City of Brampton led by its Mayor Her Worship Susan Fennell will join the Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce’s (ICCC) India Mission 2013.

Making this announcement at ICCC’s briefing session in Brampton on January 18, Mayor Susan Fannell said, “We’re interested in developing Brampton as major destination for foreign direct investment in the small and medium scale industry. I hope to have a successful mission to India in January.”

Brampton is one of the largest city in Canada with multicultural demography representing 175 distinct ethnicities speaking more than 70 different languages.

Brampton Mayor Susan Fannell

“We are happy that the City of Brampton led by the Mayor Susan Fennell has decided to join our mission. Brampton is home to a large number of Indo-Canadians who have strong business links with their former home,” Naval Bajaj, President, ICCC, observed. He added that this visit would pave the way for better business ties between Brampton-based small businesses with their counterparts in India.

ICCC’s India Mission 2013 will comprise small businesses from Canada and will visit six Indian cities in January 2013. The cities included in the Mission are Mumbai, Bangalore, Kochi, Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar, Delhi and Amritsar.

The 2013 Mission will have an unprecedented participation by two cities – Markham had announced its participation in the mission in October. Markham’s Mayor, His Worship Frank Scarpitti, will be leading the Markham delegation.

The Chamber’s India Mission 2013 is a multicity, multi-sector trade mission to India. In Kochi, the delegation will participate in the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, and in Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar, the delegation will participate in Vibrant Gujarat.

During the last few years the ICCC has focussed on supporting the small and medium businesses. As a logical corollary to this, the Chamber has also begun to develop ties with the third level of the government – the cities.

Mike Mehta, ICCC’s Director of Business Development, said, “The key highlights of the mission are B2B meetings, workshops, interactive sessions, meetings with decision makers, corporate leaders, entrepreneurs, government officials and representatives of chambers of commerce, and industry associations.”

The delegates participating in the mission represent key sectors such as trading, banking, construction, food security, education, energy security, infrastructure, etc. The two-week India Mission 2013 leaves for India on January 3 from Toronto, and returns to Toronto on January 16.

For more information and to register, please contact Naval Bajaj or Mike Mehta at indiamission@iccc.org