Bringing the best of India to the best of the world
Saluting the 60th anniversary of freedom of a resurgent nation, India@60 would bring Indian leaders from diverse fields to engage, inform and partner with global dignitaries who would congregate in New York City for the annual United Nations General Assembly. The largest venture undertaken by CII outside India to showcase the plurality of India’s cultural, business, intellectual, and culinary delights; the program represents a unique collaborative effort of business and government comprising 41 Events, 13 Conferences and Panel Discussions, 9 Cultural performances, 3 Dinners and 7 Receptions by partners/sponsors in addition to ongoing events on all 4 days. The key events showcase the strengths of the new India, the spirit of partnership to build India together: • • • • • • Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, New York India@60: A New Age for Business India 2050: A Grand Strategy for India Rising Women & global leadership North East of India : Investment destination India’s growing water challenges : Challenges & Options
New York will also experience the colourful and vibrant through a kaleidoscope of captivating events: • • • • • • • • • colorful folk and ancient classical dances from all over India modern music and energetic dances from India’s film center of Bollywood classical music performance fusion bands of Indi-pop fashion shows by top Indian designers array of cuisine from diverse regions village craftsmen with traditional handicrafts images of India in a photo exhibition a unique sand-art show of the Taj Mahal
To present a snapshot of the contemporary, vibrant, and progressive India, CII is working with 8 overseas partners, 8 Ministries of Government of India, : Overseas Partners • • • • • • • • The Asia Society Council on Foreign Relations New York Stock Exchange Earth Institute at Columbia University Yale University The Newsmarket Business Roundtable USIBC Ministries of Government of India • • • • • • • • Ministry of Tourism Ministry of Culture Ministry of Textiles Ministry of Civil Aviation DONER Ministry of Commerce Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs Ministry of External Affairs
Top leadership of India is presenting India to the world:
Government : 6 Union Ministers (External Affairs Minister, Dy Chairman of Planning Commission, Finance Minister, Commerce & Industry Minister, Minister of Tourism & Culture, Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs) Top CEOs : Sunil Bharti Mittal, President, CII, K V Kamath, Vice President, CII Nandan Nilekani, Chairman, CII Steering Committee, Incredible India@60, C K Birla, Chairman, Hindustan Motors, Jamshyd Godrej , Chairman & Mg Director, Godrej & Boyce Mfg Co, Baba Kalyani, Chairman & Mg Director, Bharat Forge, Uday Kotak, Executive Vice Chairman & Mg Director, Kotak Mahindra Group, Analjit Singh, Chairman, Max India, Asim Ghosh, Mg Director, Vodafone Essar, Anil Kapur, Mg Director (South Asia), Western Union Services, Naina Lal Kidwai, Chief Executive Officer, HSBC; – amongst others. (the list is illustrative) Top artists : Amjad Ali Khan & his two sons, Madhvi Mudgal, Remo Fernandes, Colonial Cousins, Shivamani, top fashion designers : Ritu Kumar, Raghvendra Rathore, Wendell Rodricks; top chefs M S Gill and Hemant Oberoi to tickle the palette Others : Ramachandra Guha, Historian and author of India After Gandhi; Shabana Azmi
India @ 60 : Now is the moment in time
As India takes its place at the world’s high-table of trillion-dollar economies, its time to celebrate India’s spirited democracy, its dynamic demographics and its enthralling diversity - the three entwining to propel its development.
It will demonstrate to the world the potential of a nation attaining maturity through an unconventional yet sustainable and stable model of development. Internationally, India sees a new horizon emerging in a matrix of deeper interactions, including trade and investment, science and technology, defense, agriculture, and others. The closer relationship of two large democracies is an outcome of the people-topeople and business-to-business relationship that is rapidly evolving. There is no better place and time to profile this emergent nation than New York, the Headquarters of the United Nations, in the last week of September during the course of the United Nations General Assembly. International presence : Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo; Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorin *; Ambassador David Mulford, US Ambassador to the US; William Cohen, Former Secretary of Defense, USA; Ernesto Zedillo, Former President of Mexico; Charles Kaye, Co-President, Warburg Pincus & Chairman, USIBC; Henry Kravis, CEO, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, John Chambers, Chairman & CEO, Cisco Systems; L Brooks Entwistle, Mg Director & CEO, Goldman Sachs (India); Indra Nooyi, Chairperson of the Board & Chief Executive Officer, Pepsi; Thomas Friedman, Foreign Affairs Columnist, The New York Times, Roopa Purshottam, Director, Future Capital Research (the list is illustrative) ***