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ASSOCIATION OF INDIAN ECONOMAND FINANCIAL STUDIES (AIEFS

19th BIENNIAL MEETING

Tentative Schedule

May 20-21, 2011

University of Wisconsin Parkside900 Wood Road

Kenosha, WI 53144

Co-sponsors:School of Business and Technology, UW-Parkside

Center for International Studies, UW-ParksideOffice of the Provost, UW-Parkside

REGISTRATION CHARGES for Participants and Attendees: $60cover continental breakfast, lunch, and dinner reception on Frida20, and breakfast and lunch on Saturday, May 21, 2011

AIEFS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2009-2011President: Suhas Ketkar, Executive Director & Program Chair: Kusum Ketkar, Treasure

RaoMembers: Meenakshi Rishi, Chandana Chakraborty, Roby Rajan, Atrayee Ghosh Roy, RKallianpur

AIEFS OFFICES: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235 : (615-322-1529)Email: Suhas.ketkar@vanderbilt.edu orkwketkar@hotmail.com

CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

Professor Roby Rajan, Department of Business, Co-chair (262-994-4208)Professor Farida Khan, Department of Economics, Co-chairProfessor Swarnjit Arora, University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeProfessor Kusum Ketkar, Executive Director AIEFS & Program Chair (973-941-0142)Ms. Jordania Leon-Jordan, Local Hospitality Coordinator (Phone 262-880-4642)

Session 4: 11:00 12:30PM Location: Alumni Room

Chair: Kusum Ketkar, AIEFS

Ramaya Ghosh, International Capital Flows and Controls: Case Study of India, Drexel University

Fassil Fanta, The Impact of Financial Liberalization on Growth Volatility, University of

Wisconsin -- Parkside

Meena Abraham Chacko, Pattern of Equity Flows to Developing Countries, Center for DevelopmentStudies, Trivandrum

Niloy Bose, Antu Panini Murshid and Chitralekha Rath, Finance and Property Rights: ExploringOther Directions, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Discussants: TBD

Lunch: 12:45- 2 :15PM Location: Alumni Room

Keynote speaker: Parul Jain, President, MacroFin Analytics and Baruch College: The Global Economy:Perspectives and Key Issues

Session 5: 2 :30

4:00PM Location: Alumni Room

Chair: Farida Khan, University of Wisconsin

Chandrasekhara Rao N. Did GM Crops Aggravate Farming Distress in India? Cornell University

Chandra Sen, Verghese Manaloor and Kusumakar Gautam, Optimization of Resource Use inAgriculture: A Multiobjective Optimization Approach, University of Alberta, Augustana Campus

Jalila Attafi and Mohamed Hedi, Using Treatment Effect Models to Evaluate ComplementaryTraining Program for Higher Education Graduates in Tunisia University of Carthage, Tunisia

Saket Kushwaha, D. K. Verma, V. K. Kanahasi C. Sen and K.N.S. Banafer, Fisheries Self -help Group:A Novel Approach for Women Empowerment in Balod Block of Durg District, Chattisgarh, BanarasHindu University

Discussants: TBD

Closing Remarks: 4:10PM

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PROGRAM

Friday, May 20, 2011

Continental Breakfast 9 AM Location: Poplar Room

Registration: 10AM 11.00AM

Inaugural Session 11:00 12:15 Location: Alumni Room

Introduction: Roby Rajan, UW-ParksideWelcome Address: Fred Ebeid, Dean, School of Business & Technology, UW-ParksideWelcome by Suhas Ketkar, President, AIEFSInaugural Address: Dr. Biswajit Dhar, Research Information Systems for Developing Countries (RIS),Delhi, IndiaKeynote Speaker: Dr. Arvind Virmani, Executive Director, IMF andAffiliate Professor & Distinguished Senior Fellow, George Mason University: The Sudoku of IndianEconomic Growth

Lunch 12:30 1:45PM Location: Alumni Room

Luncheon Speaker: T. Krishna KumarIndian Economy in a Global Context: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats, RetiredProfessor and Head, Economic Analysis Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, India

Session 1: 2:00- 3:30PM Location: Alumni Room

Chair: Roby Rajan, University of Wisconsin

Farida Khan, Public Sector, Private Firms or NGOs Where Do Women in Bangladesh prefer toWork, University of Wisconsin - Parkside

Sanjukta Chaudhuri and Shahnaz Abdullah, Womens Empowerment in South Asia: A ComparativeAnalysis of Three Countries, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire and University of Massachusetts

Halima Qureshi and Mamit Deme, Economic Reform, FDI and Economic Development: An Analysisof China and Russian Federation, Alabama A & M and Middle Tennessee State University

Suresh Chalasani, Wireless Technologies for Monitoring Chronic Diseases, University ofWisconsin - Parkside

Discussants: TBD

Session 2: 3:45 5:15PM Location: Alumni Room

Chair Suhas Ketkar, Vanderbilt University

Artatrana Ratha, Does Growth Trickle Down to the Bottom? Case Study of an Orissa Village, St. Clou

Issac Vellangany, Social Mobility through SHG Participation: A Case Study of Villapuram District in TRutgers University

Jacob Kurien, Viability of Social Banking in India, Park University

Hussein Zeaiter and Roba Abou Hamdan, Democracy and Economic Growth, Lebanese American U

Lebanese International University

Discussants: TBD

Cocktail Reception and Dinner: 6:00 8:30 PMLocation: AlumniRoom

Facilitator: Farida Khan, UW ParksideProvosts Address: Provost Terry Brown, UW -ParskidePresidential Address: Suhas KetkarKeynote Speaker: Madhu Viswanathan, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Subsistence MarkFood for Economic Thought and Action

General Body Meeting: 8:30PM

May 21, 2011

Continental Breakfast: 8:00 9:00AMLocation: Spruce Room

Registration: 8:00 9:00AM

Session 3: 9:15- 10:45AM Location: Alumni Room

Chair: Swarnjit Arora, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Narayan K. Kishor and John Ssozi, Business Cycle Synchronization in the Proposed East African MonAn Unbiased Component Approach, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

Alejandro Gelves and Arun Sarkar, Gains from Horizontal Mergers Paradox, University ofWisconsin Milwaukee

Lucia Luzi, Long Term Impact of Health and Nutrition Status on Education Outcomes for Children in Tanzania, UNICEF

Mahua Paul, Exchange Rate Pass Through and the J curve: An Examination with the Indian Data, InsStudies in Industrial Development, Delhi

Discussants: TBD