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Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2009 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2009 Tag Line – Engaging the Diaspora : The Way Forward Sl. No. Sessions Topic Speakers 1. Plenary Session India as an Emerging Mr. Pranab Mukherjee Minister of External Affairs India I Power : The Diaspora Factor Dr. Ruby Dhalla Member of Parliament Canada Dato’ Seri S. Samy Vellu President, Malaysian Indian Malaysia Congress Mr. Sam G. Pitroda Chairman, C-Sam Inc USA Prof. Sugata Bose Gardiner Professor of Oceanic USA History and Affairs Harvard University Mr. Sat Pal Khattar Chairman, Khattar Holdings Singapore Mr. R.L. Lakhina Founder President, Foundation Netherland for Critical Choices for India s Mr. Shashi Tharoor Chairman, Afras Ventures USA 2. Plenary Session Reflections on Current Prof. C.K. Prahalad Professor, University of USA II Economic Crisis : Michigan Business School Diaspora Concerns Prof. K. Narayanan Nair Director, Centre for Development Studies Mr. R. Seetharaman Chairman, Doha Bank Mr. Tarun Das Chief Mentor, CII 3. Concurrent Building Bridges Trade & Dr. Ashwani Kumar Minister of State for Industry. Session I Investment Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion Mr. Gopinath Pillai Ambassador-at-Large Singapore Chairman, Institute of South Asian Studies Mr. Hari Panday President, ICICI Group, North Canada 1 America Region Dr. Ravi Pillai Managing Director, Nasser S. Bahrain Al-Hajri Corporation, Manama Mr. Jayadev Galla Managing Director, Amara Raja Batteries Ltd, Hyderabad Mr. Venu Srinivasan Vice President, CII & Chairman & Managing Director TVS Motor Co Ltd. 4. Concurrent Building Bridges : Mr. Mani Shankar Aiyar Minister for Panchayati Raj, Session II Diaspora Philanthropy Development of NE Region Mr. K. Mohandas Secretary, Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs Prof. Dasarath Chetty Prof. Vice Chancellor, South University of KwaZulu-Natal Africa Mr. Inder Singh President, GOPIO USA Ms. P.T. Usha President, Usha School of Athletics Mr. Rajinder Paul Loomba Executive Chairman, Rinku UK Group Mr. Kasi V.P. Rao Consultant (Higher Education, Canada Government Relations, Business Development & Policy Issues) 5. Concurrent Building Bridges : Ms. D. Purandeswari Minister of State for Human Session III Education & Diaspora Resources Development Knowledge Network Dato Dr. S. Subramaniam Minister of Human Resource Malaysia Mr. S. Ramadorai Chief Executive Officer, Tata India Consultancy Services Lord Diljit Singh Rana, Founder & Chairman, Andras United MBE House Ltd., Kingdom Dr. Ravi Seethapathy Chair, Canadian Advisory Canada Council Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute Ms. Renu Khator Chancellor, Houston University USA Dr. Raj P. Warrier Vice Chancellor, Manipal Manipal 2 University Mr. P. Kishore Managing Director, Everonn Systems India Ltd 6. Concurrent Building Bridges : Media Mr. P. Ramasamy Deputy Chief Minister, Penang Malaysia Session IV & Entertainment Mr. Shan Chandrasekar Chief Executive Officer, Asian Canada Television Network International Ltd. Mr. Loganathan Naidoo Deputy Mayor of eThekwini South (Durban) Africa Mr. N. Ravi Editor, The Hindu Mr. Ranvir Nayar Managing Director, Media India Paris Mr. Venkat Raman Correspondent-The National New Business Review Editor, Indian Zealand Newslink Mr. Prakash M. Swamy Journalist USA 7. Concurrent Increased Interaction Ms. Subbulakshmi Minister of State for Social Session V with Diaspora Women Jagadessan Justice and Empowerment Ms. Renuka Chowdhury Minister of State for Women & Child Development Justice Mohini Murugesan Judge, High Court of Kwazulu South Natal Africa Ms. Leela Gujadhur Sarup Organization for Diaspora Mauritius Initiatives Ms. Anita Ratnam Cultural Activist India Arangham Trust, Chennai Ms. Meera Ravi Editor, Salaam Bahrain Bahrain 8. Concurrent Health for All : Role of Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss Minister of Health and Family India Session VI Diaspora Welfare Dr. Naresh Trehan Chairman and Managing India Director, Global Health Pvt Ltd., New Delhi Dr. Prathap C. Reddy Chairman, Apollo Group of India Hospitals, Chennai Dr. Sanku S. Rao President, AAPI Dr. Ramesh Mehta President, BAPIO UK 3 Dr. Rajni Kanabar Chairman, Regency Medical Tanzania Centre Dr. Georgy Abraham Consultant, Madras Medical India Mission, Chennai 9. Plenary III Diaspora Interaction with Mr. Vayalar Ravi Minister of Overseas Indian the States Affairs & Parliamentary Affairs Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Bhopinder Lt. Governor, Andaman & Singh Nicobar Mr. Narendra Modi Chief Minister of Gujarat Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Chief Minister of Andhra Reddy Pradesh Mr. Sushil Kumar Modi Deputy Chief Minister, Bihar Mr. Arcot N. Veerasami Minister for Electricity, Tamil Nadu Mr. Randeep Surjewala Minister for Power, Water Supply & Sanitation & Parliamentary Affairs, Haryana Mr. Elamaram Kareem Minister for Industries, Kerala Mr. Manoranjan Kalia Minister for Industry & Local Government, Punjab Mr. Suresh Shetty Minister of State for Tourism, Maharashtra 10. State Session I Bihar Mr. Sushil Kumar Modi Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Mr. Satyajit Singh Council Chairman, Bihar Mr. Ashok Kumar Sinha, Principal Secretary, IAS Department of Industries Ms. Anshuli Arya, IAS MD, BIAPD 11. State Session II Gujarat Mr. Narendra Modi Chief Minister of Gujarat Mr. Jay Narayan Vyas Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Tourism & NRG, Government of Gujarat Mr. B.B. Swain, IAS Secretary (NRI & ARTD), Gujarat 12. State Session III Karnataka Mr. Murugesh R. Nirani Minister for Large & Medium Scale Industries, Government of Karnataka 4 Mr. V. Venugopal Managing Director, Karnataka Udyog Mitra Dr. Raj Kumar Khatri, IAS Commissioner of Industrial Development & Director of Industries & Commerce Government of Karnataka Mr. K. Viswantha Reddy, Director, Department of IAS Tourism, Government of Karnataka Capt. Ganesh Karnit Deputy Chairman NRI Forum 13. State Session Kerala Mr. Elamaram Kareem Minister for Industries, IV Government of Kerala Mr. T. Balakrishnan, IAS Principal Secretary-Industries Government of Kerala Mrs. Sheela Thomas, IAS Secretary to Chief Minister & Secretary, NORKA Department, Government of Kerala Mr. Yusaffali M.A. Vice Chairman, NORKA- ROOTS Mr. Manoj Joshi IAS Managing Director, KSIDC Dr. M. Anirudhan Director, NORKA-ROOTS Dr. Rathan U Khelkar, IAS Director, IT Mission 14. State Session V Rajasthan Mr. Subhash Chander Commissioner Rajasthan Garg, IAS Foundation Mr. T. Bhaskar Director Finance and IT, Saint Gobain Glass India Ltd. 15. State Session Tamil Nadu Mr. Arcot N. Veerasami Minister for Electricity, VI Government of Tamil Nadu Mr. M.F. Farooqui, IAS Principal Secretary Industries, Government of Tamil Nadu Dr. M. Rajaram, IAS Commissioner- Tourism Directorate, Government of Tamil Nadu Mr. S. Ramasundaram, Managing Director, TIDCO IAS 5 Dr. Santhosh Babu, IAS Managing Director, Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu Ltd. Mr. M. Velmurugan, IES Director, Tamil Nadu Industrial Guidance Bureau 16. Plenary IV Indian Diaspora : Dr. P.C. Alexander Former Governor of Preservation of Maharashtra Language and Culture Mr. K. Shanmugam Minister of Law & Second Singapore Minister for Home Affairs, Government of Singapore Ms. K. Kanimozhi Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Government of India Mr. N. Ram Editor-in-Chief, The Hindu Group of Publications Prof. Rajesh Chandra Vice Chancellor, University of Fiji Islands South Pacific Dr. T.P. Naidoo President, Indian Academy of South South Africa Africa Journalist, Publisher and Public Relations Consultant Dr. Alok Mukherjee Chair, Toronto Police Services Board Dr. M.K. Gautam Vice Chancellor and President European University of West and East Netherlands Ms. Shireen Sarojini Historian and Author South Mudali Munsamy Africa 17. Regional Africa Mr. Amichand Rajbansi Minister for Sports and South Working Recreation Kwazulu Natal Africa Session I Province Mr. Mahyendra Utchanah President GOPIO Mauritius Mr. Jean Regis Ramsamy President, ODI Reunion Island Mr. Jose Parayanken Chairman & Managing Director Mozambique Holding, 6 Mozambique Mr. Syamal Gupta Chairman, Tata International India Ltd, Mumbai Justice A.M. Ebrahim Zimbabwe 18. Regional Asia Pacific Mr. Mahendra Chaudhury Parliamentary Leader, Fiji Working Labour Party Session II Mr. Vijay Iyengar Chairman, Singapore Indian Singapore Chamber of Commerce & Industry Mr. Brian Robert Hayes Chairman, Australia-India Australia Business Council Datuk Dr. Denison Principal Research Fellow Malaysia Jayasooria Institute for Ethnic Studies Universiti Kebangsaan Dato’ Satish Sehgal Director, Indo-Thai Business Thailand Association Mr. N. Kumar Vice Chairman, Sanmar Group 19. Regional Canada Mr. Harinder Takhar Minister for Small Business and Canada Working Consumer Services, Session III Government of Ontario Mr. Deepak Obhari Secretary to the Ministry of Canada Foreign Affairs Ambassador K.K. Member Indo-Canadian Shastri Canada Bhargava Institute Ms. Asha Luthra Chairperson, Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce & Industry Mr. V. Srinivasan Chairman, W S Industries Ltd Ms. Jaya Subramaniam Executive Director, Lumbini Canada Arts Society, Ottawa 20. Regional Caribbean Mr. G.K. Vasan Minister of State for Statistics Working and Programme Session IV Implementation Mr. H.E.K. Bajnath Ambassador Suriname Republic of Suriname 7 Mr. Ashook Ramsaran Secretary General, GOPIO Dr. Prem Misir Pro Chancellor, University of Guyana Dr. Philomena Ann Mohini Honorary Consul for India in Harris Barbados West Indies Mr. Anand Ramlogan Barrister Trinidad & Tobago 21. Regional Europe Baroness Shreela Flather Teacher & British Politician UK Working Session V Prof. Narana Sinai Professor Universidade Lisbon Coissoro Lousofona,
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