Conference Schedule
Draft Program Agenda, Day-1

Date: 19th February, Hotel Radisson Blu, Guwahati

Inaugural Session
Welcome Address
(11:00am- 11:05am)
Ms Perminder Jeet Kaur, Director East and North East, ASSOCHAM
Address by
(11:05am – 11:10am)
Mr M. K Agarwal , ASSOCHAM Chairman, North Eastern Region Development Council, Managing Director, Meghalaya Cements Ltd
Address by
(11:10am -11:15am)
Mr Tanmoy Chakraborty, Group Govt Affairs Officer, Tata Sons
Address by
(11:15am -11:20am)
Mr Kausar J Hilaly, ACS, Additional Secretary, Dept of Industries an Commerce, Government of Assam
Address by
(11:20am – 11:30am)
Mr Chandra Mohan Patowary, Hon’ble Minister, Industries & Commerce, Government of Assam
Release of ASSOCHAM Knowledge report supported by NABARD
Address by Chief Guest
(11:30am – 11:45am)
Mr Rameswar Teli, Hon’ble Minister of State for Food Processing Industries, Government of India
Presentation of ASSOCHAM Memento
(11:45am – 11:50am) Closing of the opening session by Perminder Jeet Kaur, Director East and North East, ASSOCHAM
MEDIA INTERACTION
Plenary Session I
(12: 05pm – 1:30pm) Opportunities in North East
Address by
(12:05pm – 12:20pm)
Mr. S Soundararajan, Director, Tea Development, Tea Board India Importance of Tea Sector in the Economy of North East of India & the Indian Tea Varieties
Address by
(12:20pm – 12:30pm)
Dr Subhas Bhattacharjee, Former Managing Director NERAMAC Food Processing Opportunities in North East
Address by
(12:30pm – 12:40pm)
Mr Harjit Moni Bharali, Branch Manager, Export Credit Guarantee Corp Export Opportunities from North East and Financing
Address by
(12:40pm – 12:50pm)
Ms Joyshree Das Verma, Hony Consulate General, Israel at Guwahati Israel for North East
Address by
(12: 50pm – 1:00pm)
Mr Avinash Sikaria, Director, Mega Food Park Tripura Opportunities in Tripura
Address by
( 1:00pm – 1:10pm)
Dr Arun Kumar Sarma, Director General, North East Centre for Technology Application and Reach (NECTAR) Agriculture Technology for North East Region
(1.10pm-1.15pm) Interaction with Audience
(1.30pm-1.35pm) Closing of the Session
Industry Roundtable

Hon’ble Minister Shri Chandra Mohan Patowary
Industries and Commerce , Government of Assam
(12.15pm-1.30 pm)
1. Mr M K Agarwal, MD, Meghalaya Cements, Chairman ASSOCHAM North East Council
2. Mr Tanmoy Chakraborty, Group Govt Affairs Officer, Tata Sons
3. Dr Sudipta Narayan Roy, Managing Director Powell Group
4. Mr Shankaran Ramamurthy, Director, Frigoscan Post Harvest Technologies
5. Mr Sachin Pant, President Advisory & Consulting Business, SREI Infrastructure Finance Ltd
6. Mr Yogesh Dubey, Director, LinkQuest Telecom Ltd
7. Mr Mannu Choudhary, Managing Director, Prakriti Organics
8. Mr Bickramjit Paul, Cluster Operation Manager, Amway India
9. Mr Raju Poddar, Regional Head for Industrial Vertical at Honeywell
10. Mr Sandeep Sikaria, Director, Jagdamba Cold Storage
11. Ms Richa Manjari Singh & Akash Jaju, Partners, Agrobotix, Delhi
12. Mr Rahul Saikia, Head of Global Strategy & Business Development, Rising Pharmaceuticals & Startup Consultant
& Industry Interaction with Israel Hony Consulate General at Guwahati
Lunch 1.45 pm to 2.15 pm
Plenary Session II
Address by
(2:30pm – 4:30pm)
Guest of Honour Shri K.J Hilaly, ACS, Addl. Secretary, Dept of Industries, Government of Assam
Session for up scaling SMEs and Uplifting Startup Eco System of the region Eminent Speakers
  • Mr Rahul Saikia, Startup Consultant
  • State Bank of India
  • Dr Sudipta Narayan Roy, Managing Director Powell Group
  • Mr Ragesh Keisham, Chairman, Sui Generis Agronomy, Manipur
  • Mr Shankaran Ramamurthy, Director, Frigoscan Post Harvest Technologies
  • Mr Mannu Choudhary, Managing Director, Prakriti Organics
  • Mr Prasanta Talukdar, Asst. General Manager, NEDFI
Address by
(3.30pm – 5.00pm)
Business to Business Meetings
Plenary Session III
(4:00pm – 5:00 pm) Part B Hall (Virtual Event)
Roundtable on Global Technologies & Opportunities in Assam
Guest of Honour : Mr M K Yadava, IFS, MD Amtron
Presentation by : Mr Gaurav Dhwaj, Advisor, AMTRON
Session Lead : Mr Tanmoy Chakraborty, Group Government Affairs Officers, Tata Sons
5.00 pm Closing Remarks and Vote of Thanks
Ms Perminder Jeet Kaur, ASSOCHAM