Vellore :

More than 700 delegates from various parts of the state are expected to attend the 34th annual conference of the Association of Economist of Tamil Nadu ( AET), to be hosted by Vellore Institute of Technology University’s business school on December 14 and 15.

VIT University chancellor G Viswanathan will inaugurate the conference in the presence of Royal Meridian Hotel and PGP Group of Institutions chairman Palani G Periasamy. The conference will hold technical sessions on education and development, energy crisis in Tamil Nadu and economy of Vellore region.

V Loganathan, emeritus professor University of Madras, K Varatharajan, former scientific officer of Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, M Basha from Islamiah College, Vaniyambadi, and C Dhandapani from Thiruvallur University, Vellore, will address the conference in which more than 200 papers will be presented.

R Balasubramaniyan, associate professor of economics at D G Vaishanav College, Chennai, will deliver the 9th M Sebastian Stanislaus (AET founder) memorial lecture on ‘The status of food security in Tamil Nadu.’

The conference includes a panel discussion on southern growth models. Viswanathan will chair the socio-economic conundrum on December 15.

Lifetime achievement awards will be presented to nine professors, including founder director of Vellore Institute of Development Studies P Jegadish Gandhi.

Senior economist and junior economist awards will also be presented during the conference.

source: http://www.articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Chennai> Tamil Nadu / by Bosco Dominique, TNN / December 13th, 2013