Press Institute of India
and
Liberty Institute
in partnership with the
Friedrich Naumann Stiftung – für die Freiheit
cordially invite you for the launch of its new initiative

www.EmpoweringIndia.org

a unique website on candidates and constituencies
by

Mr Naresh Gupta
Chief Electoral Officer & Additional Chief Secretary to Government –
Public Elections Department

Guest of Honour
Mr T S Krishnamoorthy
Former Chief Election Commissioner of India

Date: April 4, 2009 TIME: 10 am to 2 pm
Venue: Press Institute of India,
RIND Premises, Second Main Road,Taramani CPT Campus, Chennai – 600 113.

RSVP:
Liberty Institute, New Delhi – 011-28031309
Press Institute of India, Chennai – 0-98410 51489

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PROGRAMME:

10 am - Registration (Tea / Coffee)

10.20 am - Intro to the programme, (Mr V Murali - PII Director)
10.25 am - Welcome remarks (FNF Rep)
10.30 am - Launch empoweringindia.org and address: Naresh Gupta, IAS - CEO & Addl Chief Secretary to Govt, TamilNadu
10.50 am - Guest of Honours address: Mr T S Krishnamoorthy, Former Chief Election Commissioner of India
11.00 am - Intro to www.empoweringindia.org – Mr Barun Mitra, Director, Liberty Institute

11.20 am - PANEL DISCUSSION – ‘Making democracy meaningful’
Chairperson – Mr Era. Sezhiyan (Former Member of Parliament)

Panellists

– Mr B S Raghavan IAS Retd (Chief Secretary of Tripura)
- Mr Sathiya Moorthy - Director – Chennai Chapter, Observer Research Foundation
- Mr Venkatasubramanian IAS Retd – Trustee, The Catalyst Trust

12.20 pm – Detailed demonstration of website and interaction with media persons – Mr Barun Mitra

1.30 pm – Lunch

RSVP:
Liberty Institute, New Delhi – 011-28031309, Email: <EmpoweringIndiaMail@Gmail.com>
Press Institute of India, Chennai – 0-98410 51489