Appendix A: List of Persons Contacted The team from Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research had the benefit of discussion with a number of people. We thank them for their time and suggestions The list of people with whom we had discussions is as follows: A Basu, Director Planning, Irrigation A K Bhagwati, Director, Fisheries Research Centre A K Bora, Professor, Tea Husbandry & Technology Department A K Pathak, Director of Research (Agriculture) A K Sarma, ACE (HQ) A K Sarma, ACE(H Q) A K Sinha, Head, Nematology Department A N Borah - Joint Secretary, Handloom & Textile B Baruah, Professor, Agricultural Economics, Department B M Das, Joint Director, Eco & State B N Sarmah, Head, Agronomy Department D Phukan, President, All Assam SSI Assocn D M Singh, Director, Wildlife, Kaziranga National Park and other Senior Officials of Forest Department of Golaghat and Jorhat District F Ali, Deputy Director, Sericulture G C Gogoi, CE (GNM) G C Medhi - Under Secretary, G C Pathak, SE (RC), ASEB G L Kaul, Vice Chancellor H K Mohan, Joint Director, Sericulture H N Kakati - Director, A H & Vety H P K Singh, Additional Director, P&D H S Das, IAS, Commr & Secretary , P&D Deptt 217 H Sonawal, IAS, Commr & Secretary , Health J Baruah, IAS, MD, AIDC J C Goswami - Joint Secretary, Border Area Deptt K Baruah, CA, ASEB K K Barua, Head, Plant Physiology Department K K Hazarika, IAS, Member K K Mittal, IAS, Commr , P&R D K K Nath, Head, Agro-Meteorology Department L Rynzah, IAS, Principle Secretary & Commr & Secretary , Agriculture M K Sarma, Director, FINER Md Hasan Ali - Secretary, S W Deptt N C Dhekialphukan, Director, Economics & Statistics N G Barooah, IAS, Secretary , P&D N K Bora - Secretary, PWD N K Das, CE (DISTRIB), ASEB N Kakati - S E (PHE) N M Hussain - Director, Handloom & Textile P Barthakur, IAS, Director, Industries P Basumatary, Member, ASEB P C Deka, Dean, Faculty of Agriculture P C Gohain, Director, Border Area P K Baruah - Under Secy , Flood Comtrol P K Bordoloi, Director of Extension Education P K Dutta, Director of Physical Plant Dr P K Goswami, Senior Manager(PM&C) N R L P Neog, Secretary, Irrigation P Saikia - Joint Secretary, P & D Deptt 218 Pranab Kumar Bora, IAS, Chief Secretary R Baruah, Head, Biochemistry Department S Ali, Joint Secretary , Power S Ali, Joint Secretary, Power S C Das, IAS, Commr & Secretary , Industries S C Longmailai - Joint Secretary , Social Welfare S Das, Manager, Power Grid Corporation S Jerath, IAS, Commr & Secretary , Power S K Saha, Deputy CAO, ASEB S P Dutta, Director, P & D T C Baruah, Head, Soil Sciences Department T C Brahma, Head, Animal Husbandry Department T N Barpujari - Jointt Director, Fishery T N Saikia, In-Charge, Agro-Economic Research Centre Z M Haque, Deputy Secretary , Power Z M Haque, Deputy Secretary , Power 219 Persons interviewed in various places for Chapter 6 on Connectivity on the Brahmaputra. In Delhi B B Basu, Faculty member, IDSA Bindaswary Pathak, Chairman, Sulabh International Dr K L Thapar, Director , Asian Institute of Transport Development K L Thukral, Senior Consultant, Asian Institute of Transport Development P K Jha, Vice Chairman, Sulabh International Dr R K Jain, IRTS, (Executive Director Perspective Planning), Railway Broad, Ministry Of Railways R M Nair, Member (Technical), IWAI R P Khare, Dy. Director. IWAI, Government of India In Kolkota/Haldia A K Sinharay, Chief Manager (RSD), CIWTC Ltd Aditya Banka, Director, ODC Carriers Pvt Ltd D K Sinha, (Assistant Manager, Finance), CIWTC Ltd H P Barooah , President , North-East Chamber of Commerce and Industry P Dasgupta, Secretary, Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry S K Mandal , Assistant Director (Planning and Research), Calcutta Port Trust S N Chakrabartty, Deputy Director (P&R), Calcutta Port Trust Siddhartha Banerjee, Manager (I&CF), Calcutta Port Trust At Guwahati Dinesh Chandra Sarma, Sr. Commercial Manager, NF Railway. 220 Dulal Goswami, Department of Environmental Science, Gauhati University Prof G.P. Singh, Executive Engineer, Brahmaputra Board Himanshu Das, IAS, Development Commissioner, Government of Assam Karuna Choudhary, General Manager , Brahmaputra Board M K Saha, Deputy Director, IWAI M K Saha, Divisional Manager , CIWTC Ltd Pranab Bora, IAS. Chief Secretary, Government of Assam R. Majumdar, Executive Engineer (Commercial), Assam State Inland Water Transport Corporation Utpalprana Hazarika, CPRO, NF Railway Ms At Jorhat Gasnabi, Hydrologist Divisional Executive Engineer, Flood Control Department Prof Nara Bora, Ex. Executive Engineer Flood Control Department O P Gattani, President, Jorhat Chamber Of Commerce Ravi S Prasad, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, Jorhat. A total of 56 persons were interviewed at Neamatighat, including daily passengers, boat men, residents of the ghat and daily wage labourers. At Dibrugarh Divisional Executive Engineer, ASIWT Corporation Divisional Executive Engineer, Flood Control Department Manoj Jalan, MD, Jalan Industries Mukti Gogoi, ADC, Dibrugarh 221 A total of 41 persons were interviewed at Dibrugarh ghat; they included daily passengers, boat men , residents of the ghat and daily wage labourers. 222.