Indian Business Leaders of the Year

Economic Times: Europe, India to deepen economic cooperation: Anand Sharma
Press Trust of India: India to go ahead with FDI in multibrand retail: Sharma
Reuters: India optimistic about sealing EU trade deal
Diamond World News Service: Indian Minister of Commerce visits Antwerp
Firstpost: Europe holds great promise for us

In his welcoming speech, Anand Sharma, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, India affirmed that partnerships of the size and scale of that between India and Europe are an important demonstration of sustainable collaboration. Minister Sharma expressed confidence that India would be attracting more direct investment from Europe this year, despite the gloomy world economy and despite India´s own economic challenges. He further expressed confidence on boosting the annual growth rate back to 8-9 p.a. Speaking on behalf of the host country of this year's meeting, Kris Peeters, Minister-President, Government of Flanders, Belgium, said that Flanders is committed to collaborate with India to accelerate global economic growth.

Anand Sharma, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, India	Engaging the Global Visions Community
Kris Peeters, Minister-President, Government of Flanders	Greetings from Bollywood - Imtiaz Ali, Film Director and Writer

Geoff Pyatt, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, USA, affirmed that the US and India are committed to working together to strengthen global economic and financial institutions.

On the opening plenary, Sunil Kant Munjal, Jt Managing Director, Hero MotoCorp, India, remarked that the gradual rise in incomes and opportunities for millions of Indians is a welcome source of optimism. Eddy Bruyninckx, Chief Executive Officer, Antwerp Port Authority, Belgium, added that recent market volatility worldwide confirms how integrated the global economy has come.

Awarded as 'Indian Business Leaders of the Year' were two outstanding entrepreneurs who have been building and leading successful Indian firms: D.K. Jain, Chairman & President, Luxor Group, India; and Kushal P. Singh, Chairman, DLF, India.

	Sanjiv Ahuja, Chairman, LightSquared, USA
	Subodh Bhargava, Chairman, Tata Communications, India
	Lord Karan Bilimoria, Chairman,Cobra Beer Partnership, United Kingdom
	Eddy Bruyninckx, Chief Executive Officer, Antwerp Port Authority, Belgium
	Binod K. Chaudhary, President, Chaudhary Group, Nepal
	Sunil Godhwani, Chairman and Managing Director, Religare Enterprises, India
	Rajive Kaul, Chairman, Nicco Group, India
	Praveen P Kadle, Chief Executive Officer, Tata Capital, India
	Jason L. Ma, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, ThreeEQ, USA
	Sunil Kant Munjal, Jt Managing Director, Hero MotoCorp, India
	Ajay G. Piramal, Chairman, Piramal Healthcare, India
	Deepak Puri, Chairman & Managing Director, Moser Baer, India
	Dhruv M Sawhney, Chairman, Triveni Engineering & Industries, India
	Shivinder Singh, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Fortis Healthcare, India
	Rajiv Vastupal, Chairman & Managing Director, Rajiv Petrochemicals, India

The location of the event rotates annually, and was held so far in Munich (2009), Madrid (2010), Naples (2011) and Antwerp (2012). The 2012 Global India Business Meeting successfully gathered 300 participants from over 30 countries. Participants discuss and debate a wide range of issues relating to India's economy, government, and society, global trade with India, and other geopolitical issues.

Horasis as an independent international organization is committed to enacting visions for a sustainable future through the active participation of global business leaders in several yearly meetings. As well as this India Business Meeting Horasis organizes the Global China Business Meeting, the Global Arab Business Meeting and the Global Russia Business Meeting, as well as the Horasis Annual Meeting.

Horasis is a global visions community committed to enact visions for a sustainable future. (http://www.horasis.org)