Consulate General of India
Jaffna
PRESS RELEASE
Visit of 11-member CEOs Mission from the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to participate in the Commonwealth Business Forum in Sri Lanka from 11-14 November 2013
A eleven member high-level Business Mission from the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is visiting Colombo from November 11-14, 2013 to participate in the Commonwealth Business Forum. This will be the fifth business delegation from CII to visit Sri Lanka in the recent years.
2. The Business Mission is led by Mr. S. Gopalakrishnan, President of CII & Co-Founder & Executive Vice Chairman of Infosys Ltd. The delegation includes Mr. Rahul Bajaj, Former President, Confederation of Indian Industry and Chairman, Bajaj Auto Ltd.; Mr. Sunil Kaushal, Regional Chief Executive Officer (India & South Asia), Standard Chartered Bank; Mr. Arun Bedi, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, M/s Indo-British Consulting; Mr. Vinod Vohra, Chairman, M/s Repro India Ltd.; Dr. Rajiv I. Modi, Chairman & Managing Director, M/s Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd.; Mr. Mukesh Dhruve, Executive Director, M/s Repro India Ltd.; Mr. Pradipta K. Mohapatra, Chairman, M/s Coaching Foundation India Ltd.; Ms. Supriya Banerji, Deputy Director General, Confederation of Indian Industry; and Mr. Manish Mohan, Director & Head-South Asia & Central Asia, Confederation of Indian Industry.
3. During the visit, the Indian business delegation will participate in the Opening Ceremony of the Commonwealth Business Forum scheduled to be held at the Hotel Cinnamon Grand on November 12 with the Keynote Address by H.E. the President of Sri Lanka on “Partnering for Wealth Creation and Social Development”. Mr. Rahul Bajaj, Former President, CII & Chairman, M/s Bajaj Auto Ltd. will chair the session on “The Commonwealth, Indian Ocean and SAARC: Building New Partnerships”. Mr. S. Gopalakrishnan, President, CII & Executive Vice Chairman, M/s Infosys Ltd. would deliver a speech in the session leading the Indian business delegation to the CBF. In the afternoon, the Indian delegation will call on Hon. Rishad Bathiudeen, Minister of Industry & Commerce, Government of Sri Lanka, followed by a meeting with H.E. the High Commissioner of India. The business delegation is also expected to call on some other Sri Lankan and foreign dignitaries during the visit. A CII-Standard Chartered Bank special session on “Developed Markets v/s Emerging Markets: Impact of the Current Global Economy on Emerging Global Trade Corridors” will also be held on the morning of November 13.
4. The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is a non-government, industry-led and industry-managed body representing over 8100 organizations (direct membership) from the private and public sectors, SMEs and MNCs, and an indirect membership of over 90,000 companies from around 400 national and regional sectoral associations. It was founded 117 years ago and works closely with the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce to foster business and economic linkages between India and Sri Lanka.
5. Hon’ble Minister of Commerce, Industry and Textiles of India Shri Anand Sharma has extended an invitation to Hon. Mr. Rishad Bathiudeen, Minister of Industry and Commerce of Sri Lanka to participate in “The Partnership Summit 2014 – Emerging Global Value Chains: Building Partnerships” which is scheduled to be held from January 27-29, 2014 in Bengaluru, Karnataka. This important annual international event is organized by the CII and a delegation from Sri Lankan business community led by Hon. Minister of Industry and Commerce of Sri Lanka is expected to participate in the forthcoming Summit.
6. In addition to the 13-member CII CEOs Mission, over 20 Indian companies are also expected to participate in the “Reflection of Sri Lanka: Exposition on Trade, Tourism & Investment” scheduled to be held parallel to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) from 13-17 November 2013 at the Jana Kala Kendra, Battaramulla. The Indian companies will display a wide range of engineering machineries and equipments in the Exhibition.
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Jaffna
13 November, 2013
