'Indian Calling' Conference on January 5, 2001

The Indian Merchant Chambers (IMC) will host the second `Indian Calling' conference in Mumbai on January 5, 2001. The theme of the conference is ``The Role of Overseas Indians in the 21st century - Visions and Expectations'. Union Information and Broadcasting minister, Sushma Swaraj, will inaugurate the conference. Others who will address the delegates are union Minister for Law and Judiciary, Arun Jaitley, Minister for Disinvestment, Arun Shourie, Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Ram Naik and former Finance Minister, Manmohan Singh.

Indian-born world business leaders like Lord Swaraj Paul from United Kingdom and Manu Chandaria from Kenya are among the 400 delegates expected to participate in the conference.

IMC's Secretary Y P Trivedi told mumbaibest.com that the chamber had decided to make `India Calling' conference an annual event.

"The next conference would not only actively pursue the recommendations made at the last conference with the government, but even explore innovative avenues to draw Indians settled abroad closer to their country of origin. IMC would work hard towards bringing about active participation of Indians settled abroad in the globalised Indian economy, by utilising their competitive advantage and professional business expertise. One of the plans in the pipeline is establishing a `Millennium Centre' for accessing all sectors and meeting demands in financial services , health care, housing, Information Technology and professional services,'' said Trivedi.

By : Mani D'Mello
Photographer : Uma Kadam

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