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There is much concern over the continuing slowdown in global economic growth given the ever present crisis in the Euro Zone, the sluggish growth in the United States and the sixth straight quarter contraction in the Chinese economy. Although the World Bank, in its East Asia and Pacific Economic update released recently, gave some hope that Asia will able to withstand this global slowdown somewhat, the fact remains that the markets mentioned above are among the biggest for both Malaysia and India and are bound to affect our growth.

Lately, concerns have also been expressed over the political and economic developments in India and how these are going to impact on the Malaysian business and investment community which is already beginning to face difficulties, problems and undue hardship there.

For Malaysia and India, 2011 was indeed a very good year as Malaysia’s total trade with India reached a new high to US$12.54 billion, an increase of 32.7% from the previous year. Malaysian exports increased by 34.6% to US$9.2 billion making India our 11th largest trading partner, the 7th largest export destination and 14th largest source of imports. For India, Malaysia was the 21st largest export destination and 19th largest source of imports.

The two-way investments between the two countries have also been increasing particularly in the manufacturing sector for India while Malaysians have been moving into the mining and quarrying sectors, in finance, insurance/takaful activities and construction. Given the developments in and around the region, it is very unlikely that 2012 could equal the record of the previous year, leave alone surpass it.

OBJECTIVES:• Is the present momentum in trade and investments between Malaysia and India sustainable?• Are there storms ahead for India?• Will India stay on course?

HIGHLIGHTS:• Eminent speakers, with an in depth knowledge of India will give insights into the developments within India and its future directions.• The luncheon will be graced by YB Dato’ Seri Mustapa bin Mohamad (Minister of International Trade and Industry), who will also make an official address.

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SPEAKERS• Dr Isher Ahluwalia (Confirmed)• Mr Amitabh Kant (Confirmed)• Dr B K Modi (Confirmed)• Mr Brahmal Vasudevan (Confirmed)• Mr Gurcharan Das (TBC)• Mr Sam Satyanarayan Pitroda (TBC)• Mr Shashi Tharoor (TBC)

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MODERATOR• Mr Sandip Das

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Guest Arrival and Registration 08:00 am - 09:00 am

Welcome Address by YB Tan Sri Dato' Krishnan Tan 09:00 am - 09:15 am

Keynote Speaker 09:15 am - 10:00 am

Presentation of souvenirs 10:00 am - 10:15 am

Break with refreshments 10:15 am - 10:45 am

Speaker 1 10:45 am - 11:15 am

Speaker 2 11:15 am - 11:45 am

Speaker 3 11:45 am - 12:15 pm

Moderated Q&A by Mr Sandip Das 12:15 pm - 01:00 pm

Luncheon Address by YB Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed 01:00 pm - 01:15 pm

Lunch and Lunch Speaker (Dr B.K. Modi) 01:15 pm - 02:30 pm

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Dr Isher Judge Ahluwalia She is an acclaimed Economist, with a Ph.D from MIT, an author and currently Chairperson, Board of Governors of the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER). She brings with her a vast experience on issues such as urban infrastructure, manufacturing, planning, food, water, human resource management and promoting regional economic co-operation and integration in Asia.

Mr Amitabh KantHe is currently the CEO and MD of the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation. He has extensive experience in infrastructure creation, International Marketing, Travel & Tourism and Hospitality industry. He has conceptualized and executed the positioning and branding of Kerala as “God’s Own Country” and later the “Incredible !ndia” campaign, both of which have won several international awards. The DMICDC is a mega infra-structure project of USD90billion with financial and technical aids from Japan, covering an overall length of 1,483km between the political and business capital of India, i.e. Delhi and Mumbai.

Dr B K ModiHe is described as a global visionary and billionaire entrepreneur, futurist, philanthropist and peacemaker, author and film producer. He heads the Spice Global Group, a conglomerate worth US$2.0 billion, with a presence in India, SAARC countries, ASEAN and Africa, through its varied range of products, which also includes Voice, Data, Computing services and mobile VoIP technology. From his early days, Dr B K Modi has always shunned conformity in order to embrace the future. He calls himself a “Futurepreneur” with 30 years of business leadership behind him and has always lived and worked on the principal philosophy of challenging conventional wisdom. He is a Chemical Engineer and an MBA from S California and was awarded a Ph.D in Financial Management. He has also been conferred a D Litt in Industrial Management.

Mr Brahmal VasudevanHe is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Creador established in 2011. He previously spent 11 years as a General Partner and Managing Director of ChrysCapital, a leading private equity firm focused on growth capital investments in India. He was part of the senior leadership team that grew assets under management from $64 million to $2 billion. Prior to joining ChrysCapital, Mr Brahmal was at ASTRO, a pay-TV operator in South East Asia, where he was involved in strategy, marketing and expansion into neighbouring countries. Mr Brahmal started his career at BAT and also worked at the Boston Consulting Group. He also established the Pacific Straits Foundation, a charitable foundation focused on the education of less-privileged children in South and South East Asia. Mr Brahmal holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School and graduated with First Class Honors in Aeronautical Engineering from Imperial College, London.

Other speakers invited but who have yet to confirm their attendance include Mr Shashi Tahroor, MP and former Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of India and Mr Sam Pitroda, Adviser to the Prime Minister of India on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovations. He holds close to 100 Worldwide patents and has published and lectured widely in the US, Europe, Latin America and Asia.

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ModeratorMr Sandip DasHe is the Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of Maxis Communications Berhad. A well-known figure in the telecoms space, he joined Maxis in January 2007 after an impressive track record with Hutchison Essar Limited (now known as Vodafone Essar Limited), one of India’s largest mobile operators in India, where he started its operations from scratch in 1994 and left the company as its Deputy Managing Director. He holds a Masters of Business Administration degree from the Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, and a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Regional Engineering College (now the National Institute of Technology), Rourkela, India.

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