Events
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- THE 46TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE INDIAN
ECONOMETRIC SOCIETY.
The Department
of Economics, University of Jammu organized the 46th
Annual Conference of The Indian Econometric Society
from 4-6 March, 2010. The Conference was inaugurated
by Jb. Abdul Gani Malik, Hon'ble Minister for Higher
Education, Jammu and Kashmir Government. In his
address he appreciated the efforts of the University
of Jammu in increasing academic enrichment among the
faculty, scholars and students by organizing literary
activities on the University Campus. He emphasized the
need for good data base for better planning process
which would make it an effective tool for social and
economic development of the various population sub
sets in India.
Prof. C. R. Rao, Padam Bhushan awardee
and a great philosopher and an econometrician of
international repute was the Guest of Honour. Prof
Varun Sahni, Hon'ble Vice Chancellor of the University
of Jammu presided over the function and in his address
highlighted the main features of the Conference and
the desirability of organizing such academic events in
the University Campus.
In his address Prof Jasbir
Singh Head, Department of Economics, University of
Jammu and Local Organising Secretary, welcomed the
distinguished guests, delegates, members of the civil
society, University fraternity to the inaugural
function. Prof. Dipankor Coondoo, President (TIES) in
his presidential address highlighted certain
methodological issues measuring the consumer price
differential in the spatial context, as any price
change in a huge and diverse country like India do not
uniformly effect the various regions of the country.
In this context, he proposed a simple regression based
econometric methodology of estimation of MPIM from a
given set of household data on item specific
prices/unit values. Prof. N R Bhanumurthy, the
Secretary of the society presented the formal vote of
thanks.
In this conference about 300 delegates from
different parts of the country participated. Prominent
among those who attended the Conference are: Dr B B
Bhattacharya, Vice Chancellor, JNU, Delhi ; Dr D M
Nachane, Director, IGIDR ; Dr Balwant Singh, RBI,
Mumbai; Dr Ramesh Kolli, ADG, CSO, Delhi; Dr D.V.S
Sastry, Chief of Research, IRDA, Hyderabad; Dr P.K
Chaubey, IIPA, Delhi; Dr Brinda Jagirdar, Chief
Economist, SBI ; Dr Nityananda Sarkar, ISI, Kolkatta ;
Dr PC Mohanan and his team (CSO, Delhi). His
Excellency the Governor of J&K, Shri N. N. Vohra was
the Chief Guest in the valedictory function and Prof R
Radhakrishna, Chairman, National Statistical
Commission delivered the keynote address.
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