hi all, I take the privilege of informing you that the North East Media Forum (NEMF), the platform for journalists from NE India working in the national capital, in collaboration with the North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NEDFI), is organizing a daylong conference on "Look East Policy: A Reality Check" vis-à-vis North-East India, at the Chinmaya Mission Auditorium, Lodi Road, New Delhi, on January 31, 2007.
The NEMF will be honoured if you kindly take some time off to attend the conference that will start at 9 am and continue till afternoon, focusing on various subjects related to the main theme through four separate sessions. Union Ministers Jairam Ramesh and Santosh Mohan Dev, and a large number of policy makers, politicians, bureaucrats and media persons will be among the participants at the conference that will have four sessions on "Trade & Regulatory Issues", "Infrastructure, Human Resources & Tourism", "Art & Culture" and "Security Issues". Among those who have confirmed their participation are NEDFI CMD K N Hazarika, Federation of North East Region (FINER) CEO Ajay Borthakur, Institute for Environment Management & Social Development Executive Director Ashish Chopra, Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd General Manager Robin Kalita, Export Promotion Council for Handicraft Deputy Director R K Shrivastav, former Union Tourism Secretary Madan Prasad Bezbaruah, North East Students Organization chairperson Dr Samujjal Kumar Bhattacharya, Planning Commission Advisor A M Gokhale, Lok Sabha MPs Dr Arun Kumar Sarma and Kirip Chaliha, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister's Advisor Nalong Mize, author-journalist Mamang Dai, Assam Film (Finance & Development) Corporation chairperson Bobbeeta Sharma, columnist and former chief spokesperson of ULFA Sunil Nath and senior journalist Nitin Gokhale, Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited (IL&FS) CEO D K Mittal and representatives from the Export Promotion Council of Handicraft. Also expected to participate are V S Jafa, former Chief Secretary, Government of Assam, and M P Lama of JNU. Looking forward to seeing you at the conference. With regards, Utpal Borpujari General Secretary, NEMF
