9th December, 2023


Agenda

 

All Times are in Indian Standard Time (IST)

Inauguration of InFinity Forum 2.0


10:30 AM

Hon’ble Prime Minister comes online

10:30 AM

10:32 AM

(2 Mins)

Introductory Remarks

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Shri K Rajaraman

Chairperson, IFSCA

10:32 AM

10:35 AM

(3 Mins)

Welcome Remarks

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Shri Bhupendra Patel

Hon’ble Chief Minister of Gujarat

10:35 AM

Inaugural Address (Virtual)

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Shri Narendra Modi

Hon’ble Prime Minister of India

Vision for GIFT-IFSC


11:10 AM

11:25 AM

(15 Mins)

Welcome Address

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Shri Hasmukh Adhia

Chairman, GIFT City

11:25 AM

11:50 AM

(25 Mins)

Special Address

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Shri Bhupendra Patel

Hon’ble Chief Minister of Gujarat

11:50 AM

12:00 PM

(10 Mins)

Summing up and Vote of Thanks

Tapan

Shri Tapan Ray

MD & Group CEO, GIFT City

Session 1: Plenary Track


12:00 PM

12:10 PM

(10 Mins)

Context Note by BCG

Mayank_Jha

Shri Mayank Jha

MD and Partner, Boston Consulting Group

12:10 PM

12:30 PM

(20 Mins)

InFinity Talk

Shri Uday Kotak (Virtual)

Founder and Director, Kotak Mahindra Bank

(Topic: India @2047: Role of GIFT IFSC for a developed India)

12:30 PM

01:30 PM

(60 Mins)

InFinity Panel

Topic: Making of a New Age International Financial Centre

The panel will focus on comparing the role of traditional financial centers vis a vis the new age international financial centers which are excelling in providing more niche financial services that are coming into existence. Further, the panel will discuss why the traditional financial centres would have to adapt to the changing times for their survival.

Panelist:

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Mr. Sanjeev Sanyal

Member, Prime-Minister Economic Advisory Council, Govt of India

Arun_kohali

Mr. Arun Kohli

Managing Director and Country Head for India, Morgan Stanley

nikhil_kamath

Mr. Nikhil Kamath (Virtual)

Co-founder & CFO, Zerodha

vijay_shekhar_sharma

Mr. Vijay Shekhar Sharma

Founder and CEO, Paytm

Panel Lead:

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Ms. Kaku Nakhate

President & Country Head, Bank of America, India

Including Q & A session with the audience

01:30 PM

02:10 PM

(40 Mins)

Lunch Break

Session 2: Green-Track


02:10 PM

02:20 PM

(10 Mins)

Context Note by BCG

Anirban_Mukherjee

Shri Anirban Mukherjee

MD and Partner, Boston Consulting Group

02:20 PM

02:40 PM

(20 Mins)

InFinity Talk

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Shri K. V. Kamath

Chairman, NaBFID

(Topic: Role of GIFT IFSC in Financing India’s Infrastructure Growth)

02:40 PM

03:20 PM

(40 Mins)

InFinity Panel

Topic: Making a case for “Green-Stack”

What could be the building blocks for a Global Green-stack? What could be the various layers of this stack? How and where can the countries collaborate to build such as stack? Whether the challenges in different carbon markets (VCM/CCM), green-finance, Transition Finance be addressed through this Green Stack.

Panelist:

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Mr. Mathias B. Pontoppidan

Managing Partner, Pontoka

kulin_lalbhai

Mr. Kulin Lalbhai

Executive Director, Arvind Ltd.

Balasubramanian

Mr. A. Balasubramanian

Managing Director and CEO for Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Limited

Aniket

Mr. Aniket Talati

President, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

Panel Lead:

Ms. Anjali Bansal

Founding Partner, Avaana Capital

03:20 PM

03:40 PM

(20 Mins)

Keynote Address (Virtual)

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Shri Piyush Goyal

Hon’ble Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution and Textiles

(Topic: Achieving the target of USD 2 Trillion Exports by 2030: Role of GIFT IFSC)

Session 3: Silver-Track


03:40 PM

03:50 PM

(10 Mins)

Context Note by BCG

Alpesh

Shri Alpesh Shah

MD and Sr. Partner, Boston Consulting Group

03:50 PM

04:05 PM

(15 Mins)

InFinity Talk

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Mr. Nilesh Shah

Managing Director, Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company Ltd.

(Topic: Challenges and opportunities of Longevity Economy: Role of GIFT IFSC)

04:05 PM

04:45 PM

(40 Mins)

InFinity Panel

Topic: Longevity Economy

The Panel will focus on various questions around Longevity Ecosystem? What are the challenges and Opportunities of Longevity Economy? How are countries coping up with the challenges? What it means for India?

Panelist:

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Mr. G. Srinivasan (Virtual)

Former CMD, The New india Assurance and United India Insurance and Director, National insurance Academy

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Mr. Nilesh Shah

Managing Director, Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company Ltd.

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Mr. Harshvardhan Lunia

Co-Founder & CEO, Lendingkart

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Ms. Kaku Nakhate

President & Country Head, Bank of America, India

Panel Lead:

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Mr. Nitin Jaiswal

Head of External Relations (Asia Pacific), Bloomberg L.P.

04:45 PM

05:00 PM

(15 Mins)

Keynote Address (Virtual)

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Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw

Hon’ble Minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics & Information Technology

(Topic: Leveraging GIFT IFSC for fuelling next generation of financial market innovations)

05:00 PM

05:15 PM

(15 Mins)

Valedictory Address (Virtual)

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Shri Ajay Seth

Secretary, DEA, Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India

(Topic: GIFT IFSC: The Road Ahead)

05:15 PM

05:25 PM

(10 Mins)

Announcement: Global Hackathon - Launch Of Longevity Economy Cohort

05:25 PM

05:30 PM

(5 Mins)

Vote of Thanks

dipesh_Shah

Shri Dipesh Shah

Executive Director, IFSCA

05:30 PM

Onwards

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