chhagan Bhujbal
Dy. Chief Minister, Maharashtra State

1520 - 1530 hrs.

Open House
Invited Panelist

Shri J. S. Saharia
Divisional Commissioner, Nagpur Region
4th Session International Multi-modal Passengers & Cargo Hub at Nagpur
1530 - 1550 hrs Presentation Shri P. D. Karandikar
Managing Director, MSRDC
1550 - 1600 hrs. Address Hon'ble Shri Vilas Muttemwar
MP (Loksabha), Nagpur
1600 - 1610 hrs. Keynote Address Hon'ble Shri Vikramsingh Patankar
Minister for PWD, Govt. of Maharashtra
1610 - 1620 hrs. Open House
1620 - 1635 Tea Break
5th Session Potential For Textile Industries in and Around Nagpur
1635 - 1655 hrs. Presentation Shri O. P. Lohia
MD, Indo Rama Synthetics (India) Ltd.
1655 - 1705 hrs. Address Shri S. B. Mohapatra
Secretary (Textiles), Govt. of India
1705 - 1715 hrs. Keynote Address Hon'ble Shri Satish Chaturvedi
Minister of Textiles, Govt. of Maharashtra
1715 - 1725 hrs. Open House
Invited Panelists

Shri M. B. Lal
Advisor, Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India
6th Session Prospects for Software Industries
1725 - 1740 hrs. Presentation M/s. Ernst & Young
1740 - 1755 hrs. Keynote Address Shri Ganesh Natrajan
Dy. Chairman & MD, Zensar Technologies
1755 - 1805 hrs. Open House
Invited Panelist

Shri S. K. Gupta
Director, STPI
7th Session Way Forward - New Policy Initiatives of the Govt. for Vidarbha
1805 - 1820 hrs. Presentation Shri Vishwas Dhumal
Secretary (Industries), Govt. of Maharashtra
1820 - 1830 hrs. Open House
Concluding Remarks Shri J. S. Saharia
Divisional Commissioner, Nagpur
Commissioner (Industries), Nagpur Region

Day Two: Sunday, 24th March 2002

0930 – 1100 hrs

One–to–one Meetings

1100 hrs onwards Visit
  • Western Coal Fields Ltd

  • Butibori Five Star Industrial Area

  • Pench Tiger Project