Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 7 – 9 January 2009 : Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai The Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2009 is being organized by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs in partnership with the State Government of Tamil Nadu and the Confederation of Indian Industry. With an illustrious faculty including the Prime Minister of India, the President of India, Ministers to Government of India, select confirmed speakers include: Mr. Sat Pal Khattar, Senior Consultant, Khattar Wong & Partners; Mr. Ramesh Mehta, President, BAPIO; Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Former Under-Secretary General of the United Nations Author; Mr Jayadev Galla, Chairman, Managing Director, Amara Raja Batteries Limited; Prof. Sugata Bose, Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs, Harvard, FAS Department of History; Prof. Rajesh Chandra, Vice Chancellor, University of South Pacific; Dr. T P Naidoo, President, Indian Academy of South Africa; Dr. Alok Mukherjee, Chair, Toronto Police Services Board; Mr Venu Srinivasan, Chairman, TVS Motor Company Ltd.; Mr Hari Panday, President, Wealth Management, North America Region, ICICI Wealth Management Inc.; Mr C K Menon, Managing Director, Behzad Group of Companies; Dr. Ravi Seethapathy, Chair, Canadian Advisory Council for Shastry Indo-Canadian Institute; Mr Yusuff Ali MA, Managing Director, EMKE Group; Mr Shan Chandrasekar, CEO, Asian Television Network International Ltd.; Ms Meera Ravi, Editor, Salaam Bahrain; Mr. Mahyendrah Utchanah, President, GOPIO Mauritius; Ms Renu Khator, Chancellor, Houston University; Mr Jose Prayanken, Chairman & Managing Director, Mozambique Holdings Limited; Mr Jean Regis Ramsamy, Chairman, Reunion ODI; Mr Wahid Saleh, Social Worker, Founder - Dutch-India Youth Association; Prof. Narana Sinai Coisoro, Former MP & President, Institute of Oriental Studies at the Technical University of Lisbon; Mr. Arun Amirtham, President, Indian Association, Switzerland; Mr Venkat Raman, Journalist; New Zealand; Mr Vijay Iyengar, Chairman, Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry; Mr Satish Sehgal, Director, Indo-Thai Business Association; Mr Kant K Bhargava, Member, Canadian Advisory Council for Shastry Indo-Canadian Institute Accommodation and travel details are now on the PBD website. Please book your accommodation through the Travel Agent – SITA Travels, well in advance to avoid any last time difficulty. Do note that there is an early bird discount if you register and pay the delegate fee by 30th November, 2008. Please register online at our website www.pbdindia.org.
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