Agenda for Seminar on e-Commerce 30th August 2014 Chennai

Tentative Agenda for Seminar on e-Commerce

Date: Saturday, 30^th August 2014                                    Venue: Muthamizh Peravai Hall

                                                                                                R. A. Puram, Chennai – 600 028

Chief Guest: Mr. Keshav Desiraju, IAS, Secretary, DoCA, GOI 

0900– 0930 am  - Registration

            0930 - 1015 am - Inaugural Session

0930 - 0935 am             Tamizh Tai Vazhthu / Welcome address

0935 - 0945 am             Need for seminar – Shri K. Rajaraman  IAS, 

                                                Commissioner, Comml Taxes, Government of TN

0945 –1005 am             Inaugural address - Shri Keshav Desiraju IAS,  

                                                Secretary,Department of Consumer Affairs, GOI

                        1005 – 1015 am Need for change in CP Act to include e-Commerce –

             Shri S. Gopalakrishnan, IAS, CCS, Government of TN

                        1015 – 1020 am Vote of Thanks

            1025 – 1115 am                         First Session – e- Commerce and the Consumer

                        1025 - 1035 am            Presentation of Survey Results

                        1035 - 1105 am             Panel discussion – Pros and Cons of e-commerce

           – 3 panelists – Divakar Babu, NIveditha, Pratima

 Moderator Prof Keshav Rao, Vizag

                        1105 – 1115 am Q & A

            1115 – 1130 am             Tea Break

            1130 - 1230 pm                         Second Session – Regulating e-Commerce

                        1130 – 1200 pm              Issues faced by Consumers –

 S. Saroja, Civic and Consumer Action Group (CAG)

                        1200 – 1220 pm Need for regulation of e-Commerce industry – 

                                                               Mr. N. Sivasailam IAS, Secretary, Health & FW,

                                                                 Government of Karnataka

            1220 – 1230 pm                       Q & A

1230– 1330 pm             Third Session – e Commerce Guidelines

Panel discussion – 4 panelists Ramamurthy,    

Mr. Ganesan, Mr. Martin and one from Industry

      Moderator – to be confirmed

1330 – 1415 pm            Lunch break

1415 - 1515 pm                         Fourth Session – Taxes and financials in e-Commerce

1415 - 1430 pm             Concerns of the Govt.  – Shri K. Rajaraman IAS,

                                                                         Commissioner, Coml. Taxes – Government of TN

1430 - 1445 pm             E-Commerce – Service Tax Implications - Mr. Sanjay Kumar

                                    Agarwal, IRS Commissioner, Service Taxes, GOI

1445 - 1500 pm             Industry viewpoint/ Self-regulatory measures –

 Mr. R. Ramamurthy – Advisor, CII and FICCI

1500 – 1515 pm             Q & A

1515 - 1625 pm - 5^th Session – Way Forward

1515 - 1530 pm             Suggested Regulations for e-Commerce –

                          Ms. Pratima Narayan, Legal Consultant, Bangalore

1530 - 1545 pm             Consumer Grievance Redressal - Mr. S. Martin,

                                    Advocate, Tiruchirapalli and Consumer Activist

1545 - 1600 pm             Third Party Certification for e-Com players? - Ms. J. Madhuri

                                    Legal Solution Provider & expert in Digital Laws

1600 – 1615 pm Q & A

1615 – 1630 pm            Valedictory address – Mr. G. Gurucharan IAS,

Addl. Secretary, DoCA, Govt. of India

                        1630 - 1640 pm             Summing up/ Recommendations,

                         Mr. N. L. Rajah, Advocate & Board Member, CAG, Chennai

1640 – 1645 pm            - Vote of Thanks and National Anthem

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