Yale leadership summit to explore opportunities for Indian business

October 7th, 2009 TORONTO - The seventh annual Pan-Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Global Conference is set to open with a bang in Chicago Friday. A high-energy laser show followed by a sight-and-sound performance will open the three-day annual summit at Schaumburg on the outskirts of Chicago.

October 6th, 2009 BEIJING - Heads of media organisations worldwide will gather in the Chinese capital for a unique summit Oct 8-10. The World Media Summit, with the theme "Cooperation, Action, Win-Win and Development", will be attended by officials from major media organisations including news agencies, newspapers, magazines, radio, television broadcasters and online sites.

October 1st, 2009 BRUSSELS - Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi has called upon the European Union (EU) to strengthen its "strategic economic engagement" with India as the country offers "immense opportunities" for investors, EuAsiaNews reported. "I stand before you to invite you to develop a medium to long-term strategic economic engagement with a country that offers immense opportunities," he told an EU-India business conference here Wednesday night.

September 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Indian ministers Farooq Abdullah and Jairam Ramesh will take part in the US-India Energy Partnership Summit to be held here Oct 1 aimed at contributing to the ongoing high-level India-US dialogue areas such as renewable energy, climate change and technological innovation. The summit will support the dialogue on how to promote enabling policies for the rapid development and deployment of green technologies in both the US and India and the opportunities for partnership.

September 14th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian Prime Minister's office has announced that an Indian is set to open its branch in Malaysia soon. The Star Online quoted S.

August 20th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen ha, currently on a visit to India, has said that the Malaysia and India would intensify joint efforts to mutually promote the tourism industry. Yen also said that her meeting with Indian Tourism Minister Kumari Selja had been fruitful, where both countries decided to explore mutual avenues for promoting tourism products and investment opportunities in the hospitality sector, The Star online reports.he also informed that last year, about 22 million foreign tourists had visited Malaysia, including about 500,000 from India.

July 30th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Kerala will host a seminar on Indo-British business partnership here Aug 6 to explore fresh business opportunities in the European country. According to a statement issued by the British Deputy High Commission, Chennai, a 10-member team representing the UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) will hold talks on discuss business opportunities with top officials of Kerala-based companies at the seminar.

July 10th, 2009 KAHANG - The Malaysian Government should give more opportunities to the Indian community in the country's development projects, the Tamil Nesan quoted state assemblyman R. Vidyanathan, as saying.

June 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A group of Indian parliamentarians representing various parties Saturday begin the third edition of India-Yale Parliamentary Leadership Programme focusing on global political-economic affairs and the challenges of leadership. Among the 2009 participants of the programme at the prestigious Yale University are Abhishek Manu Singhvi, national spokesperson of the Congress party, Prakash Javadekar, the official spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and six newly elected members of the Lok Sabha.

June 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A delegation of Indian chief executives, headed by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) president Venu Srinivasan, will visit the US this week to build on bilateral economic relations, the industry lobby said Tuesday. The June 17-19 meetings with US officials, politicians, economists and representatives of the American corporate sector will explore new avenues of collaboration and focus on issues such as global meltdown, civil nuclear energy deal and climate change, CII said in a statement.

June 12th, 2009 BANGALORE - A resilient India Inc is waiting for global recovery to start as the worst impact of the global meltdown seems to be over, an industry luminary said Friday. "The consensus opinion is that the worst is behind us.

May 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The global financial meltdown may have forced the Yale University in US to slash its overall endowment from $24 billion to $17. 5 billion and reduce its workforce by 300 people, but that has not affected the university's initiatives in India, a senior varsity official said here.

April 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Unmesh Brahme, an Indian corporate sustainability strategist for one of the largest international banks, has been named as one of 15 Yale World Fellows for this year. A Yale University announcement Friday described Brahme, Senior Vice President (Corporate Sustainability) at HSBC India as a corporate strategist who promotes socially responsible practices involving communities, stakeholders, and businesses.

April 2nd, 2009 NEW HAVEN - Ivy League business school Yale School of Management will Friday organise a seminar on emerging business opportunities in India during the current economic crisis. The seminar will focus on the impact of the global financial crisis on the Indian economy and discuss the opportunities and challenges faced by foreign investors in India.

March 22nd, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - Most Malaysian-Indian women in the lower-income group prefer watching television over availing business opportunities available to them. Speaking on the condition of women living in squatter areas, low-cost flats and estates, Dr.