InCar Group attends Global India Business Meeting 2009

InCar Group attended, as only delegate from Suriname, the inaugural Global India Business Meeting that was held in Munich, 28-29 June 2009. Organised by Horasis , the co-hosts were the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and the State of Bavaria, with Messe München International and VBW (the Bavarian Business Association). The Global India Business Meeting aims to be the foremost annual gathering of Indian business leaders and their global counterparts. The event was open to Chief Executive Officers of the world's leading companies. The event was intellectually supported by a set of partner firms led by the Strategic Foresight Group, Mumbai.

Anand Sharma, the new Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, represented the Indian government at the meeting, where participants gathered to deliberate under the theme 'Overcoming the Crisis - Opportunities for India'.

The meeting was held at a critical time, coming less then a month after the formation of the new Indian government. The meeting facilitated dialogue that allowed participants to fully explore the unique opportunities that India has at its doorstep in this new global arena.

Public Figures who attended included Chhagan Bhujbal, Deputy Chief Minister, State of Maharashtra, India; Neena Gill, President, European Parliament Delegation for Relations with India, Belgium; Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General, UNCTAD, Switzerland; Anand Sharma, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Government of India; Arun Shourie, Former Minister of Disinvestment, Communication and Information Technology, India; N.K. Singh, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Government of Bihar, India; B. S. Yeddyurappa, Chief Minister, State of Karnataka, India; Martin Zeil, Deputy Prime Minister, Free State of Bavaria, Germany.

In attendance were, among others: Prince Abdullah bin Mosa'ad, Chairman, Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co (Saudi Arabia), Peter Bauer, CEO, Infineon (Germany), Rahul Bajaj, Chairman, Bajaj Auto (India), Claude Beglé, Chairman, Swiss Post (Switzerland), Pramod Bhasin, CEO, Genpact (India), Gerhard Cromme, Chairman, Siemens and ThyssenKrupp (Germany), Jim Goodnight, CEO, SAS (USA), Kris Gopalakrishnan, CEO, Infosys (India), Alan Hassenfeld, Chairman, Hasbro (USA), Prakash Hinduja, Chairman, Hinduja Group (Switzerland), Baba Kalyani, Chairman, Bharat Forge (India), Liu Jiren, Chairman, Neusoft (China), Khater Massaad, CEO, RAK Investment Authority (UAE), Nasser Munjee, Chairman, Development Credit Bank (India), G V Krishna Reddy, Chairman, GVK Power & Infrastructure (India), Dhruv M. Sawhney, Chairman, Triveni Engineering & Industries (India), Harshpati Singhania, Managing Director, JK Paper (India)