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Satish Thakkar, ICCC President (l), with Preeti Saran, Consul General of India in Toronto (c) and Frank Scarpitti, Mayor of Markham (r)
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Toronto: The Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce (ICCC) and the Town of Markham announced a joint business mission to India and the UAE from January 6 to 15, 2012. The mission will go to Delhi, Jaipur, Mumbai, Pune and Dubai.
Mayor of Markham His Worship Frank Scarpitti while making this announcement at the Markham Convergence Centre on Friday, November 4, said the business mission is part of Markham’s overall emphasis to develop closer ties with India and other emerging markets.
“Markham has a proactive policy to create the right environment to support Markham’s high-skilled Indian Diaspora to enhance ties with Indian business especially in the hi-tech sectors,” Mayor Scarpitti said.
Commending Mayor Scarpitti for taking the lead in developing closer economic ties with India, Preeti Saran, Consul General, emphasised that India has now become a focal point for global companies for cost-competitive innovation. She added that Canada-India bilateral relations have matured because of the new global economic realities.
Satish Thakkar, President, Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce, during his address, said, the recent policy initiatives between Canada and India have made enhanced interaction and increased cooperation both organic and endemic.
It is in recognition of this imperative, Thakkar explained, that the Chamber has joined hands with the Town of Markham to lead a four city business trade mission. The stopover at Jaipur will be during the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD–India-2012).
The main objective of India Mission 2012 is to create concrete and definite business and trade opportunities for the participating Canadian companies and help them forge ties with their Indian counterparts.
The meetings will revolve around issue areas pertinent to Canada-India business relations, and will focus on key verticals including:
(i) Information technology
(ii) Financial services
(iii) Banking
(iv) Food processing and logistics
(v) Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME).
“We have planned a series of high-calibre events and high-powered meetings at all the cities of the Mission to achieve this objective,” Thakkar said.
The Mission’s schedule offers networking, B2B meetings and information opportunities for the delegates. The delegates will also be able to participate in the annual Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (PBD-India-2012) in Jaipur.
Moreover, the participants will benefit from exclusive meetings with Canadian and Indian policy-makers. In particular, they will have an opportunity to network with representatives of the Government of India and state governments, as well as meet the diplomatic corps at the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi, the Canadian Consulate in Mumbai and Ontario Marketing representatives based in Delhi and Mumbai.
For more information about the mission and to register, please write toindiamission2012@iccc.org |
