SCI attends business lunch at Asia House
Event review: Indian minister plays host to SCI
Asia House played host
to SCI and 30 business leaders
at a luncheon meeting on 31
March 2008.
Ram Vilas Paswan, Indian
Minister of Chemicals, Fertilizers
and Steel, talked about the importance
of recognising business opportunities
across the sectors he
represents, which include pharma,
chemicals (including petrochemicals)
and steel.
The event was attended by SCI’s
Honorary President John Beacham
CBE, Board of Trustee Chairman
Sandy Gray and Chief Executive
Andrew Ladds, who were delighted
to meet up again with
Kumaresh C Misra, Joint Secretary
of the Ministry of Chemicals and
Fertilizers, Department of
Chemicals and Petrochemicals. Mr
Misra, who had been present at
the opening of SCI India in
November 2007, gave an informative
presentation on the fast
growing economy of India, highlighting
a GDP growth of 9.4%
during 2007.
The reception was a recognition
of the special relationship
between SCI and the Ministry of
Chemicals, Fertilizers and Steel,
which has been further strengthened
through its long association
with SCI India Executive
Chairman Pradip Dave in the agricultural
field in India.
Global Innovations Imperatives
SCI is expecting India's Minister of
Chemicals, Fertilizers and Steel, or
a senior official from the ministry,
to grace its Global Innovations
Imperatives (Gii) Global Water
Solutions conference. It will be held
on 19 and 20 June in New Delhi at the
headquarters of the Federation of
Indian Chambers of Commerce and
Industry (FICCI). Further information
on the Gii venture, which is
in collaboration with the American
Chemical Society, can be
found at www.thegii.org/gii/
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