ICFAI

The Vice Chancellor, Members of the Faculty, Staff and students

cordially invite you to attend a Panel Discussion on

Panel Members

Dr. C. RangarajanChancellor, IFHE

Dr. M. Govinda RaoEmeritus Professor, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi

Dr. B. V. R. Mohan ReddyFounder and Executive Chairman, Cyient Limited

Dr. J. Mahender ReddyVice Chancellor, will preside

I N V I T A T I O N

GROUP

Venue Auditorium, IFHE Campus, Hyderabad

Union Budget 2017-18

th On Monday the 6 February, 2017 at 11.00 AM

Dr. B. V. R. Mohan Reddy is the Founder and Executive Chairman, Cyient Limited.

Cyient is the largest independent exporter of high value research and development

(R&D) services from India. 7 of the top 10 global aerospace companies, 5 of the top 5

global rail companies, 2 of the top 5 global semiconductor companies, 7 of the top 10

heavy equipment companies are Cyient's customers.

Dr. Mohan Reddy was conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award by Hyderabad

Management Association (HMA) in 2016. He also received an Honorary Doctorate

from the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad and Honorary degree

of Doctor of Science from the Andhra University, Visakhapatnam.

Dr. Mohan Reddy's dedicated commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

has made an incredible mark on the lives of many individuals and is an acknowledged

contributor to community, state and nation. Through its “Adopt-a-School” initiative,

Cyient touches the lives of over 10,000 underprivileged children. He is a Member of

Board of Trustees of LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad.

Dr. Mohan Reddy served as Chairman of NASSCOM (National Association of

Software & Service Companies) for 2015-16, as Vice Chairman during 2014-15. He

has also served as the Chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII),

Southern Region (2008-09). He is a Founding Director of T-Hub, the largest

incubation centre in India for start-ups by Government of Telangana. He was the

Chairman of the Board of Governors, IIT-Hyderabad and has also been appointed as a

Director on the Board of National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), and

Member of Court of Governors of Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI).

Recently, he has been appointed as Honorary Consul of Federal Republic of Germany

for states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

Dr. B. V. R. Mohan Reddy

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Dr. C. Rangarajan is the Chancellor of the ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education and

also of Hyderabad Central University. He is currently Chairman, Madras School of

Economics and President, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. Dr. C. Rangarajan was

earlier Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister in the rank of

Cabinet Minister. Prior to this, he was Chairman of the Twelfth Finance Commission.

He was Governor of the Reserve Bank of India during 1992-1997 at a time when India

embarked on wide-ranging economic reforms which fundamentally altered the

structure of the Indian economy. After obtaining his Honours Degree from Madras, he

obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. In the United States, he taught

at the Wharton School of Finance & Commerce, University of Pennsylvania and the

Graduate School of Business Administration, New York University. In India, he taught

at Loyola College, Madras, University of Rajasthan, the Indian Statistical Institute, New

Delhi, and for well over a decade and a half, at the Indian Institute of Management,

Ahmedabad.

He was President of the Indian Economic Association in 1988 and President of the

Indian Econometric Society in 1994. He is also the President of the Centenary Year

(2017) of the Indian Economic Association.

Dr. Rangarajan was recipient of several prestigious awards. Notable among them have

been the Honorary Fellow of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, Alumni

Award for Outstanding Leadership by the Wharton India Economic Forum and the

'Finance Man of the Decade' by the Bombay Management Association. In recognition

of his distinguished service to the country, the government honoured him with Padma

Vibhushan in 2002 (Second Highest Civilian Award).

Dr. M. Govinda Rao, was a Member of the Fourteenth Finance Commission, Government

of India. Currently, he is an Emeritus Professor, National Institute of Public Finance and

Policy, New Delhi. His past positions include Director, National Institute of Public

Finance and Policy, New Delhi (2003-13), Director, Institute for Social and Economic

Change, Bangalore (1998-2002), and Fellow, Research School of Pacic and Asian

Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Presently, he is a Member,

Board of Governors, Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi and Member, of the

Governing Body of Madras School of Economics. He is a Member of Research Advisory

Panel of South Asia Network of Economic Research Institutions (SANEI) and a Member

of the Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation, New

York.

Dr. Govinda Rao has had a number of advisory roles in India and abroad. He was a

Member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India (2004-2012),

Member of Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission (FSLRC) (2011-13)

Government of India; Member, High Level Expert Committee on Universal Health

Coverage (2011); Member, High Level Expert Committee on Efcient Management of

Public Expenditure (2011-12); Member, Advisory Group of Eminent Persons to Advise

the Finance Minister on G-20 matters (2011-12); Chairman, Expert Group on Taxation of

Services (2001-02), Chairman, Expert Committee on VAT Compensation (2004). He

has been a Consultant to the World Bank, IMF, Asian Development Bank, UNDP, UN

(ESCAP) on matters relating to scal decentralization and federalism, tax policy and

reforms and expenditure management in a number of countries.

Dr. Govinda Rao has done extensive research on various aspects of public nance and

development. He has authored 19 books and monographs and over 120 research

articles in refereed journals. His most recent publications include Growth and

Development Performance of States in India (co-author: Arvind Panagariya; Oxford,

2014) and Making Miracles in Indian States (co-editor:Arvind Panagariya; Oxford,

2015). His other engagements include, Councilor, Takshashila Institution, Senior

Advisor, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP and Chief Economic Adviser, Brickwork

Ratings. He is also a Non-resident Senior Fellow at the National Council of Applied

Economic Research, New Delhi.

Dr. M. Govinda RaoDr. C. Rangarajan