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Home , Aditya Jha, Ambika Soni, Babulal Gaur, Kirit Parikh, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Naresh Trehan

Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2007

Tag Line – Rooting for the Roots

Sl. No. Sessions Speakers 1. Plenary Session I Challenges of Development in Mr. Apurv Bagri Chairman, TIE, Global the Global Context Mr. Union Nath, Union Minister for Commerce & Industry Mr. C.K. Prahalad University of Michigan’s USA Business School Mr. Gopalkrishna Gandhi Governor of Bengal India 2. Working Session 1 GOPIO : Engaging PIOs in Mr. T. P. Sreenivasan Retired Ambassador India’s Development Mr. Minister of Overseas India Indian Affairs Mr. MOS (IC), Ministry of India Labour & Employment Mr. Mahyendrah Utchanah President, GOPIO Mauritius International Mauritius Mr. Thomas Abraham Chairman, GOPIO Mr. Ashook Ramsaran Secretary General, USA GOPIO Dr. Mohan Gautam Director, PIO Institute Netherlands Dr. V.P. Nair President, GOPIO Singapore Mr. Ganesh Chand University of Fiji Fiji 3. Working Session 2 Education : Challenges and Dr. Abid Hussain Former Ambassador of Indian Opportunities in India’s India to USA Development Mr. S. Union Minister of Urban India Development Mr. P. Jayaram Executive Director, New York Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan Ms. Pushpa Wood Fund Specialist, New Zealand Foundation and Community Funds Tertiary Educations 1 Commission Mr. G. Vishwanathan Chancellor of Vellore Institute of Technologies Mr. A. Parsuramen Secretary, Executive Board, UNESCO 4. Working Session 3 Health : Challenges and Dr. Executive Director, Opportunities in India’s Escorts Heart Institute Development Research Centre Ms. Sayeda Hameed Member (Health), Planning Commission Dr. Subramaniam President American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) Dr. Georgi Abraham Consultant India Nephrologists, Sri Ramchandra Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai Dr. Sant P Chawla Oncologist USA Dr. Rajeev Venkaya Advisor to the US President on Biodefence 5. Working Session 4 Youth : Driving India’s Mr. Narayan Sethuramon Chairman, Young Development Indians Mr. Privthiraj Chavan MOS, PMO India Mr. Madhu Goud Yashki Member of Parliament India Mr. Member of Parliament India Mr. Shakeel Ahmed Khan Director-General, Nehru India Yuva Kendra Sangathan 6. Working Session 5 Private Internation Law Prof. V.C. Govindaraj Vice President, Indian India Society of International Law Dr. Ram Nivas Mirdha President Indian Society India of International Law Dr. Abhishek Singhvi Member of Parliament India and Senior Advocate, 2 7. Working Session 6 The Gulf Mr. M.A. Pathan Group Resident Director, India Tata Services Ltd. Mr. Vayalar Ravi Ministry of Overseas India Indian Affairs Mr. E. Ahmed Minister of State for India External Affaris Mr. Jana K. Krishnamurthy Member of Parliament Mr. Yusuff Ali M.A. Previous Pravasi UAE Bharatiya Samman Awardee Mr. C.K. Menon Previous Pravasi Qatar Bharatiya Samman Awardee Mr. Tony Jashanmal Vice Chairman, Indian Kuwait Business Council Mr. Balachandran Nair General Convener, NRK Saudi Arabia Welfare Forum 8. Working Session 7 Mr. Aditya Jha Director-Trade & Investments, ICCC Mr. Harinder Takhar Minister for Small Canada Business and Entrepreneurship, Ontario Mr. Alok Mukherjee Chairman of Toronto Canada Police Board Mr. Ajit Khanna President ICCC 9. Working Session 8 Europe Mr. Arun Bharat Ram Chairman &Managing Director, SRF Ltd. Mr. Mani Shankar Aiyar Minister of Panchayati India Raj, Youth Affairs & Sports and Development of North East Region Mr. Nalin Surie Secretary (West), MEA India Mr. Abdool Magid Vakil President EFISA Bank Portugal Ms. Shalini Sinha Founder, Life Coach Ireland 3 10. Working Session 9 South, South East & East Mr. N. Kumar Vice Chairman, The Asia Sanmar Group Mr. G.K. Vasan MOS(IC), Statistics & Programme Implementation Dato G. Palanivel Deputy Minister of Malaysia Women, Family & Community Development Mr. N. Ravi Secretary (East), MEA India Mr. Satpal Khattar Chairman, Board of Singapore Trustees, Singapore, Business Federation, Singapore 11. Working Session Africa Mr. Syamal Gupta Chairman, Tata India 10 International Ltd. Mr. MOS, MEA India Mr. Madan Murlidhar Dullo Foreign Minister Mauritius Mr. Jay Naidoo Chairman, Development South Africa Bank of South Africa Mr. Pheroze Nowrojee Lawyer Kenya 12. Working Session Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Mr. Brij Lal Professor, University of Fiji 11 Caribbean Fiji Mr. A.K. Antony Union Minister of India Defence Mr. Prashanta Mukherjee Principal, New Zealand Prashanta.dot.com Mr. Kriesnadath Nadoe Professor Emeritus and Suriname Consultant, University of Suriname Pandit Prakash Persad Professor of Trinidad & Mechatronics Center for Tobago Innovation, Development, Enterprise and Strategy, University of Trinidad and Tobago 4 13. Working Session USA Lt. Gen (Retd.) S.S. Mehta Director General, CII India 12 Mr. Ashwani Kumar Minister of State for India Industry Mr. Ramesh Kapur President, Medical- USA Technical Gasses Inc Mr. Anil Kumar Co-Chairman, Indian USA American Council Dr. Sugata Bose Gardiner Professor of USA History, Department of History, Harvard University Dr. Vishakha Desai President, The Asia USA Society Mr. J. John (Sunny) Wycliffe USA Mr. A.K. Mago USA 14. Plenary Session II Developmental Challenges of Mr. R. Seshasayee President CII India the States : Partnership Mr. Minister of External India Opportunities Affairs Ms. Minister of Tourism & India Culture Ms. Shiela Dixit Chief Minister of NCT of India Mr. Chief Minister of India Mr. Bhupinder Singh Hooda Chief Minister of India Mr. Gautam Singh Minister of State for India Industry, 15. Plenary Session III Developmental Challenges of Ms. Member Planning India the States : Partnership Commission Opportunities Mr. Union Minister of India Agriculture Mr. Shivraj Union Minister of Home India Affairs Mr. Chief Minister of Madhya India Pradesh Mr. Katta Subramanya Minister for Large & India 5 Naidu Medium Industries, Mr. Narpat Singh Rajvi Minister for Industry, India Mr. Elamaram Kareem Minister for Industry, India Kerala Mr. K.S. Vatsa Secretary, Rural India Development and Panchayati Raj, 16. Working Session Bihar Mr. Pramod Sharma Director, Shree India 13 Baidyanath Ayurved Bhavan Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Gautam Singh Minister of State for India Industry (IC), Bihar Mr. C.K. Mishra Resident Commissioner, India Govt. of Bihar Mr. S. Vijayraghavan Industrial Development India Commissioner, Bihar 17. Working Session Delhi Mr. Ankur Bhatia Managing Director, 14 Amadeus India Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Shivinder Mohan Singh Managing Director, Fortis Healthcare Prof. P. Indresan Chairman, Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (NSIT) Mr. V.V. Bhat Principal Secretary India (Finance), NCT of Delhi 18. Working Session Gujarat Mr. Chetan Tamboli Managing Director, 15 Steelcast Ltd. Mr. Narendra Modi Chief Minister of Gujarat India Mr. D. Rajagopalan General Secretary, India Department of Industries & Mines, Gujarat Mr. Ashok Bhatt Minister of Law 19. Working Session Haryana Mr. Jatender Mehta Managing Director, 6 16 Omax Autos Ltd. Mr. K. Chaudhary Financial Commissioner, India Haryana Mr. Ashok Lavasa Financial Commissioner, India Haryana Mr. Rajeev Arora Managing Director, India Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Mr. D.R. Dhingra Director Industries, Govt. India of Haryana 20. Working Session Women Ms. Anu Aga Director, Thermax Ltd. 17 Ms. Renuka Choudhary Minister of State of India Women and Child Development Dr. Chairman, NCW India Ms. Brinda Karat Member of Parliament India Ms. Prema Cariappa Member of Parliament India Ms. Sushmita Ghosh President Emeritus, USA Ashoka Ms. Rajani Patil Chairperson Central Social Welfare Board 21. Working Session Karnataka Mr. Vinay L Deshpande 18 Mr. Katta Subramanya Minister of Large & India Naidu Medium Industries, Karnataka Mr. Rajkumar Khatri Commissioner, India Department of Commerce & Industries Karnataka Mr. G. Kumar Naik Commissioner, Ministry India of Tourism, Karnataka Mr. K.M. Shivakumar Principal Secretary, India Karnataka 22. Working Session Kerala Mr. Navas Meeran Director Eastern Treads 7 19 Ltd Mr. Elamaram Kareem Minister of Industries, India Kerala Dr. V. Venu Secertary Department of India Tourism, Kerala Mr. P.H. Kurian Managing Director, Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC) Mr. S. Kumar Former Government India Official Mr. Vishwas Mehta Secretary Department of India Health & Family Welfare, Kerala Mr. Jiji Thomson Principal Secretary to India the Kerala Govt. NORKA, Programme Implementation & Information 23. Working Session Mr. Sunil Chordia Managing Director, 20 Rajratan Global Wire Ltd. Mr. Shivraj Singh Chauhan Chief Minister of Madhya India Pradesh Mr. Babulal Gaur, State Minister for India Commerce and Industry Ms. Yashodhara Raje State Minister for India Scindia Tourism, Madhya Pradesh Mr. Rakesh C. Sahni Chief Secretary of India Madhya Pradesh 24. Working Session Rajasthan Mr. Shripal Choudhary Managing Director, 21 EMGEE Cables & Communications Ltd. Mr. Narpat Singh Rajvi Minister for Industry, India Rajasthan 8 Mr. Prosotome Aggarwal Mr. D.C. Samant 25. Working Session Media Dr. Sanjaya Baru Media Advisor to PM India 22 Mr. P.R. Dasmunsi Minister for Information India & Broadcasting & Affairs Mr. Ranvir S. Nayar Media India Group France Mr. Soman Baby Associate Editor, Gulf Daily News Mr. K.P. Nayar Telegraph USA Mr. Group CEO, India Express 26. Plenary Session IV How to get US $1.5 trillion of Mr. T.N. Ninan Editor & Publisher, capital investment : The Business Standard resource hurdle for Mr. P. Chidambaram Minister of Finance India development Dato Seri S Samy Vellu Cabinet Minister of Malaysia Works, Govt. of Malaysia Mr. Chairman, Investment Commission Mr. CEO, Swadesh USA Chatterjee & Associates Mr. O.P. Bhatt Chairman, State Bank of India Dr. Ashok Lahiri Chief Economic Advisor, India Govt. of India 27. Plenary Session V Leveraging Technology for Mr. S. Ramadorai Managing Director, TCS Development Mr. Chairman, Knowledge Commission Mr. Balaji Sadasivan Sr. Minister of State for Singapore Foreign Affairs & Information Communication & Arts, Singapore Mr. Gopal Pillai Commerce Secretary India Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal Chairman & Group India Managing Director, 9 Bharti Enterprises Mr. V. Rajakumar Director, Light Metals Australia Flagship Mr. R.K. Pachauri Director General, TERI 28. Plenary Session VI Planning for development – Mr. T.K.A Nair Principal Secretary to India How to include the Indian PM Diaspora Mr. Deputy Chairman, India Planning Commission Mr. Sitaram Yechury Member of Parliament India Mr. Anil Kapur Managing Director, South Asia, Western Union Mr. Karan Bilimoria Co-Chairman, IBP UK

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