You are invited to attend the NBER Conference on the Indian Economy, organized by Mihir Desai.  It will be held at the NBER, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Friday, December 16, 2005.  The preliminary program is available at:

http://www.nber.org/confer/2005/indf05/Program.html

We hope you will be able to attend.  Please reply by November 29 through this link to our electronic reply form

<<replyurl>>

HOTEL RESERVATIONS AND TRAVEL

The NBER will reimburse advance purchase discounted fares.  We strongly suggest that you book your reservations through the Bureau’s official travel agency, American Express Travel, 800-964-7409..  Your airfare will be billed directly to the NBER.  Ticketing information and NBER travel guidelines can be found at  
http://www.nber.org/~confer/travelreg.html
Please note that we are only able to reimburse advance purchase discounted fares. 

After the meeting, please fill out a travel reimbursement form and return it, along with your original receipts, to the NBER Conference Department.  The form is available at 
http://www.nber.org/forms/travexpconf.pdf

Hotel reservations will be made for out-of-town participants, as requested, at the Royal Sonesta Hotel, 5 Cambridge Parkway, Cambridge, MA, phone (617 ) 806-4200.  The NBER will pay for one night.  If you wish to stay additional nights at your own expense, please let us know on the reply form.  

PAPERS

Papers will be linked to the program (above).  Authors, please submit your final paper by December 9 to confer@nber.org in pdf or word format for distribution at the meeting. 

GROUP ACTIVITIES

There will be a group dinner at 6:30 PM on Thursday, December 15, at the Royal Sonesta Hotel, 5 Cambridge Parkway, Cambridge, MA, phone (617 ) 806-4200.  Please let us know on the reply form if you plan to attend.

CONFERENCE FORMAT

Authors will have 22 minutes to present their papers.  Discussants will each be given 12 minutes to comment.  The remaining time will be for general discussion.

QUESTIONS           

If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact me at
(617) 588_0382 phone, (617) 864-1825 fax, or CONFER@NBER.ORG.  We  look forward to seeing you in December