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  • India Mission 2012 report released-06-02-12

    06 Feb 2012 9:45 AM | Deleted user

    Markham: The Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce (ICCC) released its ‘India Mission 2012’ report on the occasion of a debriefing session at the Markham Convergence Centre Monday February 6.


    Mr. Satish Thakkar, President, ICCC, presented the report to Frank Scarpitti, the Mayor of Markham and Consul General of India, Mrs. Preeti Saran.

    In addition to the delegates who participated in the mission, several elected representatives from Markham, officials from different departments, directors of the ICCC, key sponsors of the Chamber and members of the media corps were present at the event.


    The 60-member trade mission was one of the largest ever that the ICCC organised to India and it coincided with the annual convention of the Indian Diaspora in India – the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, which was held in Jaipur this year.


     “The mission provided us many opportunities to pursue the business, trade and investment opportunities that India has to offer,” Mayor Scarpitti said in his address. “It also created an excellent platform to showcase Markham to Indian businesses,” he emphasised.


    Echoing Mayor Scarpitti’s sentiments, Satish Thakkar, President, ICCC, explained that the mission’s program was developed to give the delegates a rich Indian experience – that would showcase the best of India to Canadians and the best of Canada to Indians.


    “The cities were carefully selected – Delhi, Jaipur, Mumbai, Pune and Dubai, and the lineup of events included meetings with India’s policy makers, seminars and roundtables on topics of relevance to the delegates, interactions with the largest, and the most influential trade bodies, B2B meetings and networking opportunities,”


    Three delegates – Ruby Maini of HR Strategies Consulting Inc, Chantal Deslodges of Chantal Deslodges Professional Corporation and Moe Anwar of RBC Royal Bank – shared their experiences during the mission.

  • Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce- Town of Markham Business mission to India and UAE

    04 Nov 2011 4:41 PM | Deleted user
    Satish Thakkar, ICCC President (l), with Preeti Saran, Consul General of India in Toronto (c) and Frank Scarpitti, Mayor of Markham (r)
    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

  • Premier Dalton McGuinty releases PBD Canada Report, IAS Officers felicitated

    23 Sep 2011 9:00 AM | Deleted user
    Ontario Premier Honourable Dalton McGuinty was the Chief Guest on the occasion of the release of the report of the proceedings of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Canada (PBDCanada2011) at a function held at Atlantis Pavilion in downtown Toronto on Wednesday September 21.

    Satish Thakkar, President, Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce (ICCC) noted that “Premier McGuinty has participated at previous ICCC engagements, including the inaugural dinner for convention in June. We are honoured that in the midst of the election campaign that he joined us for this landmark occasion, the release of the report.”

    Thakkar stated that “the presence of over 100 senior civil servants from the prestigious Indian Administrative Service India made the event a memorable one.  The ICCC is proud of its role as a bridge-builder.”

    The report is the first of its kind amongst the overseas PBDs. “We hope this document assists future PBD venues,” Thakkar said.  He added that the remarkable support of the many sponsors made this initiative a most worthy one. In particular, he emphasised, “I would like to convey our profound gratitude to State Bank of India (Canada) for being the presenting sponsor.”

    In his remarks, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty noted that his government had deepened its engagement with India through its two missions in 2007 and 2009 and indeed would seek to further these ties in the future by doubling the number of such missions, including to strategic countries like India.  He complimented the ICCC on its role in building key and important linkages. 

    Premier of Ontario Hon. Dalton McGuinty ICCC President Satish Thakkar Consul General Hon. Preeti Saran

    Speaking on the occasion Preeti Saran, Consul General of the Consulate General of India in Toronto, said the Toronto convention of and for the Indian Diaspora was the flagship event in the Year of India in Canada.

    She emphasised that the Government of India would give due recognition to recommendations made in the PBDCanada2011 report whilst formulating policies to involve the Indian Diaspora with India more comprehensively.
    State Bank of India (Canada) was the presenter of the convention. Sunil Tandon, President & CEO of the bank, said that as a sponsor, the bank was delighted with the outcome of the convention.

    Approximately 300 guests joined the event including more than 100 IAS officers from India who were felicitated at the event. The officers were in Canada to participate in a study tour and training program of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada (IPAC) and School of Public Policy and Governance (SPPG), University of Toronto.
    Officers of the Indian Administrative Services with Premier of Ontario Hon. Dalton McGuinty, Consul General Preeti Saran and the ICCC officials 

  • Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce (ICCC) Pledges Support for Canada's Athletes

    20 Nov 2009 1:50 PM | Anonymous

    https://commonwealthsport.ca/news/archive/indo-canada-chamber-commerce-iccc-pledges-support-canadas-athletes.html

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