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As part of the unique campaign to celebrate Azadi ka Amrit Mohatsav, Ministry of Culture, Government of India has created a portal (https://rashtragaan.in/) where diaspora members could upload their video singing the national anthem which will then be compiled into one grand video and be released on August 15 on the occasion of India’s Independence Day. Participants are requested to register here to be eligible for prizes awarded through a lucky draw organised by the Consulate General of India, Toronto.

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Independence Day - 1947

A Tryst with Destiny
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's speech

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'One man boundary force'

Mahatma Gandhi's miracle

Gandhiji at the Hyderi Manjil, Calcutta 1947

Calcutta, August 1947

"This time, they were almost a million waiting for him. Day after day, during that terrible fortnight when the Punjab had gone berserk, the size of the crowds attending Gandhi’s regular evening prayer meeting grew, transforming in their steady, spectacular growth the savage metropolis into an oasis of peace and fraternity. The most miserable city-dwellers in the world had heard the message of the frail messenger of love and mastered their ancestral urge for violence and hate.

The miracle of Calcutta had held; the city, as the New York Times noted, ‘was the wonder of India’. Gandhi, with characteristic humility, refused to take credit for it.

‘We are toys in the hands of God,’ he wrote in his paper, the Harijan. ‘He makes us dance to His tune.’

A letter from New Delhi, however, rendered to that humble Caesar the honour he was due.

‘In the Punjab we have 55,000 soldiers and large-scale rioting on our hands,’ Louis Mountbatten wrote to his ‘dejected sparrow’. ‘In Bengal, our force consists of one man and there is no rioting.’ As a military leader and an administrator, the last Viceroy humbly asked, ‘to be allowed to pay tribute to my ‘One Man Boundary Force.’"

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Freedom at Midnight Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre

Rabindranath Tagore signs Jana Gana Mana

Tagore's recital

Upcoming Event

ICCC's 22nd Annual Charity Golf Tournament

Thursday 26 August 2021

Lionhead Golf Club and Convention Centre

8525 Mississauga Rd, Brampton, ON L6Y 0C1

Program

11:00 am: Registration

Tee start

Lunch will be served on the course

6:00 pm: Networking cocktail reception

7:30 pm: Dinner

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Individual (Single) – $275.00 + 13%

Evening Reception – $100.00 + 13%

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ICCC Announcements

Murarilal Thapliyal appointed to ICCC's Board

The Board of Directors of the Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce (ICCC) unanimously decided to appoint Murarilal Thapliyal as a Director on the ICCC's Board to fill an existing vacancy.

Mr. Thapliyal is a Managing Partner of Thapliyal & Rai Law Firm, a boutique law firm in Brampton, ON. He was called to the bar in 2007. As a renowned lawyer, he prides himself in serving the needs of the people and communities in the Greater Toronto Area for over a decade. He has worked for the cause of vulnerable seniors, women, and at-risk youth.

As a sports enthusiast, Mr. Thapliyal devotes resources to promote various sports specially cricket. He is the Founder and President of UK Warriors Cricket Club Canada as well as President of Canadian School of Cricket, Canada. He is pioneer lawyer for Global T20 (GT20) in Canada. Mr. Thapliyal is at the forefront of many volunteering groups and donation campaigns by being the President of the THAPLIYAL FOUNDATION CANADA.

Aditya Jha appointed
Chair of ICCC's Advisory Board

The Board of Directors of the Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce (ICCC) unanimously decided to appoint Dr. Aditya Jha as the Chair of the Advisory Board of the Chamber for a four-year-term starting August 2021.

A renowned and respected community leader, Dr. Jha will be pivoting the Chamber’s thrust into developing strategies that will enable our 44-year-old institution to effectively fulfill its strategic mandates including:

• ICCC@50 Vision & Action plan as ICCC turns 50 years milestone in 2027
• Strengthening ICCC Brand in Canada & India As a premier Canada-India trade and investment promotion organization
• Business outreach Guide ICCC with action plan to connect with the leaders of Indo-Canadian, Canadian and Indian business leaders in the Canada India trade corridor
• Stakeholder outreach Help establish deeper relationship with the Political leaders, Bureaucrats and Think Tank as well as Canadian trade bodies
• Paradigm shift Help in developing evaluation/attraction parameters that would enable attracting and retaining sponsors in Canada & India

Dr. Aditya Jha is a Life member of the ICCC, former ICCC Board member and has the rare distinction as recipient of the ICCC’s Technology Award (2004) and Lifetime Achievement Award (2014). He has been honoured with the Order of Canada (2012), Honorary Doctorate (2009) by Ryerson University's Ted Rogers School of Business Management, vested in the Hall of Fame as Champions of Public Education in Canada by the Learning partners and has received many more awards and accolades.

His philanthropic giving includes nurturing entrepreneurship with Canada’s indigenous community. His private charitable foundation (www.poafoundation.org) has fourteen endowments (for scholarships) and five grants (for entrepreneurship) at five Canadian universities/colleges besides his philanthropic activities in India and Nepal. He has served on various federal/provincial and educational boards over the last 15 years.

Dr. Jha is a serial entrepreneur and has had rich international professional experience in Asia, North America and Europe and at present he is the Chairman & Founder of dgMarket International Inc, USA with offices in nine countries including India (Mumbai & Delhi).

He obtained degrees leading to Post graduate studies in Computer Science and is an alumnus of Delhi University, Kurukshetra University, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Ryerson University. He last served as General Manager at Bell Canada before launching his entrepreneurial venture.

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ICCC Committee Appointments

Nominations Committee

The ICCC Board of Directors unanimously approved of the following ICCC members to be a part of the Nominations Committee that will supervise the elections to the next board at the Annual General Meeting scheduled for December 2021.

• Arvind Bhardwaj
• Hargy Randhawa
• Praveen Verma
• Sanjeev Malik
• Tauseef Sheikh
• Amit Narwal will be the Returning Officer for the election.

Media Committee

The ICCC has revived and reconstituted the Media Committee to assist the Chamber in its outreach. Yudhvir Jaswal, a media veteran and a long-standing member and supporter of the ICCC has been appointed as the Chair of the ICCC's Media Committee.  Yudhvir is the Group Editor and CEO of multiple media platforms including Midweek Newspaper and Southasian Pulse Radio, Y Media, South Asian Daily.

Members desirous of joining the Media Committee may write to iccc@iccconline.org

Real Estate Committee

The Real Estate Committee of the ICCC has been reconstituted with veteran realtor and ICCC's long-standing supporter Hargy Randhawa being appointed as the Chair of the Committee. 

Members desirous of joining the Real Estate Committee may write to iccc@iccconline.org

ICCC Startup Initiative: MoU with BRTSIF

The ICCC signed a MoU with BIL-Ryerson Technology Startup Incubator Foundation (BRTSIF) in July 2021 as part of ICCC's Startup initiative.

The BIL-Ryerson Technology Startup Incubator Foundation. is a Startup Incubator, Accelerator and an Innovation Ecosystem set up with aim to promote startup ventures and support the government of India’s vision for entrepreneurship development and innovation culture.

Through the MoU, the ICCC and BRTSIF intend to engage and collaborate in the areas of innovation, entrepreneurship and towards creating incubation and acceleration programs.

The MoU will be in force for 5 years starting August 2021.

SCOPE OF COLLABORATION

Jointly work towards expanding entrepreneurial and startup ecosystem in India and Canada

Foster entrepreneurship development and provide support with business mentorship, industry connects, access to investors and innovation ecosystem via each other’s network to tech startups and SMEs

Jointly design and execute innovation, entrepreneurship and social impact programs as well as global business to business connects in line with business objectives

Partner, support and publicize each other’s initiatives and keep exploring opportunities to work together and collaborate.

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