भारत सरकार

Government of India

High Commission of India

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The High Commission of India, Kuala Lumpur is please to announce “The Indo Pacific Business Summit” - Developing a Road Map for Shared Prosperity"  is being organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)  in partnership with Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government of India from 6-8 July 2021,  over a virtual platform.  

Dr.S Jaishankar, Hon’ble Minister of External Affairs, Government of Indiahas kindly agreed to be Chief Guest and deliver the Inaugural Address on 6 July 2021.

Mr Piyush Goyal, Hon’ble Minister of Railways, Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Government of India  has agreed to deliver the Keynote  Address at the  Special Plenary with the Trade Ministers in the Region.
Ms Smriti Zubin Irani, Minister of Textiles and Women and Child Development, Government of India has also confirmed to join this Summit.

 CII have also invited the following Ministers from the Government of India :

  • Mr Nitin Gadkari,Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises andMinister for Road Transport & Highways, Government of India
  • Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Government of India
  • Shri Raj Kumar Singh, Hon'ble Minister of State (IC) (Power, New & Renewable Energy) & Minister of State (Skill Development and Entrepreneurship)
  • Prakash Javadekar, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Government of India

Following Overseas ministers have also confirmed to join and address at the Summit

  • Hon Don Graves, Deputy Secretary of Commerce, United States Department of Commerce
  • H.E. Mr. Nguyen Quoc Dzung, Vice Foreign Minister, The Socialist Republic of Vietnam
  • H.E Mr Franck Riester, Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and Economic Attractiveness, Republic of France
  • Hon. Faiyaz Siddiq Koya, Minister for Commerce, Trade, Tourism and Transport, Republic of Fiji
  • H E Mr Bandula Gunawardana, Hon’ble Minister of Trade, Government of Sri Lanka
  • H.E. Mr. Abdulla Shahid, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Government of Maldives

The programme has shaped up well. Some of the other prominent speakers at the Summit include :

Mr TV Narendran, President CII and CEO & Managing Director, Tata Steel Limited


Dr Naushad Forbes, Past President, CII and Summit Chairman


Mr Suman Billa, Director, Technical Cooperation & Silk Route, UNWTO


Mr Sandeep Poundrik, Director General, Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure


Dr Donal Cannon, Head of Regional Representation for South Asia, European Investment Bank  


Alok Rajiv, CTO, Trames


Jeffrey Tan, Head- Corporate Development & Technologies, YCH Group


Mr. Bruno Bosle, Country Director, AFD 


Ms Tina Jabeen, Managing Director and CEO, Startup Bangladesh Limited


Mr Ashok Bajpai, Group Head of Operations & Integration, IHH Healthcare Berhad, Singapore


Mr Hee Chui JUNG, Chief Representative, Korea International Trade Association (KITA)


Lt. General Russel Honoré, Former Commander, Joint Task Force Katrina

Hiroyuki Suzuki, Executive Vice President, Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR), Japan


Ms Lim Ee Ling, Head of APAC, Global Innovation, 500 Startups (Singapore)


Swaminathan Vangal Ramamurthy, General Manager, OMRON Automation Centre | Robotics, OMRON Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, Singapore


Anirban Bhattacharyya, Board / Industry 4.0 Lead, Amplo Global, New Jersey, USA


Ms. Eva Zabey, Executive Director, Business for Nature


Dr F H Ansarey, Managing Director & CEO, ACI Agribusiness, Bangladesh


Mr D D Saxena, MD, Oilseeds Australia


Ms Georgie Clipper, Head of Government Engagement, Alphabeta


Mr Indronil Sengupta, Founder & CEO, Invesify, Vietnam


IR Ter Leong Leng, Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) Council member and Chairman of FMM SMI, Youth & Entrepreneurship
Committee (SYEC), Malaysia


Mr Shirish Jain, Programme Director, Proxtera, Singapore 


Mr Nigel David, Vice-President, Middle East & Asia Pacific, World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC)


Mrs Ida Ayu Indah Yustikarini, Head of Marketing Division, Bali Government Tourism Office


Mr. Sanjay Das, Founder & Managing Director, SD Global Sdn Bhd, Malaysia

The Summit  would dwell upon various thematic and sectoral sessions for discussion like physical and digital connectivity, development of robust supply chains, start-ups, healthcare, skilling, climate change and blue economy
basis the current and future trade and investments opportunities highlighted by the governments within this region. 

 The Programme Outline and E Flyer is attached for your reference.On registering through the Link the participants would have an excellent opportunity for B 2 B Meetings through the CII HIVE Portal.

For more details on the programme and Exhibition, one  can also visit the Website www.indopacificsummit.com.

Indo Pacific Business Summit EDM_Flyer_17 June

Suggested Programme Outline ( B) - 23 June 2021