Schedule of Events / Speaker Bios / Speaker Notes / Resource Links / 2007 International Business Seminars

Presenting Sponsors: Tulsa Global Alliance The University of Tulsa Tulsa Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce Indo-American Chamber of Commerce.

Event Sponsors: Advance Research Chemicals, Inc. Reddy Pipe & Supply, Inc. Joshi Technologies International, Inc.

Community Sponsors: India Association of Greater Tulsa South Asia Performing Arts Foundation Oklahoma Department of Commerce W with support from the City of Tulsa.

India Today: Business and Beyond Program Notes
Speaker notes/handouts will be attached as they are received.

Bollywood and Beyond at Circle Cinema (Oct. 22, 2007)
Bollywood Movie Presentation: "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam" (I Gave My Heart Away)
Bollywood Industry (PowerPoint Presentation. File Size-19.7 MB)
Food provided by India Palace

India Today Program (Oct. 23, 2007)

Keynote address from India Consul General S.M. Gavai

Political System and National Security
Dr. Kalpana Misra, Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences of TU, Associate Professor of Political Science.

Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Hema Kumar, founding member and President of the South Asian Performing Arts Foundation, Director of the Sanskriti School of Dance.

Philosophy and Religion
Dr. Subhash Kak, Head of Computer Science Department at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater.

Indian Business Protocol
Dr. Dayal Meshri, President & CEO, Advance Research Chemicals, Inc. and Lilac. Khosrowyar, Managing Director , Gastech Engineering Corp.

Keynote speaker Dr. Shalendra Sharma
Professor Department of Politics, University of San Francisco & Author.
India in the Global Economy: Achievements, Challenges and Opportunities (Speaker Notes)
India in the Global Economy: Achievements, Challenges and Opportunities (PowerPoint)
Asia’s Challenged Giants(pdf. report)

 

Outsourcing
Coordinator: Dr. Akhilesh Bajaj, Chapman Associate Professor of Management Information Systems, The University of Tulsa.
Marcia Macleod, Vice President Business Process Outsourcing, Williams.
John E Rutter, IBM.
Barbara Osteen, Director, Application Service Center, Deloitte Consulting, LLP.
Dr. Murali Iyengar, Project Manager GSS, Performance Services, ConocoPhillips.

India Business 101 Presentation Notes (pdf)
Coordinator: Jane Perkins, President, VPM Trading Co.
Dr. Dayal Meshri, President & CEO, Advance Research Chemicals, Inc.
Rita Sheth, MBA, CPA, PPLC
Seshsayee Gunturu, Assistant General Manager, Reserve Bank of India.

Energy
Coordinator: Dr. Raj Basu, Vice-President for Academic Affairs for Oklahoma State University-Tulsa.
Sam Naifeh, Vice President- Sales, Yuba Heat Transfer, LLC.
Mark Register, Customer Services Manager, TD Williamson, Pigging Products Division.
Doyle Bishop- President, Callidus Technologies.

Health Care
Coordinator: Dr. Anil Kaul, Associate Professor, Oklahoma State University-Center for Health Sciences; President, Indo-American Chamber of
Commerce of Oklahoma.
Dr. Peter Budetti, Chair, Department of Health Administration & Policy, University of Oklahoma.
Dr. Kushagra Katariya, CEO, Artemis Health Sciences, India.
Anil K. Maini, President, Apollo Hospital Group, India.
Michael Lapolla, Lecturer, Health Administration & Policy.

India Resource Links

Read Tulsa World Article on India

CIA Fact Book
This contains useful information about the economy, people, communications etc. in India

Ministry of Finance, Government of India
This site contains information pertaining to foreign investment and information about the Foreign Investment Promotion Board.

Master Circular on Foreign Investments in India
This circular issued by the Reserve Bank of India gives information pertaining to entry routes, approvals/reporting requirements in respect to foreign investment in India.

Frequently Asked Questions
This site gives information pertaining to frequently asked questions in regard to opening accounts by foreign nationals, foreign tourists and foreign investors in India.

Securities and Exchange Board of India
Regulatory instructions pertaining to capital markets can be found on this website.

Confederation of Indian Industry
This site contains lots of useful information pertaining to industry in India.

Economic Survey
This website contains data about the Indian Economy

For industry/product opportunities, contact Mr. Jim Williams US Department of Commerce.

For new products/opportunities, contact Mr. Barry Clark, Director of Global Business Services Oklahoma Department of Commerce

The Hindu is a leading newspaper, published in English. Some recent stories are cited below.
Top Headlines 10/31/2007:
Our destinies are linked: Kissinger (The Hindu)
India, Germany to double bilateral trade (The Hindu)
Paulson pushes India to open its markets (Business Week)
The plan to build nuclear power capacity of 20,000 MWe by 2020 could slip by at least 6,000 MWe if the India-United States nuclear deal did not materialize (The Hindu)
USIBC Daily Investor News October 31, 2007
British Army chief for push to military ties Aerospace & Defense (The Hindu)

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