CII Communique - February, 2010

egions
to the export-oriented items and products of Madhya
Pradesh.
Around 70 buyers from 18 countries visited MP Exportech
2010, as did nine ambassadors and diplomats from
embassies.
Mr Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, Union Minister of State for
Commerce and Industries, presided over the valedictory
session of MPExportech 2010.
Maharashtra
Student Visitors from Singapore
2 January, Pune
Students from the Nanyang Technological University
visited Bharat Forge Ltd for a plant visit.
Banking Access for the Visually Impaired
7 January, Mumbai
RBI had issued guidelines to the banks
stating that the blind should be given all
the banking rights as any other citizen
of this country. The seminar discussed
how banks could use technology to
circumvent problems pertaining to client
verification and ATMs for the visually
Impaired.
India – Japan: ICT & Environment
Lonavala, 8 January
Chanda Kochhar,
MD & CEO, ICICI
Bank
Vibhav Kant Upadhyay, Chairman, India Centre Foundation,
Haraguchi Kazuhiro, Minister,Internal Affairs & Communications,
Japan, Yamazaki Yasuyo, Advisor, Ministry of Internal Affairs,
Communications & Telecom, Japan, and Seemanto Roy, Head,
Amby Valley City
Mr Haraguchi Kazuhiro, Minister for Internal Affairs
and Communications, Japan, said that Japan wants to
develop stronger ties with India particularly in the field
of Information and Communication Technologies.
India – Luxembourg Ties
13 January, Mumbai
Mr Jeannot Krecke, Minister of Economy & Foreign Trade,
Luxembourg, informed Indian Industry that Luxembourg
is keenly looking for joint ventures with Indian companies
in sectors such as automobile, pharma and IT. Apart from
the logistical advantage, the country, which recently signed
a bilateral tax treaty with India, offers lower income tax
compared to other European nations, said the Minister,
inviting Indian companies with global operations to make
Luxembourg their Europe headquarters.
Deployment of Clean Energy Technologies
16 January, Pune
The roundtable discussion on ‘Deployment of Clean
Energy Technologies and Markets in India –A Private
Sector Perspective’ focused on increasing collaboration
in energy efficiency, renewable energy, and clean energy
technologies with co-benefit for climate change through
development, deployment and transfer of transformative
and innovative technologies.
CII-Symbiosis Finishing School
16 January, Pune
The 7th and 8th batches of the CII-Symbiosis Finishing
School have been inaugurated. The 7th batch has been
sponsored by Bosch Foundation and the 8th batch has
been co-sponsored jointly by Tata Capital Ltd & Tata
Consultancy Services Ltd.
VLFM – Module 2
Pune, 15-16 January
The programme was held to develop Leadership Skills
in Entrepreneurs, to enable them to become preferred
suppliers to their customers through excellence in
manufacturing.
Modular Expanse Workshop X Series
As part of a pilot project, CII (WR) is partnering the
Directorate of Vocational Education and Training,
Maharashtra, to strengthen the implementation of MES
through a series of workshops for various stakeholders.
The X series is for VTP principals and MES coordinators.
Six workshops in the X series were undertaken in January
for the districts of Mumbai, Pune, Nashik, Nagpur,
Kolhapur and Thane.
TELETECH 2010
20 January, Mumbai
Teletech 2010 brought together stalwarts from industry
government and academia to discuss subjects like
need for green telecom solutions to the application of
3G and weather India is ready to be completely 3G
compatible.
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