The main purpose of the regional meeting is to disseminate the preliminary findings from the field research and to get the feedback from various stakeholders such as representatives of State Dept. of Consumer Affairs, consumer organizations, consumers’ grievance redressal bodies, policy makers, subject expert media, academia etc. Apart from dissemination of preliminary research findings, these consultations will serve the purpose of advocacy with policymakers on region-specific consumer issues emerging out of research. Schedule for these consultations is as follows.
- Bangalore (Karnataka) – Friday, August 03, 2012
- Agartala (Tripura) – Friday, August 17, 2012
- Chandigarh (Union Territory) – Wednesday, August 22, 2012
- Ranchi (Jharkhand) – Friday, August 31, 2012