Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2004

Sl No. Session Topic Speakers 1. Plenary Session I India and the Pravasi Mr. Pravind Kumar Jugnauth Deputy Prime Minister Mauritius Bharatiyas : Policies for Dato’ Seri S Samy Vellu Minister of Works Malaysia Productive Engagement Mr. Satveer Chaudhary State Senator USA Mr. Yashwant Sinha EAM India 2. Plenary Session II Diaspora Youth and India : Mr. Jyotiraditya Scindia Member of Parliament India Blueprint for Engagement Mr. Arun Shourie Minister of Disinvestment India and Communications and Information Technology Ms. Ruby Bhatia Mr. Shrien Dewani Senior Associate, UK Reorganisation Services, Deloitte & Touche Ms. S. Mitra Kalita President, South Asian USA Journalist Association Mr. Parag Khanna World Economic Forum USA Global Governance Initiative, The Brookings Institute Mr. Karan Manhas MLA, Vancouver Canada Mr. Anshuman Mishra Attorney-at-Law, Beverley UAS Hills, California Mr. Ravindren C. Ponniah Student Malaysia Mr. S. Arunachalam Director, A R International Hong Kong Senthikumar Mr. Anand Shah Indicorps USA Mr. Tarun Vijay Editor, Panchjanya India 3. Plenary Session Globalisation, Indian Lord Meghnad Desai Prof. of Economics, UK III Economy and the Director, Centre for the Diaspora Study of Global Governance Mr. Ashok Lahiri Lord R.K. Bagri Chairman, Metclist Group of UK 1 Companies Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal Chairman and Group India Managing Director, Bharti Enterprises Mr. Rana Talwar Chairman, Sabre Capital UK Worldwide Inc Mr. P.N. Venkatachalam Managing Director and India Group Executive, National Banking, SBI Dr. Manu Chandaria Chairman, Mabati Rolling Kenya Mills Ltd. 4. Plenary Session India and the Diaspora : Mr. Mukesh Ambani Chairman and Managing India IV Vision 2020 Director, Reliance Industries Ltd. Prof. Tarun Khanna Novartis Fellow, Harvard USA Business School Mr. Lal Krishna Advani Deputy Prime Minister, India India 5. Plenary Session Education Synergies Mr. Narend Singh Minister of Education, South Africa V Between India and the KwaZulu Diaspora Dr. B.K. Agnihotri Ambassador - at -Large for USA NRIs/PIOs Prof. Y.K. Alagh Chairman, CSE Review India Committee, UPSC Prof. M.K. Gautam South and Central Asian The Department, Leien Netherlands University Dr. Kavita Sharma Principal, Hindu College, India Delhi University 6. Sectoral NRIs in Gulf Mr. Hassan Session/Roundta Dr. P.D. Shenoy Secretary, Ministry of India bles Labour Mr. Ram Buxani Executive Vice-Chairman, UAE International Traders (Middle East), Ltd Dr. Mohammad Ali Managing Director, Galfar Oman Engineering & Contracting 2 Mr. M.C. Sebastian Principal, Al-Yasmin Saudi Arabia International School and Chairman, Middle East Region, World Malayalia Council Mr. Khaja Quadeer Anwar Founder Director, IDEAS Saudi Arabia Mr. Mohammad-e-Palur General Secretary, Indian Qatar Culture and Arts Society Mr. Vinod Khanna Minister of State for India External Affairs 7. Sectoral Knowledge Based Mr. R. Ramaraj Managing Director and India Session/Roundta Industries : Networking for CEO, Sify Ltd. bles Global Leadership Mr. Kiran Karnik President, NASSCOM India Dr. Krishna M. Ella Chairman and Managing India Director, Bharat Biotech International Ltd. Mr. J. Rajagopal Director, Life Sciences, Tata India Consultancy Services Mr. Praduman P. Kaul Chairman, Hughes Network USA Systems Dr. Zareen Karani Araoz President, Managing Across USA Cultures Dr. Mani L. Bhaumik President, Heliotronics Inc. USA Dr. Saroj Basak Vice-President, Product and USA Business Development, Celprogen Inc. Mr. Neville Roach Chairman, Fujitsu-Australia Australia Ltd. Mr. Arun Shourie Minister of Information India Technology, Communication and Disinvestment Mr. K.K. Jaiswal Secretary, Deptt. of India Information Technology Dr. Gandhi Department of India Biotechnology 3 Mr. Pravin Maharaj President and CEO, Oval South Africa International Computer Education 8. Sectoral Finance : India and Global Mr. Rana Talwar Chairman, Sabre Capital UK Session/Roundta Financial Flows Worldwide Inc. bles Mr. Asthana Deputy Managing Director India and Group Executive (International Banking), SBI Mr. Shivnath R. Bajaj Chairman, Diwanchand Thailand Group Mr. Gaurav Dalmia Mr. Khushal Chand Khushiram Minister of Industry, Mauritius Financial Services and Corporate Affairs Mr. Sivalingam Perumal Naidoo Regional Director, The South Africa Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd. Mr. P.S. Shenoy Chairman and Managing India Director, Bank of Baroda 9. Sectoral Legal Issues in the Justice R S Pathak Former Chief Justice of India Session/Roundta Context of Private India bles International Law and the Prof. Ved P. Nanda Director, International Legal USA Diaspora Studies, University of Denver Mr. Cyrus D. Mehta Cyrus D Mehta & USA Associates Mr. Ashwin Hirjee Trikamjee President, Hindu Maha South Africa Sabha, Attorney and Acting Judge Dr. Kamlesh Bahl Former Vice-President, Law UK Society of England and Wales Mr. Iqbal I Dewji Barrister and Solicitor Canada Mr. D. K. Agarwal Retired Judge and Barrister Canada – at – Law Dr. Poornima Advani Chairperson, National India 4 Commission for Women Mr. B Sen Senior Advocate, Supreme India Court of India Mr. M.L. Sarin Senior Advocate-General of India Punjab Prof. V.C. Govindaraj Vice-President, The Society India of International Law Dr. A. Jayagoving National Law School India Dr. Prit Paul Kaur Senior Sociology Faculty, India Punjab Police Academy Prof. Pam Rajput Prof. of Political Science India and Director, Center for Women’s Studies and Development Punjab University Dr. K.N. Chaturvedi Member – Secretary, Law India Commission of India Dr. S. Muralidhar Member, Low Commission India of India Mr. Narender Singh Joint Secretary, MEA India 10. Sectoral International Trade : Mr. K. K. Modi Chairman, Modi Enterprises India Session/Roundta Diaspora Hubs and the Mr. Arun Jaitley Minister of Commerce and India bles Global Market Industry and Law and Justice Mr. Rafeeque Ahmed President, Federation of India Indian Expert Organization Mr. M. Arunachalam Chairman, The Indian Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce Mr. Kapoor Chairman, MMTC India Mr. Karan Bilimoria Founder and Chief UK Executive, Cobra Beer Mr. Harinder Singh Vice President, Business USA Development, Golden Temple Credit Corporation Mr. Nadadur Vardhan President and CEO, USA Nadadur Vardhan Inc. 5 Mr. Ram Labhaya Lakhina Chairman, GOPIO The International, The Netherlands Netherlands and Executive President, The Netherlands India Chamber of Commerce and Trade Dr. Manu Chandaria Chairman, Mabati Mills Ltd. Kenya Mr. Mohan Jashanwal Regional Manager, UAE Jashanmal National Company, LLC 11. Sectoral Tourism - Mr. Inder Sharma Chairman, Select Holiday India Session/Roundta Diaspora : A Natural Resort Ltd. bles Partner Mr. Jagmohan Minister for Tourism and India Culture Mr. Anil Kumarsingh Gayan Minister of Tourism and Mauritius Leisure Mr. George Shiu Raj Minister for Multiethnic Fiji Affairs Mr. Hitesh Bhakta Chairman, AAHOA USA Mr. R.K. Singh Mr. Lalit Suri Chairman, FICCI Tourism India Committee and President Hotel Association of India Ms. Rati Vinay Jha Mr. M.P. Bezbaruah Permanent Representative World Travel Organisation Mr. Fred Schwartz President, AAHOA USA 12. Sectoral Science and Technology : Dr. R. Chidambaram Principal Scientific Advisor, India Session/Roundta Creating Technology Govt. of India bles Corridors with STIOs Prof. S.M. Shaheed Vice-President, Advanced USA Technology, Garrett Engine Boosting Systems, California President (2002), Society of Automotive Engineers International 6 Dr. V. Sumantran Executive Director, India Passenger Car Business Unit and Engineering Research, Tata Motors Ltd. Prof. Subramanian S. Iyer Distinguished Engineer, USA IBM Microelectronics Division Prof. Juzer Vasi Deptt. of Electrical India Engineering, IIT, Mumbai Prof. S.K. Joshi Former Director General, India CSIR Prof. Mukund S. Chorghade President ad Chief Scientific USA Officer, Pharmaceutical Science Division, D&O Pharmachem Inc. Dr. Harinder Sikka President Piramal India Enterprises Ltd Prof. N.K. Ganguly Director General, Indian India Council of Medical Research Prof. V.S. Ramamurthy Secretary, Deptt. of Science India and Technology, Govt. of India 13. Sectoral Voluntary Sector and Mr. Dato’ G Palanivel Deputy Minister of Rural Malaysia Session/Roundta Development - Development bles Pravasi Bharatiyas : India’s Partner in Social Development 14. Sectoral Ethnic Media Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad Minister of State for India Session/Roundta Information and bles Broadcasting Ms. Sumita Chakraborty - Senior Producer, National Trinidad and Broomes Broadcasting Network Ltd. Tobago Mr. R Chander Director, Organisation or The Hindu Media TV Netherlands Mr. S. Mitra Kalita Reporter, The Washington USA 7 Post and President South Indian Journalists Association (SAJA) Mr. C.B. Patel Editor, Asian Business UK Publication Ltd. Mr. H.R. Shah CEO and Chairman, TV USA Asia Mr. Imraan Vagar Saira Essa Productions South Africa Mr. Dev Viswanath Vice-President, ITV USA Mr. Mammen Mathew Editor and Managing Director, Malayala Manorama Mr. Pawan Chopra Secretary, Ministry of India Information and Broadcasting 15. Sectoral Health Care : Ms. Sushma Swaraj Minister of Parliamentary India Session/Roundta Making India a Affairs and Health and bles Competitive Destination Family Welfare Dr. Balaji Sadasivan Minister of State for Health Singapore and Transport Dr. Sharad Lakhanpal Clinical Professor of Internal USA Medicine and Rheumatology, The University of Texas, South Western Medical School, Dallas and Member American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin Dr. Jagan Ailinani President-Elect, American USA Association of Physicians of Indian Origin Dr. V.H. Reddy Chairman, Board of USA Trustees, American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin Mr. Joe Curien CEO, Reheja Hospital India 8 Ms. Shabnam Singh Director, Physician Affairs, India Max Healthcare Mr. G.S. Gill Principal Secretary, Medical India Education and Drugs Development, Govt. of Maharashtra Mr. Shekhar Dutt Secretary, Deptt. of Ayush, India M/o Health and Family Welfare 16. Sectoral Infrastructure : Mr. N.K. Singh Member Planning India Session/Roundta The Emerging Commission bles Opportunities (Highways, Mr. Rajiv Pratap Rudy Minister of State for Civil India Ports and Airports) Aviation Mr. D.T. Joseph Secretary, Deptt. of India Shipping Dr. Satish Batra President, Gimret Group of Germany Companies Mr. Kishore Kaul Vice-President, 3disystems USA Mr. Pradeep Agarwal President, Solaris USA International Inc. Major General (Retired) B.C. Minister for Road, Transport India Khanduri and Highways Mr. Subhash Thakrar Senior Partner, Blackstone UK Franks Mr. Ganguly Vice-President and Head, Larsen & Civil and Transportation Toubro Infrastructure Business 17. Interactive Andhra Pradesh Mr. Ram Sessions with the Mr. Samir Sharma Commissioner of Industries India State Mr. Raghubir Singh Additional Secretary, Govt. India Governments of of Andhra Pradesh India Mr. Srikant Additional Secretary, Govt. India of Andhra Pradesh Mr. Rajashri Bhattacharya Resident Commissioner and India Principal Secretary, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh 9 18. Interactive Gujarat Mr. S.K. Birla Past-President, FICCI India Sessions with the Mr. Ashok Chawla Principal Resident India State Commissioner, Govt. of Governments of Gujarat India Dr. P.K. Mishra Principal Secretary to the India Chief Minister and CEO of GSDMA, Govt. of Gujarat Mr. Anilbhai Patel Minister of State for India Industries, Govt. of Gujarat Mr. Ashok Bhatt Minister of Law, India Parliamentary Affairs, NRI and NRG Affairs, Govt. of Gujarat 19. Interactive Haryana Mr. Om Prakash Chautala Chief Minister of Haryana India Sessions with the Mr. Nancy Wadhwa Chief Administrator, HUDA India State and Director, Town and Governments of Country Planning India Ms. Natraj Sandhu Managing Director, Haryana India Tourism Mr. Satyasheel Managing Director, Integra Overseas (Private) Ltd. Mr. Sanjiv Verma Managing Director, Bexter India Mr. Vinod Bansal CEO, Metrix Processing House 20. Interactive Kerala Dr. L.M. Singhvi MP and Chairman, India Sessions with the Organizing Committee, PBD State Dato’ Seri S. Samy Vellu Minister of Works Malaysia Governments of Dr. Mohammad Ali Managing Director, Galfar Oman India Engineering & Contracting Mr. P.H. Kurien Managing Director, Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation Mr. Yousuf Ali 21. Interactive Madhya Pradesh Mr. Satya Prakash Secretary and India Sessions with the Commissioner, Govt. of 10 State Madhya Pradesh and Governments of Managing Director, MP India State Industries & Development Corporation Mr. Sharma Mr. Pradeep K Rohtagi 22. Interactive Punjab Mr. Bains Commissioner, NRI Affairs, India Sessions with the Govt. of Punjab State Mr. Subodh Agarwal Principal Secretary India Governments of (Industries), Govt. of Punjab India Mr. B.K. Modi Modi Enterprises India Mr. Krishna Chugh Former Chairman, ITC India Colonel Sandhu Ms. Sukhi Turner Mr. Bhishma Agnihotri Ambassador – at – Large for NRIs/PIOs Sardar Jai Singh Gill Chief Secretary Govt. of India Punjab Mr. Pratap Singh Bajwa Minister of Public Works India Deptt. Govt. of Punjab Dr. L.M. Singhvi Chairman, Organising India Committee, PBD 23. Interactive Rajasthan Mr. T. Srinivasan Principal Secretary India Sessions with the (Industries) Govt. Rajasthan State Dr. L.M. Singhvi Chairman, Organising India Governments of Committee, PBD India Mr. Arvind Mayaram Secretary Tourism, India Secretary Deptt. of NRIs and Commissioner of Rajasthan Foundation Mr. C.S. Rajan Secretary Energy, Govt. of India Rajasthan Mr. Narpat Singh Rajvi Minister of Industries, Govt. India of Rajasthan Maharana Arvind Singh Ji Chairman and Managing Mewar Director, HRH Hotels and 11 Chairman, Mewar Foundation Mr. Rajendra S. Lodha Former President, FICCI India 24. Interactive Uttaranchal Mr. P. Murari Adviser to President, India Sessions with the FICCI State Mr. N.N. Prasad Secretary Tourism, Govt. of India Governments of Uttaranchal India Mr. Sandip Chopra Secretary (Industries), Govt. India of Uttaranchal Mr. Jai Mittal Ms. Vinita Shah Secretary, Uttaranchal Organic Commodities Board Mr. Vivek Nigam CEO, Uttaranchal India Infrastructure Development Company Mr. Kishore Upadhyay Minister of Industries, Govt. India of Uttaranchal Lieutenant General (Retired) Minister of Tourism, Govt. of India T.P.S. Rawat Uttaranchal Mr. Raj Loomba Chairman, India First UK Foundation

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