Geneva, 16 June 2010

The participants and programme of the Horasis Global India Business Meeting, Madrid, 21-23 June, were announced today. With the full support of the Indian and Spanish governments and Horasis ' key partners from the private sector, the meeting will bring together over 300 leaders from more than 25 countries. Anand Sharma, India 's Minister of Commerce and Industry and Miguel Sebastián, Spain 's Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism will open the meeting

The meeting is organized by Horasis and co-hosted by FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry) and Casa Asia - an institution under the Spanish government - with ICEX, the Municipality of Madrid, PromoMadrid (Regional Government of Madrid). Horasis will celebrate active years of collaboration and engagement with India. As a result of close partnership, the annual Global India Business Meeting is regarded as the foremost annual gathering of Indian business leaders and their global counterparts. A select group of global leaders will gather to create a powerful platform for cooperation between India and the rest of the world.

'The Indian economy is expected to perform strongly in the years ahead - the country has a head-start on the global economic recovery. The Global India Business Meeting is an important opportunity to explore prospects for India 's global trade and investments,' said Frank-Jurgen Richter, President, Horasis.

The meeting co-chairs are:

• Claude Beglé , Former Chairman, Swiss Post, Switzerland
• Subodh Bhargava, Chairman, Tata Communications, India
• Carla Cico, Chief Executive Officer, Rivoli S.P.A., Italy
• Dinesh Dhamija, Founder and Chairman, Copper Beech Group, United Kingdom
• Antonio Escámez, Chairman, Spain-India Council Foundation, Spain
• Sunil Godhwani, Chairman and Managing Director, Religare Enterprises, India
• CP Gurnani, Chief Executive Officer, Mahindra Satyam, India
• Prakash Hinduja, Chairman, Hinduja Group, Switzerland
• Rana Kapoor, Chief Executive Officer, Yes Bank, India
• Rajive Kaul, Chairman, Nicco Group, India
• Khater Massaad, Chief Executive Officer, RAK Investment Authority, UAE
• Rajan Bharti Mittal, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Bharti Enterprises; President, FICCI, India
• G V Krishna Reddy, Chairman, GVK Power & Infrastructure, India
• Dhruv M Sawhney, Chairman, Triveni Engineering & Industries, India
• Malvinder Mohan Singh, Group Chairman, Fortis Healthcare, India

The second Horasis Meeting on India - the first edition was held in Munich in June 2009 - comes at a crucial time for India - panellists will examine the state of the global economy and India 's role in shaping the post-crisis world.

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