Indo Canada Chamber of Commerce’s (ICCC) India Mission 2015 under the leadership of Mr. Dharma P Jain, reached Gandhinagar and started their first leg of meetings with business leaders, decision makers and others at the Gandhinagar, India. The delegation attended the inaugural session of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2015. The session was inaugurated by the Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi.
Indian Prime Minister Modi said that the government of India has merged the PIO (Persons of Indian Origin) and Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) cards to ease the travel of the overseas Indians. He further said that many possibilities are awaiting you as time is changing rapidly and India has risen with new strength.
Hon. Deepak Obhrai, co-leader of the delegation was also present during the inaugural session as official representative of the Government of Canada.
Hon. Deepak Obhrai, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Government of Canada opened the Canada Pavilion at the Vibrant Gujarat 2015.
Dharma P Jain, President ICCC met Mr. Arjun Ram Meghwal, Member of Parliament from Bikaner, Rajasthan along with over 30 delegates. Mr. Meghwal is also Member of Business Advisory Committee, Government of India. Both the leaders discussed the scope of the Canada India trade and business ties in general and particularly the Canada Rajasthan trade ties. He offered all the possible help for the Canadian business owners to start their ventures in the state of Rajasthan. ICCC board members Mr. Tony Chawla, Mr. Hardesh Marwaha and Mr. Naval Bajaj were also present during the meeting.
ICCC president also held discussions with Mr. Rohit Bhargava, Chief Representative and MD, TD bank India and discussed the progress of cooperation in the banking sector. Discussions were held among the other participating business chambers to work out common grounds for cooperation to expand the trade ties between the two nations.
ICCC delegates also have an interactive session with the officers from Canadian Consulates from Mumbai and Ahmedabad. Delegates have fruitful B2B meetings with the various business leaders and policy makers to discuss the ways and means to start their businesses in India.
ICCC president Mr. Dharma P Jain was also have media interaction along with Mr. Deepak Obhrai and was interviewed by the Indian mainstream media like Lok Satta, IBN, TV Asia and other media presented in Gandhinagar.
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