Hi, Good to know it. Hope it will be a grand success event to promote Assam as well as NE. Good work.
On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 7:31 PM, Rini Kakati <[email protected]> wrote: > Nehru Centre, cultural Wing of The High Commission of India partnering Tea > Board of India is organising the flagship event on Assam - "The Gateway > of India's North - East" on 14th June 2013, at Mayfair, London. India Tea > Board is to promote and offer Assam Tea at the premises. This initiative > has been taken by Rini Kakati, NRI Assam Co-ordinator for UK. > > The summit will address key issues related to the overall socio - economic > development of the North - East, which despite being a region with > tremendous economic potential has not been able to grow as expected and has > literally remain untapped. North - East region of India is marching ahead > despite numerous problems geographical, political and social. In recent > years the region has also been riven by political tension, strategically > located bordering Burma and China. Assam, in particular, is known > throughout the world for its tea. Yet relatively little is known about the > region and its potential. > > The topic for the panel discussion is "The role of India's North - East in > Global development" - will witness the coming together of a number of top > UK & India journalists. The highlights of this panel discussion featuring > diverse themes with eminent speakers, emphasising infrastructure, > investment, economy and ethnicity connected with the state which would open > up international connectivity leading to an unprecedented boon to the state. > > The panelists will be led by Humphrey Hawksley, BBC Foreign > correspondent,author and commentator on world affairs, > Amit Roy (President of the Indian Journalists' Association), Telegraph > India & Eastern Eye, Vijay Mehta, Chair of Uniting for Peace and Founding > Trustee of Fortune Forum Charity. The meeting will be chaired by Rita > Payne, President , Commonwealth Journalists Association (UK branch) > > The interactive session will be graced by Simon Hughes, The Deputy Leader > of the Liberal Democrats and Sukhdev Singh Sidhu, Minister Coordination, > UK India High Commission. > > Rini Kakati > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > -- Thanks & Regards, * * * Bharat Jyoti Hazarika Software Engineer* Technomedia Software Solutions Pvt Ltd Mobile : +918553833613 * *Email : [email protected] Web : www.technomediasoft.com _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
