Let me also welcome Prof. Chetan Ghate of the ISI-Delhi, who is a member of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) and a regular teacher at the RBI Academy, as well as Prof N. Balakrishna of the Cochin University of Science and Technology, who will both deliver special talks later today. 6.
Prof. Dilip Nachane, who would join us in the afternoon, is Professor Emeritus, IGIDR-Mumbai and was a member of the Reserve Bank’s Technical Advisory Committee on Monetary Policy (TAC-MP) and the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) for a long time. He will be chairing the Panel Discussion on the Conference-Theme. Let me also welcome Dr D.K.