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Interactive Session with
American Center Director Ms. Grimes
The Gujarat branch organized an interactive meeting
with Ms. Annie Grimes, Director of American Center,
Mumbai, for members on 8 September, 2010 at Lemon
Tree Hotel, Ahmedabad. She was in the city on the
occasion to mark the 6th anniversary celebrations of The
American Corner.
Ms. Grimes said she was impressed with the
entrepreneurial skills of the Gujarati community and
foresaw a great potential in developing close ties
between the United States and Gujarat in various fields,
including science and technology, education, healthcare
and renewable energy. She also talked about the
forthcoming visit of the US President Barack Obama to
India in November and its importance.
Ms. Grimes came up with the idea of developing video
conferencing between the business communities of India
and the US for giving boost to Indo-US bilateral trade and
commerce.
She invited questions related to business and commerce
from the members present at the meeting, which ended
with the planning of a joint programme in future between
the American Center and the IACC- Gujarat Branch.
At the outset the members were informed about the vast
experience that Ms. Grimes possessed. She joined the US
Ms. Annie Grimes, Director, American Center, Mumbai,
replying to questions from IACC, Gujarat members.
Foreign Service in 1990 and has since served in
Antananarivo, Madagascar (1991-1994), Surabaya,
Indonesia (1995-1997), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
(1997-2000), and Mumbai, India (2000-2005),
Washington, DC, Office of Public Diplomacy, Bureau of
East Asian and Pacific Affairs (2005-2007); and Jakarta,
Indonesia (2007-2010). She joined the Public Affairs
Section of the U.S. Consulate General, Mumbai, as the
Public Affairs Officer in August 2010. Ms. Grimes is
proficient in are French and Indonesian languages,
besides English.
SOUTH INDIA COUNCIL
TAMIL NADU BRANCH
Exploring Emerging Techniques in
Project Management
A programme on “Emerging Techniques in Project S. Ramanathan, Management Consultant, Param
Management” was organized by the Tamil Nadu branch Consulting spoke on the topic of Risk Management in
on 4 June 2010. The programme was aimed at Projects and Modern Techniques in Project Progress
understanding the latest techniques used for effective Measurement.
management of projects at all levels in an organization.
G. Dinesh, Delivery Manager, Insurance, Healthcare
The speakers and the topics at the programme included: Details, Infosys Technologies Ltd talked about the Best
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