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Volume 18 No 1 January 2009
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Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2009
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Celebrating Chandrayaan-1
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India Health Summit
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Renewed Focus on Corporate
4 Governance
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n India@75: An Update
n 21st CII National Skills Competition
n South Africa to Partner IETF 2009
n India & the World
n Regional Round Up
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n And all our regular features
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focus space mission
Celebrating Chandrayaan-1
CII organised a special felicitation of the
Chandrayaan-1 Team to celebrate the success
of India’s maiden moon mission
Chandrayaan is one of the greatest 24 December in New Delhi. The session was held
achievements of Indian scientists and to celebrate the great scientific and technological
ISRO. India with this mission has made achievement.
a major stride in space research, The recent successful launch of the country’s maiden
development and its application for the social economic unmanned mission Chandrayaan-1, has positioned
upliftment, declared Mr. Vayalar Ravi, Minister of Overseas India as a major global space power. India is now the
Indian Affairs & Parliamentary Affairs, at CII’s 6th nation in the world to launch a spacecraft to the
special felicitation of the Chandrayaan -1 Team on moon.
C Banerjee, Director General, CII, Dr G Madhavan Nair, Chairman, ISRO, Vayalar Ravi, Union Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs &
Parliamentary Affairs, and Sunil Kant Munjal, Past President, CII, and Chairman, Hero Corporate Service Ltd
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space mission
Standing: George Koshy, Mission Director, PSLV C11, Chandrayaan 1 Mission, PS Veeraraghavan, Director, IISU, TGK Murthy,
Programme Director, ISRO, K Radhakrishnan, Member, Space Commission, & Director, VSSC, Thiruvananthapuram, SK Shivakumar,
Director, ISTRAC, Bangalore, MKG Nair, Director, LPSC, Thiruvananthapuram, V Jayraman, Director, NRSC, Hyderabad,
A Bhaskaranarayana, Scientific Secretary, ISRO, AS Kiran Kumar, Deputy Director, SAC, Ahmedabad, KRS Murthi, MD, Antrix Corp, and
Dr MYS Prasad, Associate Director, SDSC, Sriharikota
Seated: Chandrajit Banerjee, Dr G Madhavan Nair, Vayalar Ravi, and Sunil Kant Munjal
Lauding ISRO for its endeavours in India’s development, industry which is currently pegged at $50 billion.
Mr. Ravi noted, “ISRO provided housing facility to the The team members felicitated during the function
fishermen community of Kerala. The institution during its were
tenure has never a faced workers’ strike, which reflects
• Dr. G. Madhavan Nair, Chairman, ISRO
how the institution treats every associated resource with
• Dr. K. Radhakrishnan, Director, Vikram Sarabhai
respect.” We hope that the ISRO will work for further
Space Centre
achievements for the nation, he added.
• Dr. M.Y.S. Prasad, Associate Director, SDSC-SHAR,
Leading the Chandrayaan team, Dr. G. Madhavan Nair, Sriharikota
Chairman, ISRO, stated, “India is no more a developing • Dr. V. Jayaraman, Director, National Remote Sensing
economy in the scientific domain. With the success of Agency, Hyderabad
Chandrayaan, the global community is looking to India • Mr K.R. Sridharamurthy, Managing Director, Antrix
for world class competitive space related ventures.” ISRO Corporation, Bangalore
on 20 December successfully launched a satellite built • Mr M.K.G. Nair, Director, Liquid Propoulsion System
for the European community, he informed. Centre, Thiruvananthapuram
Sharing the details of Chandrayaan – 1, Dr. K. • Mr P.S. Veeraraghavan, Director, ISRO Inertial
Radhakrishnan, Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Systems Unit, Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram, said, “The mission has been • Mr S.K. Shivkumar, Director, ISTRAC, Bangalore
successful as the scientists followed a highly precise • Mr A. Bhaskaranarayana, Director, SCP / Scientific
and accurate way forward. ISRO dreams of leading a Secretary, ISRO, Bangalore
mission to Mars by 2013-2016. This presents a new • Mr A.S. Kiran Kumar, DD, SEDA, Space Applications
plethora of space adventure for India.” Centre, Ahmedabad
Earlier, in his welcome remarks, Mr. Sunil Kant Munjal, • Dr. George Koshy, MD, PSLV-C11
Past President, CII, and Chairman, Hero Corporate • Dr. T.G.K. Murthy, Programme Director, ASP, ISRO
Service Ltd, said Chandrayaan-1 signals the new scope Satellite Centre, Bangalore
of India’s global opportunities. The success of the Mr. Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII said it
mission reflects careful planning and brilliant execution. was a great privilege and honour for CII to felicitate
This space adventure brings great significance for Indian this tremendous achievement.
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building india cover story
Engaging the
Diaspora: The
Way Forward
Smt Pratibha Devisingh Patil, President of India, with Parmananthan ‘Prema’ Naidoo,
Member, Mayoral Committee for Environment, Johannesburg and Vayalar Ravi,
Union Minister, Overseas Indian Affairs & Parliamentary Affairs
• First ever Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Chennai • Networking opportunities with NRIs from Australia,
Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka,
• Over 1500 delegates from 50 countries
South Africa, UAE, UK, US and many other
• Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards for 13 NRIs/PIOs
countries
• More than 20 Ministers addressed key sessions • Representation from 12 State Governments
• 100 + speakers including 60 from abroad at the Convention
• Art Exhibition / Crafts Exposition
• Trade & Industry Exhibition
Dr Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India, inaugurating PBD 2009 as K V Kamath, President, CII, Ramdien Sardjoe,
Vice President, Suriname, Vayalar Ravi and Dr Kalaignar M Karunanidhi, Chief Minister, Tamil Nadu, look on
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The 7th edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya
Divas (PBD) Convention organised
by the Ministry of Overseas Indian
Affairs, India in partnership with the
State Government of Tamil Nadu and the
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) kicked
off to a glittering start with the inauguration of
the trade and industry exhibition and a cultural
extravaganza on the evening of 7 January
2009. The three -day event concluded on 9
January by honouring outstanding overseas
Indians with the prestigious Pravasi Bharatiya
Samman Awards for their contribution to
India’s growth.
The President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh
Dr Manmohan Singh realeasing the PBD publications as Ramdien Sardjoe,
Patil, presented the prestigious Samman Vayalar Ravi and Angidi Veeriah Chettiar, Vice President of Mauritius, look on
Awards to 13 distinguished overseas Indians
Affairs to recognize their contributions to India’s
for their outstanding contribution to India’s growth at
growth.
the Valedictory Session.
In his Inaugural Address, Dr Manmohan Singh said
Earlier, on 8 January, Dr Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister
that several measures have been taken to strengthen
of India, and Dr Kalaignar M Karunanidhi, Chief Minister
national security. India is working with the international
of Tamil Nadu inaugurated the event.
community to ensure that there are no ‘safe havens’ for
In her valedictory address, Smt Pratibha Devisingh terrorists, he said. Apprising overseas Indians of India’s
Patil told the overseas Indians that India is proud of achievements, he reassured them that the fundamentals
their role in the growth of their countries of adoption. of the Indian economy remain strong and that a growth
At the same time, India too has grown in stature, and rate of 7% is expected for the year. Stating that India is
the focus now is to expand economic opportunities actively involved in the meetings of the G-20 on a new
and incomes for all, she observed. India now ‘seeks global financial architecture, he expressed the view that
to bridge the infrastructure gap and to achieve energy a new structure must be suited to new challenges and
security, food security and human welfare security’, reflect changes in the global economic structure.
she said, urging overseas Indians to invest in India,
The Prime Minister also launched the Global Indian
particularly in infrastructure.
Knowledge Network to serve as a virtual think tank
The President commended the role of the 5 million and for sharing development ideas and knowledge of
overseas Indian workers and suggested that a separate the diaspora. Three books were unveiled during the
award be instituted by the Ministry of Overseas Indian inaugural, including a photographic book on the Indian
Manoranjan Kalia, Minister, Industry & Local Govt, Punjab, Randeep Surjewala, Minister, Power, Water Supply & Sanitation, & Parliamentary
Affairs, Haryana, Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Bhopinder Singh, Lt. Governor, Andaman & Nicobar, Narendra Modi, Chief Minister, Gujarat,
Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission of India, Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh, and
Sushil Kumar Modi, Dy. Chief Minister, Bihar
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R L Lakhina, Founder & Executive President, Netherlands India Chamber of Commerce,Netherlands, Prof Sugata Bose, Harvard University, USA,
Sam G Pitroda, Chairman, C-Sam Inc, USA, Dato’ Seri S Samy Vellu, President, Malaysian Indian Congress, Malaysia,
Pranab Mukherjee, Minister, External Affairs, India, Dr Shashi Tharoor, Chairman, Afras Ventures, USA, Dr Ruby Dhalla, MP, Canada, and
Sat Pal Khattar, Chairman, Khattar Holdings P Ltd, Singapore
diaspora, and manuals on FDI and Taxation for overseas the award, was also present on the dais.
Indians. For overseas Indian workers, the Prime Minister Mr Surjit Singh Barnala, Governor, Tamil Nadu,
announced a comprehensive e-governance project on acknowledged the contribution of the diaspora in
emigration, which will issue smart cards to all workers building the brand image of India.
and transform the emigration process.
Mr Vayalar Ravi, Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs,
Dr Kalaignar M Karunanidhi, welcoming delegates to India, said that this PBD had been unique in several
Tamil Nadu, said that India’s diversity had helped Indians ways. It addressed the preservation of culture and
to assimilate into other societies. He stressed that India language for the first time. He also announced that more
and China are the key to revival of the global economy. mini-PBDs would be held all over the world and sought
Tamil Nadu, with abundant technical manpower and proposals from interested associations of PIOs.
well-developed industrial base, could provide the lead
Mr K Mohandas, Secretary, Ministry of Overseas Indian
for India in this endeavor. He urged delegates to share
Affairs also spoke at the inaugural and valedictory
the potential of the State and India as an investment
sessions.
destination.
The SeSSionS
Mr K V Kamath, President, CII, in his vote of thanks,
expressed appreciation to delegates for keeping the Four Plenaries
image of India high. • India as an Emerging Power: The Diaspora Factor
At the valedictory session, Mr Angidi Veeriah Chettiar, • Reflections on the Current Economic Crisis : Diaspora
Vice President of Mauritius, accepted the honor of the Concerns
Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards on behalf of all the • Diaspora interaction with the States
awardees. Expressing gratitude to India for the warmth • India Diaspora: Preservation of Language & Culture
and sincerity in renewing ties with the overseas Indian Six State Concurrent Sessions
community, he said that the new policies had been Seven Regional Sessions:
beneficial to pravasis as well as for India. Mr Ramdien • Africa, Asia Pacific, Canada, Carribean, Europe, Gulf
Sardjoe, Vice President of Suriname, who also received and USA
Dr Sanku S Rao, President, AAPI, USA, Dr Anbumani Ramadoss,
Minister for Health & Family Welfare, India, Dr Prathap C Reddy, Tarun Das, Chief Mentor, CII, Prof C K Prahalad, University of
Chairman, Apollo Group of Hospitals and Dr Rajni Kanabar, Michigan Business School, USA, and R Seetharaman, CEO,
Chairman, Regency Medical Centre, Tanzania Doha Bank Group
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Smt Pratibha Devisingh Patil with Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awardees at the Valedictory Session
Interactions with the Chief Ministers of Gujarat and • Dr Shashi Tharoor, Chairman, Afras Ventures, and
Andhra Pradesh, and the Deputy Chief Minister of former Under Secretary- General, UN
Bihar • Mr Gopinath Pillai, Ambassador-at-Large and Chairman,
Institute of South Asian Studies, Singapore
Ministers at the Conference
• Mr Sam G Pitroda; Chairman, C-Sam Inc, USA
Over 20 Ministers addressed the sessions including
• Prof Sugata Bose, Gardiner Professor of Oceanic
• Mr Pranab Mukherjee, Minister, External Affairs
History, Harvard University, USA
• Dr Ashwani Kumar, Minister of State, DIPP, Commerce
• Prof C K Prahalad, Professor, University of Michigan
& Industry
Business School, USA
• Ms D Purandeswari, Minister of State, Human
• Dato’ Seri S Samy Velu, President, Malaysian
Resource Development
Indian Congress, Malaysia
• Dr Anbumani Ramadoss, Minister, Health & Family
• Mr N Ram, Editor-in-Chief, The Hindu Group of
Welfare
Publications
• Mr Mani Shankar Aiyar, Minister, Panchayati Raj &
• Mr Venu Srinivasan, Vice President, CII
DONER
• Mr S Ramadorai, CEO, TCS
• Mr G K Vasan, Minister of State, Statistics &
• Dr Prathap C Reddy, Chairman, Apollo Group Hospitals
Programme Implementation
• Dr Naresh Trehan; Chairman, Global Health Pvt Ltd
• Ms Renuka Chowdhury, Minister of State, Women
& Child Development ConCurrenT ShowS
Key Speakers Trade & Industry Exhibition
• Dato Dr S Subramanian, Minister of Human Resource; As part of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2009, CII organised a
Malaysia Trade & Industry Exhibition, with a focus on key sectors
• Mr Arumugam Thondaman, Minister, Youth like Technology, Financial Services, Handlooms / Textiles,
Empowerment & Socio Economic Development, Handicrafts, Fashion, Consumer Goods, Real Estate,
Sri Lanka Engineering, Tourism, Education, Entertainment and
• Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Investment. Over 70 exhibitors including several State
Planning Commission Governments showcased a wide array of products /
Prof Narana Sinai Coissoro, Universidade Lusofona, Lisbon, P Ramasamy, Deputy Chief Minister, Penang, Malaysia, N Ravi,
Baroness Shreela Flather, UK and Chandrajit Banerjee, Editor, The Hindu, Loganathan Naidoo, Executive Councillor and
Director General, CII Deputy Mayor of eThekwini Municipality (Durban), South Africa and
Prakash M Swamy, Indian American Journalist, USA
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Dr Ashwani Kumar, Minister of State, DIPP, Commerce & Mani Shankar Aiyar, A Raja, Minister, Renuka Chowdhury,
Industry, with Venu Srinivasan, Vice President, CII, Minister, Panchayati Raj Communication & IT Minister of State,
& Chairman, TVS Motor Co Ltd & DONER Women & Child
Development
services reflecting India’s prowess in the technological
and cultural landscape.
Crafts Exposition
CII also organised a Crafts Exposition jointly with the
Crafts Council and Women’s Weave. World renowned
artisans and craftsmen from various parts of the country
showcased products demonstrating the rich cultural and
heritage of India.
Art Exhibition
An Art Exhibition was also organised coinciding with the
event. This had participation from the Mahatma Gandhi
Narendra Modi doing a round of the Trade & Industry Exhibition
International Foundation, Montreal, Canada; Indira
Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, and the Organisation
for Diaspora Initiatives (ODI), Reunion Island.
Cultural Evenings
As part of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention,
cultural shows were held every evening
• Mohiniyattam by Gopika Varma and ‘Sarvesham
Bharatah’ by South Zone Cultural Centre
• ‘Kalai Thamizh’ by the Dept of Tourism and Culture,
Tamil Nadu
• Stage Play “Karna, The Warrior Son of the Sun” by
Kaleidoscope
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event healthcare
India Health Summit
Around 600 delegates participated in the
5th India Health Summit which focused on
‘Optimizing Health Delivery in India:
A Patient-centric Approach’
T
he 5th India Health Summit, CII’s flagship Infrastructure, Healthcare Workforce, Healthcare
event on Healthcare, with the theme Financing, Quality & Accreditation of Healthcare and
‘Optimizing Healthcare Delivery in India: A Consumer Affordability, including Insurance. The
Patient-centric Approach’ drew international important takeaways and recommendations from the
and national stalwarts from the Healthcare deliberations will be submitted to the Ministry of Health
space. Held for the first time in partnership with the and Family Welfare and the Ministry of Finance.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the Summit, Addressing the Inaugural Session, Mr. Kapil Sibal, Union
spread across two days with nine plenary sessions, Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences,
attracted nearly 600 delegates both from the healthcare India announced that the government is working on
domain and across verticals such as Banking, Insurance, Medical Devices legislation, in order to standardize
Venture Capitalists, Medical Technology including IT, and the quality of Indian manufactured medical devices. He
NGOs, among others. emphasized on the promotion of greater R&D in the
The key findings and recommendations emerging from field of technology and genomics. He also highlighted
the discussions at the Summit centered around Healthcare target drugging, vaccinations and innovative solutions,
manufacturing and managing medical
devices domestically, delivery of quality
human resource and affordability, as
key focus areas.
Dr. Pervez Ahmed, Summit Chairman,
and Executive Medical Director, Max
Hospitals Group said, “Solutions to
healthcare should follow a proximity
approach, and be customized to the
local community. Integrating research
and technology aligning healthcare
delivery should be given immense
importance.”
“The task before us is how do we
rapidly fill the huge deficit for quality
healthcare, which is inaccessible to
Shivinder Mohan Singh,CEO & MD,Fortis Escorts Heart Institute & Research Centre, many, “ stated Dr. Prathap C Reddy,
Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences,
Dr. Prathap C Reddy,Chairman, CII National Committee of Healthcare, & Chairman, Chairman, CII National Committee
Apollo Hospitals Group, and Annaswamy Vaidheesh, Co-Chairman, Health Summit & on Healthcare, and Chairman, Apollo
MD, Johnson & Johnson Medical India
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healthcare
Hospitals Group. “We should • Report by working groups
look at innovative healthcare of 1st CII Health Insurance
models, work on a standard Summit
definition and create a working The Summit also featured an
environment for PPP. The exhibition covering the entire
government should now look spectrum of the Healthcare
at healthcare’s requirement to landscape. The participants
quickly multiply the number included Apollo Hospitals,
of healthcare professionals CISCO, Express healthcare,
in India.” Fortis Escorts Hospitals, ICRI
Mr. Ajay Shankar, Secretary, Health, Janak Healthcare,
Department of Industrial Johnson & Johnson Medical
Policy and Promotion, in his India, Joint Commission
keynote address at a special International, Larsen and
plenary on “Investments in Toubro, Max Healthcare,
Healthcare” observed that Mega Ace Matrix Knowledge
“by 2020-25, Medical Value Dr. Prathap C Reddy with Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss, Group, Philips, Recorders &
Travel in India will stand Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Medicare Systems Pvt Ltd.,
where India’s IT sector is positioned today. India has Sonosite India Pvt Ltd., Tata Motors and Technopak.
all the intellectual capabilities, and the sector will boost A Wellness Lounge was also created, where ATHCC,
up the industry. The industry with its set of progressive global expert in Healthcare, was the exclusive
strategies should come up with innovative and out of exhibitor.
the box thinking for securing investments”. The summit concluded with a detailed presentation on
One session that received an overwhelming response the deliberations and recommendations which came
was ‘Successful States’ Healthcare Models,’ with detailed out of the sessions to Dr.Anbumani Ramadoss, Union
presentations by Mr. P. K. Aggarwal Principal Secretary, Minister for Health and Family Welfare, who was the
Health Medical and Family Welfare, Andhra Pradesh, chief guest at the valedictory session. Dr. Ramadoss,
Dr. Amarjit Singh, Principal Secretary, Family Welfare in a passionate and dedicated approach, supported
& Commissioner, Health, Medical Services & Medical industry’s request for granting industry status to
Education, Gujarat, and Dr S. Vijayakumar, Special healthcare. He also said the government was in the
Secretary, Health, Tamil Nadu. process of recognizing post graduate (PG) degrees
from English speaking countries like the United States,
A special session, “Health Insurance Inc – The Road
United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, apart from
Ahead” was organised based on the recommendations of
doubling the PG pass-out number which at present
the recently held Health Insurance Summit in Mumbai.
stands at 12,000.
Five reports prepared
under the aegis of the CII The Sessions In the light of the
Healthcare Sub-committees tremendous achievements
• Healthcare Reforms - Optimizing Healthcare
were released on the under the National Rural
Delivery
occasion: Health Mission (NRHM),
• Accessibility and Affordability
he underlined that the
• Addressing the • Addressing Manpower Shortage: Creating the
ministry would come up
Healthcare Workforce Skill-sets for Patient-care
with programmes like the
Requirement in India • Successful States’ Healthcare Models
National Urban Health
• Enhancing Healthcare • Investments in Healthcare
Mission, National School
Accessibility through • Models of Healthcare Delivery: Integrating
Programme, Emergency
Financing Innovation with Consumerism
and Trauma Programmes,
• Accreditation of Hospitals • Delivering Quality Healthcare: Creating Patient
and the like. He felt
in India Value
that PPPs were a viable
• The Emerging Role • Technology as an Enabler – Healthcare IT and
arrangement for Indian
of PPP in the Indian Medical Technology
Healthcare.
Healthcare Sector
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