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The Indian American Council hosted Minister of Industry and Commerce, Mr. Kamal Nath, at a reception which was held at the Consulate General of India in New York on Friday, June 23 at 6.00pm E.S.T. Launched by the Confederation of Indian Industry, I.A.C is the link between Indians in the United States that want to partake in India’s development via a range of social infrastructure projects. In an eloquent speech that validated I.A.C’s vision and execution of involving locally based Indians in health, education and other infrastructure projects, the Minister also gave his government’s commitment to aid such efforts.

Mr. Nath addressed a select audience of Indians living in the New York tri-state area who have made their mark in their respective professions. He highlighted India’s presence as an economic entity and praised their role in facilitating India’s emergence as world player. He stressed that democracy and free trade have created a huge playing field, where Indians living in the United States must channel their time, energy and philanthropy – the Indian American Council is the ideal platform to capture that passion to help India.

Mr. Kamal Nath’s comments were preceded by addresses by Mr. Sam Pitroda, and Mr. Anil Kumar, Chairman and Co – Chair of the Indian American Council respectively. The former spoke about current areas of focus of the IAC, namely, education, corporate development and healthcare while Mr. Kumar focused on detailing the nature of how the members could get involved by signing up on the website. Both encouraged the evening’s guests to join IAC and contribute to India’s progress in a structured, institutionalized manner that would make for a personally and professional fulfilling goal. Ms. Neelam Deo, Consul General, Consulate General of India, and Mr. Tarun Das, Chief Mentor, CII also addressed the session.

New York
June 23, 2006

(From L to R); Ms Neelam, Deo, Consul General, Consulate General of India, New York; Tarun Das, Chief Mentor, CII; Minister Kamal Nath; Sam Pitroda, Chairman, CII Indian American Council; Anil Kumar, Co-Chair, CII India American Council at the CII IAC reception in honour of Minister Kamal Nath; New York; 23 June 2006	Minister Kamal Nath, Sam Pitroda, Chair, CII Indian American Council, Anil Kumar, Co-Chair, CII Indian American Council, Tarun Das, Chief Mentor, CII and Kiran Pasricha, Deputy Director General, CII with some members of the IAC Governing Council and Working Board, at the IAC reception in New York; 23 June 2006
Minister Kamal Nath addressing the audience at the CII Indian American Council reception in New York; 23 June 2006

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