Program Schedule

Day 1

November 3, 2026

Inauguration 10:30AM–10:45AM

S. Mahendra Dev

Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM)

Session 1: Theoretical Issues in Official Statistics

11AM - 1.30PM

Chair: Arup Bose

Professor (Retd), Indian Statistical Institute

Keynote Speaker: Saibal Chatterjee

Chairman, National Statistics Commission. Govt of India

Speakers: (30 mins each)

Gopal Basak, Professor (Retd), ISI

Debasish Paul, ISI

Anurag De, ISI

Question and Answer Session

Lunch: ISI Guest House

Session 2: Empirical Issues in Official Statistics

2.30PM - 5.30PM

Chair: Bimal Roy

Former Chairman of NSC and former Director,ISI

Keynote Speaker: Mausumi Bose

Professor (Retd), Indian Statistical Institute

Speakers: (30 mins each)

Debasis Sengupta, ISI

Nachiketa Chattopadhyay, ISI

Swagatam Das, ISI

Kaushik Jana, ISI Delhi

Question and Answer Session

Day 2

November 4, 2026

Session 3: Indian Official Statistics: Some Issues

11AM - 1.30PM

Chair: S.P Mukherjee

Professor (Retd), Calcutta University and Chairman, Board of Directors, ISEC

Keynote Speaker: Shri Ravi Shankar

Executive Director, Department of Statistics and Information Management, RBI

Speakers: (30 mins each)

Aloke Kar (ISS-Retd),ISI

P.C Mohanan, (ISS-Retd)

G.C Manna, (ISS-Retd)

Onkar Prosad Ghosh,ISS, DDG, DGCIS, Govt of India

Question and Answer Session

Lunch: ISI Guest House

Session 4: Official Data Analytics for Policy Needs: Panel discussion (TBA)

2.30PM - 5.30PM

Moderator: Subrata Gupta

IAS (Retd)

Keynote Speaker: Pulak Ghosh

IIM, Bangalore and EAC-PM

Panelists: (30 minutes)

Utz Johann Pape, World Bank

Himadri Ghosh, Head, Statistical Ecology and Environmental Statistics, ICAR

Venkataramana R Hegde, ADG, Ministry of Tourism, Govt of India

Sharon Buteau, Executive Director of LEAD (formerly IFMR LEAD)

Radha R. Ashrit, DDG, NITI Aayog

Swati Bhattacharjee, Anandabazar Patrika

Session 5: Poster Session: Theme: Evidence Based Policy Making: Showcasing State Level Experiences

11AM to 5PM

Participants: Various States ofIndia

Venue: TBA

In charge: Dr. K. Satpathy, Chief Librarian,ISI

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