Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2010

Tag Line – Engaging the Diaspora : The Way Forward

Sl. No. Sessions Topic Speakers 1. Plenary I Interaction with Union Mr. Minister of Finance Ministers : Diaspora – Role Mr. Minister for Overseas Indian India and Expectations Affairs Mr. M. Minister of Law and Justice Mr. Minister of Road Transport & India Highways Mr. Sam Pitroda Adviser to India 2. Plenary II Interaction with PIO Ministers Mr. S.M. Krishna Minister for External Affairs India and Dignitaries : Diaspora – Mr. Minister for Commerce & India Interest and Concerns Industry Dato Seri S Samy Vellu President, Malaysian National Malaysia Congress Mr. Shiv Shankar Menon Former Foreign Secretary India Mr. Harinder Takhar Minister for Government Canada Services Senator Dr Leeny K Saith Minister in the Office of Prime Trinidad and Minister Tobago Dr. S. Subramaniam Minister for Human Resource Malaysia Mr. Vivian Balakrishnan Minister for Community Singapore Development and Sports Mr. Mahendra P. Secretary General, Fiji Labour Fiji Chaudhary Party Mr. Vasant K. Bunwaree Minister for Education, Mauritius Culture & HR Mr. Ravigasen Member of Kwazulu Natal South Africa Ranganathan Pillay Legislature & ANC Chief Whip Kwazulu-Natal provincial Legislature 1 Distinguished Global Indian Prof. Jagdish Bhagwati University Professor, Oration-Series : The Role of Columbia University the Diaspora Mr. T.K. Nair Principal Secretary to PM India 3. Plenary III Session with Chief Ministers : Mr. Minister for Health & Family India Skills Development Welfare Dr. Montek Singh Deputy Chairman, Planning India Ahluwalia Commission Mr. Vayalar Ravi Minister of Overseas Indian India Affairs Mr. Narendra Modi Chief Minister of Gujarat India Mr. Omar Abdullah Chief Minister of Jammu and India Kashmir Mr. Shivraj Singh Chief Minister of Madhya India Chouhan Pradesh Mr. Ashok Chavan Chief Minister of Maharashtra India Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal Deputy Chief Minister of India Punjab 4. Concurrent Returning to 9% Growth : Mr. Minister of State for Session-I Diaspora Connect Environment and Forest Mr. Anil Kumar Bachoo Minister for Public Mauritius Infrastructure, Local Transport and Shipping Mr. Chandrajit Banerjee Director General, CII India Lord Karan F. Billimoria CBE, Chelsea Mr. O.P. Bhatt Chairman, State Bank of India India Mr. Brian Hayes National Chairman, Australia Australia India Business Council Mr. Vijay Iyenger Chairman, Singapore India Chamber of Commerce & Industry 5. Concurrent Leveraging Knowledge Mr. M. Kasi V.P Rao Member of Steering Group Session-II Networks : Global-Ink Mr. Tanmay Chakraborty Vice President-Operations, TCS Prof. Dasaratha Chetty University of Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa Durban Prof. Prem Misir Pro-Chancellor of the Guyana University of Guyana 2 Ms. Renu Khator Chancellor and UH President, USA University of Houston Dr. Hemant Patel President, Indian American USA Committee 6. Concurrent Thousands of Fireflies : Mr. Minister for Urban India Session-III Diaspora Philanthropy Development Mr. Maurits Safdar Minister for Interior Suriname Hassankhan Ms. Ruby Dhalla Member of Parliament Canada Mr. Mani Lal Bhaumik Physicist, Northrop USA Corporation Research and Technology Centre Mr. Rajinder Paul Loomba Executive Chairman, Rinku UK Group Ltd Dr. Sudhir Parikh Publisher, India Advocate, USA Philanthropist & Physician 7. Concurrent Diaspora Women in Cross- Ms. Minister of State for Women & India Session-IV Cultural Environments Child Development Ms. Minister of State for External India Affairs Ms. National Commission for India Women Ms. Ela Gandhi Chancellor, Durban University South Africa of Technology Ms. Brinda Karat Member of Parliament Baroness Sandip Verma Shadow Minister for UK Education & Opposition Whip in the House of Lords 8. Concurrent Indians & the Gulf : Gulf Mr. E. Ahmed MOS for Railways, India Session-V Session Mr. MOS for External Affairs India Mr. Yusuff Ali M.A. Managing Director, EMKE UAE Group Mr. C.K. Menon Chairman & Managing Qatar Director, Behzad Group of Companies Mr. Ravi Pillai Managing Director, Nasser S. Bahrain AI-Hajri Corporation 3 Mr. Mohamed Ali Managing Director, Galfar Oman Engineering & Contracting Mr. Syed M. Salahuddin Managing Director, ETA Ascon & Star Group 9. Concurrent Future of PBD : The Road Mr. T.P. Sreenivasan Former Ambassador India Session-VI Ahead Lord Diljit Rana President GOPIO UK International Mr. Ashook Ramsaran Executive Vice President USA GOPIO International Mr. P. Ramaswamy Dy. Chief Minister Penang Mr. Jean Regis Ramsamy President, Organization for Reunion Diaspora Institution Islands Mr. Rajindre Tewari Director METRI Group Netherlands Mr. Inder Singh Chairman, GOPIO Mr. Mahendra Utchanah President, GOPIO

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