To honor the memory of our Founder President, MEDC organizes "Dr. D.R. Gadgil Memorial Lecture" every year on various topics. The lectures in the past have been delivered by luminaries like Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Dr. R. A. Mashelkar, Dr. Vijay Kelkar, Prof. Avinash Dixit, Dr. Y. K. Alagh, Dr. Kaushik Basu, Mr. Devendra Fadnavis, Dr. Raghuram Rajan, Dr. Rajiv Kumar and Shri Nitin Gadkari amongst others.
Speakers
Sr. No | Speaker | Designation | Organisation | Subject | Date |
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1 | Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia | Member | Planning Commission, Government of India | Roadblocks in Global Integration of India | October 5, 1999 |
2 | Dr. R.A. Mashelkar | Director General | CSIIR | Brick and Click Economy : Prospects and Issues | November 11, 2000 |
3 | Shri Arun Jaitley | Hon'ble Union Minister for Law, Justice and Company Affairs | Government of India | India in the 21 st Century - The Road Map | December 1, 2001 |
4 | Dr. Arthur Carty | President | National Research Council, Canada | Impact of Technology Clusters on Economic Growth |
February 12, 2003 |
5 | Dr. Vijay Kelkar | Chairman | India Development Foundation, and IDFC Asset Management Company | India's Economic Future: Moving Beyond State Capitalism | October 27, 2005 |
6 | Dr. Avinash Dixit | Professor of Economics | Sherrerd University, Princeton University, USA | Governance Institutions and India's Development | January 22, 2009 |
7 | Dr. Y. K. Alagh | Chairman | Institute of Rural Management, Anand | New Policy Framework for SME Sector | January 29, 2010 |
8 | Dr. Kaushik Basu | Chief Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance | Government of India | Two Decades of India's Economic Reforms: Reflections and the Road Ahead July 28, 2011 9 Dr. Saumitra Chaudhuri Member Planning Commission, Government of India | July 28, 2011 |
9 | Dr. Saumitra Chaudhuri | Member | Planning Commission, Government of India | The Legacy Of Prof. D.R. Gadgil, The Twelfth Five Year (2012-17) Plan, Contemporary Indian Economy And The World | September 4, 2012 |
10 | Dr. Raghuram Rajan | Governor | Reserve Bank of India | Financial Inclusion: Technology, Institutions and Policy | February 13, 2014 |
11 | Shri Devendra Fadnavis | Hon'ble Chief Minister | Government of Maharashtra | The Road Map for the Future of Maharashtra's Economy | May 25, 2015 |
12 | Prof. Abhijit Banerjee | International Professor of Economics | Ford Foundation, and MIT, Boston | Lifting India out of Poverty | April 2, 2016 |
13 | Shri Suresh Prabhu | Hon'ble Union Minister for Railways | Government of India | India's Transition to a new Economic Order | June 29, 2017 |
14 | Dr. Rajiv Kumar | Vice Chairman | Niti Ayog, Government of India | Priorities, Challenges and Future of Indian Economy | June 29, 2018 |
15 | Shri Sudhir Mungantiwar | Finance Minister | Government of Maharashtra | Maharashtra's March towards a $ 1 Trillion Economy | August 28, 2019 |
16 | Shri Nitin Gadkari | Minister for Road, Transport & Highways | Government of India | Prosperity is possible through Agricultural Technology | June 29, 2021 |