CII Communique - October, 2010

newsmakerindia & the worldCII Mission toUSA & CanadaA HIGH-POWERED CII CEOsmission, led by Mr. Hari Bhartia,President, CII, and Co-Chairmanand Managing Director, JubilantOrganosys, accompanied Mr.Anand Sharma, Union Ministerof Commerce and Industry, India,on his official visit to USA andCanada, in September. The CEOsmet government and industryleaders in both countries to conveythe message of enhancing bilateraleconomic and trade relations.The delegation included Mr. Y CDeveshwar, Chairman, ITC Ltd;Ms. Preetha Reddy, ManagingDirector, Apollo Hospitals; Mr.Rajan Navani, ManagingDirector, Jetline Group;Mr. Phiroz Vandrewala,Executive Director andHead, Global CorporateAffairs, Tata ConsultancyServices; Mr. DeepKapuria, Chairman, Hi-Tech Gears; Mr K R LNarasimhan, ExecutiveVice President &Country Manager,Larsen & Toubro USA;Mr. H Sriram Iyer, Head,Anand Sharma, Minister of Commerce & Industry, IndiaHari S Bhartia, President, CII, and Co-Chairman and Managing Director, JubilantOrganosys, Marshall M Bouton, President, Chicago Council on Global Affairs,and Meera Shankar, Indian Ambassador to USANorth America Operations, ICICIBank Ltd.; Mr. Chandrajit Banerjee,Director General, CII; and MsKiran Pasricha, CEO, AspenInstitute India, and Deputy DirectorGeneral, CII.“The CEOs mission to USA andCanada exemplifies our deepcommitment to strengthening US-India and India-Canada economicrelations,” said Mr ChandrajitBanerjee, Director General, CII. “Themission underlines the importanceof the economic partnership Indiahas with both countries, which willcontribute to economic revival andjob growth.”USA20-22 September:Chicago andWashington DC.In Chicago, CII andthe Chicago Councilon Global Affairsjointly organized the‘2nd Annual US-IndiaBusiness OpportunitiesSummit’ which wasaddressed by MinisterSharma.Representative Jim McDermott, with Hari Bhartia, andChandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CIIRon Somers, President, USIBC, Steven Stewart, Director- PublicAffairs, Government Programmes, IBM, and Phiroz Vandrevala,Executive Director & Head, Global Corporate Affairs, TCS4 | October 2010 Communiqué