NEWS ROUND-UP-5
Swadeshi Jagaran Manch (SJM) organised a national seminar on Draft Approach Paper of 12th Five Year Plan of Union Planning Commission on January 21 in Thiruvananthapuram. The expert panel for the seminar was drawn from various reputed institutions of the country. The distinguished speakers included renowned economist and chairman of Fourth State Finance Commission, Kerala, Dr MA Oommen, UGP Emeritus Fellow Dr G Gopa Kumar, Prof at School of Rural Development, TISS, Osmanabad, Dr M Kunhaman, National co-convener of SJM Prof BM Kumara Swamy, director of Tamil Nadu Institute of Urban Studies, Coimbatore, Dr P Kanagasabapathi, noted writer on financial matters and Chennai based Chartered Accountant Shri MR Venkatesh, former member of UGC and formerly Professor and Head of Economics Department in University of Kerala, Dr G Karunakaran Pillai, former Educational Consultant of NAAC Dr KN Madhusoodanan Pillai, reputed Chartered Accountant R Suresh Mohan, coconvener of Swadeshi Jagran Manch, South India, Adv KV Biju. (FOC)
