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Chamber News East India Council Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, eminent scientist addresses the members of Indo-American Chamber of Commerce, East India Council at a seminar on 'Agriculture Emerging Opportunities with a focus on Indo-US Business organized by the National Agri Committee's Chairman, Mr. R. S. Jhawar at Hotel Taj Bengal, Kolkata. Mr. J. Mahapatra, Chairman, Orissa Branch, facilitating Mr. Kenneth Juster, Under Secretary, Commerce, USA at Hotel Sonar Bangla, Kolkata. Mr. R. Sen, President, IACC, felicitating Mr. Kenneth Juster, Under Secretary, Commerce, USA at the Annual General Convention of East India Council held at Hotel Sonar Bangla, Kolkata Mr. Ranjit Sen, President IACC felicitating Shri Manabendra Mukherjee, Hon'ble Minister, Information Technology, Government of West Bengal at the Anmol General Convention of EIC held at Hotel Sonar Bangla. INDO-US BUSINESS December 2004 46
Chamber News South India Council Ms. Linda Droker addresses issues on security and intellectual property rights IACC office-bearers in Chennai, led by Mr. G. Narayanaswamy, former Regional President, South India Council, met with Ms. Linda S. Droker, Director, Office of South Asia and Oceania and Mr. Ryan A. Smith, Special Counsel to USDOC Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Market Access and Compliance, USA, on September 30 to discuss issues on data security, intellectual property rights. Ms. Linda expressed concerns about the different tax rates within India for US products. The meeting took place at the Chamber's Conference Hall in Chennai. With the advent of Value-Added Tax (VAT) in the year 2005, indifferences would be removed. Mr. Narayanaswamy said that though the reforms in India may appear slow, it was a steady program and sudden reversals would not be there, which could happen in dictatorial regimes. Mr. Bruce Quinn, Commercial Consul, US Consulate, Chennai and Mr. P. Vaidyanathan, Sr. Commercial Specialist were also present at the meeting. Mr. G. Narayanaswamy, Past Regional President, SIC addressing the meet with Linda Droker Weaving the Future Indo-American Chamber of Commerce, Tamilnadu Branch, Apparel Export Promotion Council, Textile Committee, Ministry of Textiles had recently together organized a seminar on, 'Indian Textiles and Garments The Road Ahead' in Chennai. The objective of the seminar was to explore the opportunities and challenges to the Indian textile and garment sector in the post-quota regime. The topics discussed at the seminar were, removal of quota restrictions opportunities and challenges; implications of WTO and global competitiveness, perspectives on productivity, quality standards and competitiveness; increasing the productivity of the garment firms, cluster approach enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs; marketing and distribution of apparels in the overseas markets; reaching the global buyer, private equity, mergers & acquisitions opportunities and challenges, experiences in the US market and fashion trends. Mr. G. Shanker, Chairman of the Tamilnadu Branch in his welcome address said that the textiles and garments industry has several strengths in terms of a diverse raw material base, traditional design skills, a large domestic market and cheap labour. Delivering the inaugural address, Mr. Sakhitvel, Chairman Apparel Export Promotion Council, said that India had entrepreneurial spirit and expressed confidence that India would outplay China in the long run. Dr. Richard Haynes, US Consul General, in his address sought for reciprocal market access for American products and services and said that the Indian and US industry must cooperate in research and development and technology upgradation. Mr. R.C.M. Reddy, Joint Textile Commissioner, laid emphasis on clusters, empowering small and medium enterprises and establishing international brands. The other highlights of the seminar included topics such as humane and logical approach essential for success in marketing, adapting to new changes in fashion trends, more than one speaker mentioned that when the Indian textile market grows from $36 bn. to $85 bn. by 2010, as predicted, not all firms will grow and only those who are 'lean, strong, quick and adaptable' would survive. INDO-US BUSINESS December 2004 47
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