Dr Amit Mitra, Secretary General, FICCI, Dr Nachiket Mor, Executive Director, ICICI Bank, Shri Sharad Yadav, Hon’ble Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Mr R S Lodha, President, FICCI, Mr Mr S Bandhopadhyay,Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs,Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Mr Lamon Rutten, Chief, Finance and Energy, Commodities Branch, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and Mr Suresh A Kotak,President - East India Cotton Association, President - Federation of Indian Commodity Exchanges and Chairman, FICCI – Internal Trade Committee at the Inaugural Session.

Dr Nachiket Mor, Executive Director, ICICI Bank, Shri Sharad Yadav, Hon’ble Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Mr R S Lodha, President, FICCI, Mr Mr S Bandhopadhyay,Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Mr Lamon Rutten, Chief, Finance and Energy, Commodities Branch, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

Mr R S Lodha, President, FICCI, addressing the gathering at the Inaugural Session

Mr Vivek Bharati, Adviser, FICCI, Mr G Chandra Shekhar, Editor (Commodities and Agribusiness), The Hindu Business Line, Mr Hardeep Singh, President - Indian Subcontinent, Cargill India Pvt. Ltd, Mr Lamon Rutten, Chief, Finance and Energy, Commodities Branch, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Mr Sompal, Member, Planning Commission, Government of India, Dr Kewal Ram, Member, Forward Markets Commission, Mr Vineet Bhatnagar, Chairman and Managing Director, Refco (I) Pvt. Ltd., Dr Madhoo Pavaskar, Consulting Economist and Mr G Ramachandran, Financial Analyst.

Address by Mr Lamon Rutten, Chief, Finance and Energy, Commodities Branch, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

Shri Sharad Yadav, Hon’ble Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution addressing the gathering at the Inaugural Session.