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News of Jan
3, 2007
Delegates from 42 Countries Coming
for Diaspora Conclave
New
Delhi, Jan 3
Around 950 delegates from India and 42 other countries have
registered for the three-day Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) 2007, the
annual conclave of the Indian diaspora, to be inaugurated by Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh at Vigyan Bhavan Jan 7.
Over 160 delegates from India alone have confirmed their
participation in the event being organized by the Ministry of
Overseas Indian Affairs in partnership with the Confederation of
Indian Industry (CII)).
The event is expected to act as a platform for networking between
overseas Indians and their native country.
The focus areas in the fifth edition of PBD, which has the theme
'Rooting for the Roots', would be social issues and how Indians
abroad can contribute to India's development. There will be
dedicated sessions on education, healthcare, women, youth and
investment.
Among the prominent overseas Indians coming for this year's event
are management guru C.K. Prahalad, who will be a panelist in the
plenary session on challenges of India's development in the global
context, and Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO)
chairman Thomas Abraham, who will speak on how to engage PIOs in
India's development process.
A working session on healthcare in the context of India's
development will see Dr. Subramaniam Balasubramaniam, president of
the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), and
Dr. Rajeev Venkayya, special assistant on bio-defence to US
President George W. Bush, participating.
Malaysia's Works Minister and Malaysian Indian Congress president
Samy Vellu, a person of Indian origin, will be the guest of honor in
a plenary on 'How to get $1.5 trillion of capital investment into
India'.
Sam Pitroda, chairman of India's Knowledge Commission, will be the
chief guest in a plenary that will look into how India can leverage
the knowledge skills of its diaspora.
The chief ministers of Bihar, Delhi - the partner state for the
event - Haryana and Gujarat will be attending the interactive
sessions with states that are being organized with the view to
explore partnership and investment opportunities in the states.
This year, Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister S. Jayakumar will be
attending the event as the chief guest.
Sessions apart, cultural programs are also being organized in the
evening on all three days. This will include an evening on folk
dances of India, a dance performance by well-known Malayali cine
actress Shobhana, another by Hindi film choreographer Shiamak
Davar's troupe and a sarod recital by Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and his
sons Amaan and Ayaan Ali Bangash.
PBD is the flagship event of the MOIA. It aims to connect the 25
million-strong Indian diaspora spread across 110 countries.
IANS
News of Jan
3, 2007
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