A high powered Indian business delegation is leaving for Interlaken, Switzerland from July 5-6, 2015, to participate in the HORASIS India meeting. The meeting is co-hosted by the Swiss Canton of Bern and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), and is supported by a set of partner organizations including All India Management Association (AIMA) and Swiss-Indian Chamber of Commerce.
2015 marked a special year for India. All multilateral organizations including World Bank, United Nations have agreed that India will be the fastest growing larger economies of the world surpassing China. The newly elected government has completed one year in 2015 and launched a range of reform initiatives including Make in India, Digital India, Swacch Bharat (Clean India), Smart Cities among many others. But most importantly, this new government has been able to set a new economic vision for India.
Taking place at a pivotal time, this high profile event will bring together over 300 senior decision makers from India and beyond to discuss a wide range of issues directly related to the future of the Indian economy and suggest measures which will build upon the growth momentum of the economy.
The Horasis India Meeting is the foremost annual business meeting on India. The event is open to the Chief Executive Officers of India's and the world's leading companies. Earlier editions of the meeting were held in Munich (2009), Madrid (2010), Naples (2011), Antwerp (2012), Belfast (2013) and Liverpool (2014).
Government representatives who have confirmed their participation are: Suresh Prabhu, Union Minister of Railways, India; Pravin Gordhan, Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, South Africa; Hans-Jürg Käser, President and State Councillor, Canton of Bern, Switzerland; Johannes Matyassy, Assistant State Secretary for Asia Pacific, Switzerland: as well as Edmond Alphandéry, Former French Minister and Vachara Phanchet, former Thai Minister.
Business participants include: Abdulmajeed Ismail Al Fahim, Chairman, Pearl Dubai, UAE; Rahul Bajaj, Chairman, Bajaj Auto, India; Subodh Bhargava, Chairman, Tata Communications, India; Lord Karan Bilimoria, Chairman, Cobra Beer Partnership, United Kingdom; Naushad Forbes, Director, Forbes Marshall, India; Francesco Gherzi, Chairman, Gherzi Engineering AG, Switzerland; Sunil Godhwani, Chairman, Religare Enterprises, India; Rajive Kaul, Chairman, Nicco Group, India; Sunil Kaushal, Chief Executive Officer South Asia, Standard Chartered Bank, United Kingdom; Habil Khorakiwala, Chairman, Wockhardt, India; Sumit Mazumder, Chairman, TIL, President, CII, India; William Meaney, Chief Executive Officer, Iron Mountain, USA; Joachim Nagel, Member of the Executive Board, Deutsche Bundesbank, Germany; H M Nerurkar, Chairman, TRL Krosaki Refractories, India; Dilip Piramal, Chairman, VIP Industries, India; Deepak Premnarayen, Chairman, ICS Group, India; Gunjan Sinha, Chairman, MetricStream, USA; Tulsi Tanti, Chairman, Suzlon Energy, India; Ashok Trivedi, Co-Chairman, IGATE Corporation, USA; Urs Widmer, Chief Operating Officer, SIX Swiss Exchange, Switzerland.
A key highlight of the Meeting will be a special lecture by spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on how Indian values and karma can help business leaders attain their goals.
Dr. Frank-Jürgen Richter, Chairman, Horasis, said: 'The Horasis India Meeting is the foremost annual gathering of Indian business leaders and their global counterparts. The meeting will engage participants to provide a holistic and timely perspective on the future direction for India.
‘The Horasis India Meeting shall integrate the top decision-makers from all sectors of the Indian economy, aimed at finding strategies to expanding our operations outside India,’ announced Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). ‘CII is most delighted to cooperate with Horasis to make this meeting an outstanding success,’ he added.
We look forward to welcoming some of India’s most prominent business leaders to Interlaken. With its central location, the Swiss canton of Bern offers a perfect gateway to Europe for Indian companies, and Interlaken is one of Bollywood’s favourite towns in Switzerland,’ added Hans-Jürg Käser, President and State Councillor, Canton of Bern, Switzerland.
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Horasis is an independent international organization committed to enacting visions for a sustainable future. Horasis hosts annual meetings to advance solutions to the most critical challenges facing corporations today. In addition to the Horasis India Meeting, Horasis holds meetings in China, Russia and the Arab world.
New Delhi
2nd July 2015