Syed
Baderuddin Elected
as
President at 40th
AGM
The 40th Annual
General Meeting
(AGM) of the Indo-American
Chamber of Commerce
(IACC) was held
on 30 September
2009 at the Taj
Mahal Palace &
Towers, Mumbai.
IACC's outgoing
President S.K.
Jain welcomed
the members who
were present for
the AGM and presented
highlights of
the Presidential
Year 2008-09.
The agenda for
the Business Session
was to approve
and adopt the
Executive Council
Report and the
Audited statement
of Accounts for
the year ending
March 31, 2009,
to elect members
of the Executive
Council for the
year ended 2009-10,
to appoint auditors.
David Tyler, Consular
Chief was the
Guest of Honor
and he spoke on
“Strengthening
Indo-US Relationship”.
Chief Guest A.M.
Khan, Principal
Secretary (Industries)
made a presentation
on “Maharashtra-
The Gateway to
India”.
Finally, a new
Executive Council
was elected. Syed
Baderuddin, Chairman
of Esbee Holdings
Pvt. Ltd, was
unanimously elected
as the President
for the year 2009-10.
Gautam Mahajan,
President Inter-Link
Services ( P )
Ltd and S.K. Mitra,
Chairman &
Director of Agile
Financial Advisors
Pvt. Ltd were
also elected as
first and second
Executive Vice
Presidents respectively.
Baderuddin thanked
Jain with due
appreciation for
his hard work.
He also thanked
the EC members
for having reposed
faith in him and
briefed on the
following points
which he would
like to focus
under his leadership.
• Initiative
to make India
the next global
manufacturing
hub by creation
of global manufacturing
cities in India.
• Re-organization
& strengthening
of IACC at all
levels.
• Augmentation
of Income of IACC
• Augmenting
Membership of
IACC
• IACC US
Chapters
Washington
State Trade &
Cultural
Mission Visits
Three Cities
IACC
hosted the Washington
State Trade &
Cultural Mission
to India led by
Sam Reed, Secretary
of State for Washington
State from 11
- 20 September
2009.
The 17-member
delegation visited
New Delhi, Mumbai
and Hyderabad.
The entire programme
was coordinated
by the Secretary
General from Head
Office under the
leadership of
Hemant Sonawala,
Past President
of IACC and with
support from NIC,
WIC and the Andhra
Pradesh Branch.
Briefing sessions
were held jointly
by IACC and US
Embassies/Consulate
officials in all
the three cities
highlighting the
current state
of Indian economy
and trade opportunities
for the visiting
delegates.
In New Delhi meetings
were held with
the senior government
officials from
GoI including
Ms. D. Purandeswari,
Minister of State
for Human Resource
development, Larry
Schwartz, Minister
Counselor for
Public Affairs,
US Embassy, Secretaries
of Industry, Healthcare
and Food Ministry
in Delhi.
In Mumbai special
presentations
were made by Industry
experts, Govt.
of Maharashtra,
Ahmedabad Municipal
Corporation and
a team of officials
from Govt. of
Gujarat. Members
from Gujarat and
Pune Branch specially
visited Mumbai
for meeting members
of the delegation.
In Hyderabad a
seminar was held
based on the topic
“Strengthening
Indo-US Trade”
with the Minister
from Small &
Medium Enterprises
and the US Consul
General C. Keur,
Sam Bob, Principal
Secretary for
Industries and
other dignitaries
as speakers. The
delegation also
visited International
School of Business;
CII's Green Bldg.
Project and also
met with the govt.
officials from
various ministries.
One-on-one meetings
were held in all
the three cities
with IACC members
from respective
regions interacting
with the delegation.
Cocktail/dinner
receptions were
hosted in all
the three cities
which was an excellent
opportunity for
networking for
the members and
delegates.
The visit of this
delegation received
vide publicity
through press
& media including
half an hour to
interview with
Secretary of State,
Sam Reed by HMT
TV channel in
Hyderabad. Alfred
G Schweppe was
also interviewed
by Radio Noida
107.4 FM for his
needs from India.
Schweppe, a delegate
joined hands with
Marvah Studios
from Noida to
represent the
Indian Film and
TV Industry in
the US. Overall
the visit of the
delegation was
very successful
and they were
pleased with all
the arrangements
and meetings in
all the three
cities. The Secretary
of State presented
a certificate
of appreciation
to IACC.
