STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM - GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON

CONTENT LIST Lecture I Title: Mumbai as an International Financial Centre - Aspects of the Indiamn Economy Name of the Lecturer: Mr. Shaugata Bhattacharya, Axis Bank Sr. No. Details 1 Mid - Year Economic Analysis 2012 -2013 2 Report of the High Powered Expert Committee on making Mumbai an International Financial Centre 3 A Hundred Small Steps - Report of the Committee on Financial Sector Reforms 4 Mumbai as an Int'l Financial Center:Aspects of the Indian Economy   Lecture II Title: Role of the Civil Society and NGO sector in Development Name of the Lecturer: Ms. Poornima Dore - Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT) Sr. No. Details 1 Experiences of working on Urban planning and governance projects within the urban poverty & livelihood portfolio 2 Role and Contribution of NGOs : Urban Planning and Governance   Lecture III Title: Improving Governance and Transparency - The Role of XBRL Name of the Lecturer: Mr. K. Balachandran, IRIS Sr. No. Details 1 XBRL - An overview - Introduction to XBRL and the basic concepts of XBRL 2 India Improving Governance and Transparency  Lecture IV Title: Pursuit of Financial Stability in India Name of the Lecturer: Ms. Dimple Bhandia Sr. No. Details 1 Systematic risk assessment - The cornerstone for the pursuit of financial stability. 2 The Turner Review - A regulatory response to the global banking crisis - March 2009 3 Financial Stability: 2007 to 2012 - Five Years On - Anand Sinha 4 RBI releases financial stability report: December 2012 5 RBI releases financial stability report: June 2012 6 RBI releases financial stability report: December 2011 7 RBI releases financial stability report: June 2011 8 India's financial sector remained stree-free; But risks arising from Macro - Economic Soft Spots and Global Growth Asymmetries remain: RBI's second financial report - December 2010 9 RBI releases first financial stability report: says limited risk to financial stability, but monitoring required on an ongoing basis 10 Pursuit of financial stability:The Indian experience  Lecture V Title: India's Urban Growth Name of the Lecturer: Prof. S. Chandrashekhar Sr. No. Details 1 Increasing Opportunity and reducing poverty in New York city - The New York city commission for Economic Opportunity Report to mayor Michael R. Bloomberg - September 2006 2 Are urban Poverty and undernutrition growing? Some newly Assembled Evidence - Lawrence Hadded, Marie Y. Ruel and James C. Garrett 3 On the urbanization of poverty - Martin Ravallion 4 Dollar a Day Revisited 5 The Urban Transformation of the Developing World 6 Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network (PREM) - Economic Premise 7 Spatial Determinants of Entrepreneurship in India 8 Is India's Manufacturing sector moving away from cities? 9 Economist Debates: Cities statements 10 Will India's Cities be the Engine for the Growth Process? Depends on the Headwind and Tailwind   Lecture VI Title: International Trade with China India Perspective Name of the Lecturer: Prof. C. Veeramani Sr. No. Details 1 Anatomy of India's Merchandise Export Growth, 1993 - 1994 to 2010 - 2011 2 The 'Miracle' Still waiting to happen: Performance of India's manufactured exports in comparison to China 3 Specialization patterns under Trade Liberalization: Evidence from india and China 4 India's Export Sophistication fin a comparative perspective 5 Sources of India's export growth in Pre- and Post - Reform Periods 6 Growth and Structure of Trade: India and China in a Comparative Perspective