India Day In New Jersey

 

 

Dr. Ashwani Kumar, Minister of State for Industry, will participate in the India Day at New Jersey (USA) being organised by the New Jersey World Trade Council (NJWTC) on 16th May 2006. This is organized in collaboration with the Consulate General of India, New York, as part of the “International Trade Week” in the third week of May, to showcase new opportunities in India in the areas of trade, tourism and business partnerships.

The Tri-state area (represented by NJWTC) consists of 3 states – viz., New York, New Jersey and Connecticut – that have a combined GDP of over USD 1,500 billion which is more than twice the GDP of India and close to that of the People’s Republic of China. Ninety Fortune global 500 companies have their headquarters in one of these three States. The Tri-state area is a hub of a large number of small and medium companies in sunrise sectors like biotechnology and Nan technology.

There has already been an immense interest in the Tri-state area for participating in the event, which will provide for exhibits from participating companies as well as panel discussions involving eminent personalities in the areas of business, economics and business journalism from the United States.

The event for India will be the 35th in the series. The sponsors of the event include Government of India Tourist Office, State Bank of India, the ICICI Bank and the Bank of America.

More over the NJWTC, is a reputed business apex body in Tri-state area in the United States, has, since its inception in 1965, organized 34 annual expositions with as many partner countries including the People’s Republic of China and Italy recently.

Source: PIB Press Releases.

 

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