CII Communique - February, 2010

egions
for developing next practices to lead tomorrow, in the
ever changing scenario.
Mr B Santhanam, Chairman, CII National Committee
on Skills & Human Resources, Mr. Sunil Shah Singh,
Corporate Advisor, ITD Cementation India Ltd, Mr. RK
Rustagi, Executive Director (HRD & PMI) NTPC Ltd,
among others addressed the colloquium.
Retail Opportunities with France
22 January, Kolkata
Interactive Session on Retail
Opportunities with France
CII Eastern Region
organised an interactive
session on opportunities
for possible tieups
between Indian
companies having
a stake in the Retail
Sector with their French
counterparts. Mr. Patrick
Manon, French Trade
Commissioner for India, Mr. Jean-Louis Rysto, Consul
General of France and Mr. Francis Bouquin, Deputy
Consul General, France, addressed the session.
Destination East
28 – 29 January; Kolkata
Destination EAST - a two day Conference and Buyer
Seller Meet brought together the tourism stakeholders
North
Chandigarh
Opportunities in British Columbia
22 January, Chandigarh
Mr Michael de Jong, Attorney
General, British Columbia, Canada,
addressed a seminar on Business
Opportunities for Indian companies in
British Columbia, Canada. Mr de Jong,
who led a 12 member delegation
of members from various ministries,
said India and British Columbia share
many complementarities, offering
Michael de Jong,
Attorney General,
British Columbia
opportunities for strategic cooperation, market sharing
and trade complementation. The province is keen to
develop partnerships in Iron and Steel, Manufacturing,
ICT, Architecture, Aviation and Aerospace, Power
Technologies and Alternative Energy, Agriculture and
Food (Agribusiness), Forest and Wood Products,
Infrastructure etc, he said.
of the East, to unveil this dream
destination. Mr Manabendra
Mukherjee, Minister for Tourism
and Textiles, Micro and Small
Scale Industries, West Bengal,
was the Chief Guest. The event
not only gave an opportunity
to Eastern India to interact with
foreign buyers, registered Indian
sellers, investors, travel writers and
journalists, but also conducted
Manabendra Mukherjee,
Minister for Tourism
and Textiles, Micro and
Small Scale Industries,
West Bengal
serious business. There were pre-fixed business meetings
between registered Indian sellers and fifty foreign buyers
at Destination East.
Investment Opportunities in Haldia
29 January; Haldia
The seminar brought forth the industrial developments
in Haldia, and showcased its hidden potential for
further industrialization. Mr Ashok Mohan Chakraborty,
Chief Secretary, West Bengal, and Chairman, Haldia
Development Authority, Mr Sanjeev Chopra, Principal
Secretary, Agriculture, West Bengal, Ms C D Lama,
District Magistrate and Collector, Purba Midnapore, Mr S
K Dwivedi, Chief Executive Officer, Haldia Development
Authority, and Mr Subir Ranjan Ghosh, Executive
Vice President and Head, Plant and Projects, Haldia
Petrochemicals Ltd addressed the seminar.
Social Development Projects
14 January, Chandigarh
S u p p o r t i n g i t s
commitment to
c o n t r i b u t e a l l
p r o c e e d s f r o m
its recent Indo
– Pak ‘dostana’
i n i t i a t i v e , t h e
‘Made in Pakistan’ Jean Rodrigues, President, Indian Council
show, organised
for Child Welfare
recently in December, to social development initiatives,
Confederation of Indian Industry, Northern Region, has
initiated four development projects in collaboration with
Department of Social Welfare, Chandigarh Administration
and NGOs.
The social projects, including the setting up of an
Electrotherapy Unit for Aasha Kiran, a Computer Lab for
the Juvenile Centre, Scholarships for underprivileged
girl students, and Finance & Accounts Training for SC/
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