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Table of Contents

Statutory Information

and Credits

The Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce publishes the Annual Maga-zine every June. Letters to the edi-tor, or requests for reprints, shouldbe sent to the ICCC Offices at 45 SHEPPARD AVENUE EAST, SUITE900, NORTH YORK, ONTARIO M2N 5W9.

The Information contained herein isbased on sources believed to be reliable, but its accuracy is not guaranteed. Reasonable effort hasbeen made to determine the accuracy of information received.Readers are advised to seek appropriate legal/financial advice prior to relying on any informationcontained herein.

The Indo-Canada Chamber ofCommerce thanks IBM and CanadianImperial Bank of Commerce forsponsoring the development of thismagazine.

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Fax: 416-224-0089E-mail: [email protected]

WWW Site: www.iccc.org

Advertisers’ Index................................................................................................... 8

ICCC Sponsors......................................................................................................... 8

Annual Awards Night - Program Highlights ........................................................ 9

Editor’s Note............................................................................................................ 9

President’s Message.............................................................................................. 11

Message from the Prime Minister ...................................................................... 13

Message from the Premier .................................................................................. 14

Profile of the Premier ................................................................................... 15

Message from the Mayor of Toronto ................................................................. 16

They Made It Happen in 2003-2004 ................................................................ 19

Advisory Board ............................................................................................... 20

Board of Directors ......................................................................................... 21

Business Councils / Committees ................................................................... 22

Montreal Meanderings ................................................................................... 24

Ottawa Outlook............................................................................................... 25

Toronto Talks ................................................................................................. 26

They Made a Difference - 13th Annual Awards............................................... 28

Award Recipients ............................................................................................ 29

The Presidents Down the Years ................................................................... 35

Hall of Fame.................................................................................................... 36

Changing Faces of the Indo-Canadian Community in Mainstream

and Entrepreneurship .................................................................................... 43

Acknowledgments ................................................................................................. 45

Members in the News ........................................................................................... 46

ICCC Mission and Objectives .............................................................................. 47

ICCC Calendar of Events..................................................................................... 48

ICCC Membership Application Form ................................................................ 54

ICCC Nomination Form ....................................................................................... 57

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Advertisers’ Index ICCC SponsorsBMO Financial Group

Canada India Beauty Quest

Citi Bank NRI

Easton's Group of Companies

Easy Imaging

Future Executive Personal

HSBC

IBM

India Abroad

Inscape

Metro Label

OMNI Television

PharmaScience

Ratio Pharm

Richcraft Homes

Rogers Digital Cable

Rohington Press

Royal Bank Financial Group

Scotia Bank

Sears Canada

Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute

SkyLink Group of Companies

Sun Life Financial

TD Mutual Funds

Telus Mobility

Toronto Star

Western Union

Official Corporate Sponsor Industry SponsorIndustry Sponsor

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Industry Sponsor

Official Corporate Sponsor

Royal Bank Financial Group

Industry Sponsors

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Richcraft Homes

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HSBC: Lifetime/Outstanding Achievement

Royal Bank Financial Group: Humanitarian of the Year

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Sun Life Financial: Business Woman of the Year

BMO Financial Group: Professional Man of the Year

SkyLink Holidays: Professional Woman of the Year

TD Mutual Funds: Youth Achievement

TCS: Technology Achievement of the Year

Easton’s Group of Companies: President’s Award

Rogers Digital Cable: Member of the Year

Wine Sponsor

Metro Label

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Editor’sNote

Annual Awards& Gala Night

Sharada K. Eswar

5:45 .......................…. Registration

6:00 ........................…. Cocktails

7:00 ........................…. Program

7:45 ........................…. Entertainment

8:00 ........................…. Dinner

9:00 ........................…. Awards Ceremony

10:00 ......................…. Entertainment

Saturday, June 19, 2004

Program Highlights

The mood is upbeat at ICCC and there is ageneral buzz of excitement all around. Springmay have made a late appearance, but in theoff ices of the Chamber we ushered in springmuch before the rest of Canada bid a farewellto winter. While the world seemed to have goneinto hibernation during the long and bitter win-ter, we at ICCC were busy. Busy charting newgrounds... conquering new frontiers.. . forgingg loba l a l l i ances . The resu l t : We a re a t thethreshold of a great era in business and trade.And ICCC plans to be par t o f that upsurge .With that vision in mind, we met with variousbusiness chambers, held talks with poli t icaland trade bodies and liaisoned actively for thebenefit of our members.

Our focus is on alliances with partners whowill tremendously enhance our members' busi-ness and trade relations within Canada, withIndia and globally. If last year we were on thethreshold of new relat ionships, this year wehave single-mindedly pursued that objectiveand have succeeded in making inroads in tohi ther to v i rgin terr i tor ies . But a l l the whi leconsolidating our position as a premier busi-ness and trade organization and reiterating ourpromise to our members to be their Partners inSuccess.

Being at the helm of a Chamber ofCommerce, well into its thirddecade with a growing member-ship, presents a unique and excit-ing mélange of challenge andopportunity. It is these multi-arch-ing new directions and opportuni-ties that have kept my team andmyself inspired and engaged overthe last year. Despite seriousgeopolitical uncertainties that wegrappled with, 2003-2004 provedto be an extremely eventful year forthe ICCC. It has been a year of out-standing growth and achievement,a time of renewal and forging suc-cessful global alliances, all ofwhich have made this a year toremember.

Building on our primary mandate offacilitating business, trade andinvestment between Canada, Indiaand the Indian Diaspora around theworld, this year the Chamberembarked upon several ground-breaking initiatives to fosterstronger alliances and establishedeffective people to people linkageswith similar organizations aroundthe world.

Earlier this year, in New Delhi,India, the ICCC had a significant

presence at the celebration for NonResidents – at the Second “PravasiBharatiya Divas”, attended by1500 delegates from 61 countries.Here, the ICCC provided a solidplatform for our delegates to net-work and interact with their Indianand global counterparts and busi-ness associates. We also proudlyshowcased Canadian businesspotential and competencies topotential global partners, therebycreating new and exciting possibil-ities for future joint ventures. Weare pleased to announce that today,ICCC is one of 15 reputed businessorganizations to have jointly signeda Memorandum of Understanding,connecting Canadians with busi-ness and community partners andthe Indian Diaspora around theworld. The Chamber’s multilateralarm now extends to business cham-bers from USA, Netherlands, U.K.,Dubai, Mauritius, Hong Kong,Malaysia, Australia and India.

As a result of these new relation-ships, ICCC members can now bewell informed and participate intrade and business missions allover the world. This furthers ourobjective of increasing the partici-pation of our members in the

sphere of multilateral trade. It isthese achievements in 2003-2004that underscore our strategic initia-tive of “Forging Global Alliances”.We believe that today, ICCC isstrategically positioned as the gate-way linking its members with manyglobal organizations.

As Canada’s largest trading partner,it is only natural that the Chamberseeks to establish strong affiliationswith the United States. ICCC is inthe process of cementing partner-ships with similar business organi-zations south of the border. Ourmembers have actively collaboratedwith the U.S. Consulate by partici-pating in the U.S. Information &Communications Technology TradeMission.

At home in Canada, the Chambercontinues to play a pivotal role insupporting and partnering withlocal organizations. We partneredwith Asia Pacific Foundation, andhelped in hosting its 2003 AsiaPacific Summit in Toronto. Thisallowed our members to associateclosely with Government officials,business leaders and trade repre-sentatives from key Indian industrysectors. ICCC jointly organized the

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President’sMessage

Pradeep SoodA Year to Remember – Forging Global Alliances

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day-long seminar which exclusivelyfocused on India.

In another precedent-setting initia-tive, ICCC facilitated and hosted alarge cross-sector Trade,Technology and InvestmentMission to Canada, led byFederation of Indian Chambers ofCommerce and Industry (FICCI)jointly with the Indo-CanadaBusiness Council (ICBC). Severalkey industries including Trade,Jewelry, Finance, IT etc. were rep-resented. The ICCC held seminarsand workshops for this trade dele-gation in Toronto, Montreal andOttawa. These events provided aunique opportunity for our mem-bers to meet and do business withthe Indian business associates. TheChamber also signed aMemorandum of Understandingwith FICCI and ICBC, creatinggreater business and trade opportu-nities for our membership.

ICCC continues to work effectivelywith Government agencies, at bothFederal and Provincial levels.Collaborating closely with theDepartments of Foreign Affairs andInternational Trade, The HighCommission of India, theGovernments of Quebec andOntario, ICCC has strived to orga-nize industry and trade events andstrategically position the Indo-Canada trade potential. Theseevents provide a great opportunityfor our members to meet some ofthe policy-makers and facilitatorsof multi-lateral business relations.

ICCC actively participated in the2nd Canada-India Policy Dialogue,bringing together scholars, govern-ment officials, and analysts to dis-cuss Canadian and Indian perspec-

tives on a variety of policy issues.The goal of the dialogue series wasto create a forum for policy dia-logue between India and Canadaon a “Track II” basis, allowing foran exchange of views on issues thatmay currently be difficult to tableat the official level. The dialoguesserve as catalysts in creatingawareness in both countries, of thepotential to expand bilateral rela-tions beyond traditional areas, andenhance Canadian capacity andknowledge on Indian policy issues.

In close partnership with theToronto Board of Trade, theChamber played an advocacy rolein the drive for seeking a fair shareof Federal investment dollars inbuilding Toronto’s infrastructure.The campaign “Enough of NotEnough” drew a wide spectrum ofprominent businesses and tradeassociations. True to its strong spir-it as a leading organization servingthe community, ICCC continues toplay an integral part in supportingactivities and Charity events heldby the United Way and several com-munity hospitals in Toronto, Ottawaand Montreal. Our members, underthe auspices of ICCC, have con-tributed a great deal of time, organi-zational and financial expertise,and donated generously to fundraising and charity events includingwalkathons and other sporting andgala events. Reciprocally, ourChamber has been fortunate inreceiving community cheer, good-will and recognition from leadingCanada-wide organizations.

And so the list of our accomplish-ments goes on. These milestonesrepresent building blocks and cor-ner stones in the evolution of ourChamber. We are now entering our

28th year as a true Canadian orga-nization, fully immersed in everyaspect of our community, be it busi-ness, trade, education, art, politics,always advocating for the less for-tunate. Young and vibrant, we con-stantly seek new frontiers and chal-lenges for improvement.

Any institution is only as good asthe mission it sets for itself and theexecution of its strategic and oper-ational goal. From its very incep-tion in the mid ‘70s’, the Chamberhas been committed to bringingtogether a diverse and talentedmembership, and has united themtoward a common goal and mission.It is this rich diversity, cherishedand valued by both India andCanada that symbolizes the greatIndo-Canadian heritage, and pre-sents an immense potential, wait-ing to be tapped for our future suc-cess. Canada and India are matureand self respecting democracies,and it is our common strategic goalto forge linkages on a people topeople, as well as on an institution-al basis. We will strive to do muchmore in the coming years.

On this note of optimism and hope,I thank you, the members andsponsors of the Indo CanadaChamber of Commerce, for yourongoing enthusiasm, participationand support. All of this has beenpossible only due to your boundlessenergy, skill and dedication thatyou so generously contribute.

Once again, thank you for yourefforts, and I wish you and yourfamilies a safe and healthy summer!

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First elected to the Ontario legislature in

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They made itHappen in2003-2004

Yet another year passes in the annals of the ICCC history.

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Advisory Board 2003-2004

Dr Sudi Devanesan is a Family Physician and Asso-ciate Professor with the University of Toronto. He isthe founder of the South Asian Community Councilof the Heart and Stroke Foundation and has servedon several Boards. He has a special interest in cardi-ology and is considered an expert in the preventionof cardio vascular illness especially in South Asians.

DR. SUDI DEVANESAN

Recipient of several awards, Hemant Shah is currentlythe Chief Executive Officer of Cubex - InternationalMarkets. He has an extensive knowledge and experiencein export and international trade focussing on India,Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Canada. He hasgreat expertise assisting companies from diverse sectorsto evaluate markets and conditions, negotiate contractsand conclude deals.

HEMANT SHAHWinnipeg

President, McLal Group Inc. which provides consultingservices assisting businesses to grow in Canada andoverseas, transfer of Canadian technology and expertiseto developing countries, public service quality improvementand development of public policy and legislation.Stindar Lal has had over twenty years of experience atthe Deputy Minister level in several Ministries with theGovernments of Ontario and the Northwest Territories.

STINDAR LALToronto

Kris Singhal is the founder and President ofRichcraft Homes; an Ottawa based Real-estateCompany. Richcraft is one of Ottawa's largestbuilders and also maintains 3,500 acres of landfor development. Kris was recognized asBusinessman of the year by ICCC in 1999.

KRIS SINGHALOttawa

Jagdish Patel is a Senior Partner of GoldfarbShulman Patel and Company. He is a leader inthe Gujarati speaking community and is wellknown for his fundraising and other communityoriented activities.

JAGDISH PATELToronto

Naseem Somani is the Senior Vice Presidentand Chief Operating Officer, Gamma DynacareMedical Laboratories. She sits on the Boardof the Ontario Association of MedicalLaboratories and is an avid fundraisersupporting a variety of Organizations.

NASEEM SOMANIMississauga

To Jayshree Thakar goes the credit for spearheadingthe development and marketing of the Corporation'sland holding across Canada. She currentlyfacilitates Canadian housing industry andCorporation access in the Asian Market and is theDirector, Business Development, Canada Mortgage& Housing Corporation.

JAYSHREE THAKAR

The Hon’ble Sinclair McKnight Stevens, P.C., Q.C.,LLB, BA, is a lawyer, businessman and formerpolitician. For 16 years he was in the Canadian Houseof Commons during which time he served in twocabinets, one as President of The Treasury Board ofCanada and one as Minister of Regional and IndustrialExpansion. He was also Chairman of the CabinetCommittee on Economic and Regional Development.Presently he is President & Chairman of Georgian Bancorp.SINCLAIR STEVENS

CHITWANT KOHLI

Dr. Balbir S. Sahni, Director, Concordia University, iscommitted to promoting multi dimensional Canada-Indialinkages – academic, business, and cultural. He isknown for his active role in the Shastri Indo-CanadianInstitute, The Conference Board of Canada, the Canadi-an Bureau for International Education, and in generaltowards Asia Pacific cooperation.

DR. BALBIR S. SAHNI

As Vice President - Finance for CorporateResources at RBC Financial Group, Chitwant isresponsible for the financial management support tovarious corporate departments such as Real Estate,Human Resources, Brand Management, Law andTax etc.

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Board of Directors 2003-2004

Sampat Poddar - Director, Special ProjectsSampat is the owner and operator of Byrex Gems, a companyengaged in supply of gemstones to jewelers in Canada, since1988. He has held the position of Senior Tax Advisor withthe Alberta Treasury amongst others in the course of hiscareer.

Kris Krishnan, Past PresidentKris has over 17 years of banking experience with majorinternational banks in Hong kong and in Toronto. He is thefounder of Deccan Digital Inc, a company specializing inBPO outsourcing to South India and a steering committeemember of the influential ‘Toronto City Summit Alliance’.

Sharada K. Eswar - Vice President, Membership Sharada has been in the communications industry for over15 years. She is currently on the Editorial Board of Kalaand does freelance journalistic writing.

SHARADA K. ESWAR

KRIS KRISHNAN

Sona Khanna - Vice President, FundingSona is the President of Indus Consulting Inc. In the past twentyyears she has held senior positions in the banking professionwith the Israel Discount Bank of Canada and RBFG.

SONA KHANNA

SAMPAT PODDAR

Pradeep Sood, PresidentPradeep is the founder, partner, Parscribe Digital Inc. anoutsourcing specialist with a focus on healthcare and hospitality.He is a Chartered Accountant from India and has internationalexperience in both operations and management.

PRADEEP SOOD

Asha Luthra - Corporate Secretary Asha is the President of Joy Tours N Travel, AmericanExpress Travel Services with two branches; one in Torontoand Burlington. She has over 25 years' experience in thehospitality and travel industry.

ASHA LUTHRA

Dr. Ashok Koul - Chair, Ottawa Business Council Dr. Koul is a practicing professional engineer and Presidentof Ottawa based Life Prediction Technologies inc. He is afellow of ASM International. Ashok is also a human rightsactivist and heads the Indo-Canadian Kashmir forum.

DR. ASHOK KOUL

Harjit S. Kalsi - Vice President, TreasuryHarjit is the Chief Financial Officer of the Skylink Groupof Companies. He has a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons.)and a CGA designation and over 20 years experience inthe government and corporate sectors.

HARJIT S. KALSI

Anu Kashyap - Director, DevelopmentAnu works in the capacity as a Human ResourcesGeneralist in the manufacturing industry. Outside herprofessional career, Anu actively volunteers for manynon-profit organizations in Toronto.

ANU KASHYAP

Ida Crasto - Director, Montreal Business CouncilIda is the President of Andersen-Sima Maritime Inc, a shipbrokering and agency company, founded in August 1989.

IDA CRASTO

Aziz Poonawalla - Director, SMEAziz Poonawalla is the Head of Billing and Credit Operations forFCI Broadband, a division of Futureway Communications Inc.He has held various entrepreneurial positions including a startup brokerage firm and in the Treasury & Finance departmentsfor various Canadian organizations.

AZIZPOONAWALLA

Abhilash Bhachech - Director, ITAbhilash has been a member of ICCC for nearly 15 years.Currently, Abhilash heads the ‘Financial ServicesTechnology Division’ in the Office of the Superintendent ofFinancial Institutions (OSFI), the Federal prudentialregulator of banks and insurance companies in Canada.

ABHILASHBHACHECH

Sunil Jagasia - Director, Trade PromotionsSunil is the Founder & CEO of Total Freight Solutions Inc.The company is engaged in providing road, rail, ocean andinter-modal transportation worldwide. He has over 20 yearsexperience in both management and operations inNorth America, Europe and Asia.

SUNIL JAGASIA

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ICCC Business Councils 2003-2004

ICCC Committees 2003-2004

ABHILASH BACHECHDirector

Objective

■ To establish key partnerships and promotethe ICCC IT group as the premierIndo-Canadian IT Organization in Canada.

Members:Kapil Raval

Srini GiridharPuneet Varmani

Information Technology

ANU KASHYAPDirector

Objective

■ To provide an opportunity to developleadership skills for motivated youngprofessionals.

Young Professionals

Members:Mehul AdhvaryuAninda BhuniaRachel KhannaSudarshan J.

AZIZ POONAWALLADirector

Objective

■ To encourage small and medium-sizedenterprises to achieve their full potential.

Small and Medium Enterprises

Members:Kishor TailorVinay KhoslaJyoti KingraManoj Mehta

ASHOK KOULDirector

Objective

■ To promote and facilitate business and tradebetween Canada and India.

■ Provide members with a forum fornetworking, sharing ideas and information topromote business success.

■ Create learning opportunities for membersthrough seminars, workshops andconferences.

Members:Sanjeev Sinha, Chair

Vaibhavi Wagh Amita Chandra

Arvind ChhatbarDeepak AuroraShailesh Kaul

Subra Subramani

Ottawa Business Council

IDA CRASTOChair

Objective

■ To promote and facilitate business and tradebetween Canada and India.

■ Provide members with a forum fornetworking, sharing ideas and information topromote business success.

■ Create learning opportunities for membersthrough seminars, workshops andconferences.

Members;Keero Birla

Geeta SuchakDr. Yazdi TurnerInderpal Ahuja

Arvind Dhar

Montreal Business Council

SUNIL JAGASIADirector

Objective

■ To promote trade between Canada, India andthe India Diaspora around the world.

■ To encourage member participation in tradefairs.

Trade Promotions

Members:Amita Jain, Chair

Yogesh ShahRupesh Kapadia

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Trading Missions Trading Missions with India: with India: August 7, 2003August 7, 2003It was the Quebec Minister ofImmigration, Ms. MichelleCourchesne's turn to be bowledover by the Montreal Council ofthe Chamber. A delegation, led bythe ICCC Montreal Council, com-prising of businessmen and Uni-versity professionals met with theMinister to discuss trade missionsto India and the role that theIndo-Canada Chamber of Commercecould play in this venture.

BBQ a la BBQ a la YP Montreal: YP Montreal: August 21, 2003August 21, 2003It was BBQ time for the Young Pro-fessionals and the young at heart.The Terrace Hotel Europa was theplace to be seen on the evening ofAugust 21st. Over 60 enthusiasticpeople partied until late. But thentheir agenda was very clear - BBQ,come rain or shine!

The YP Financial The YP Financial Seminar: Seminar: September 17, 2003September 17, 2003The YP Chapter of the MontrealBusiness Council has been extreme-ly busy. Less than a month after theBBQ, the YP put together a Finan-cial Seminar. The topic was Start Upof Business. It was not just aninstant hit, but was also sold out.This seminar was sponsored by theBusiness Development Bank andwas held at St James Club.

Gala a La Riviera,Gala a La Riviera,Montreal:Montreal:October 3, 2003October 3, 2003It was the 3rd Annual Gala of theMontreal Council. And ooh la la, itwas a stupendous success. It wasone of the best events held in Mon-treal. Be it the fusion of Jazz andBhangra or the sumptuous banquet,

it was a winner from the word go. Arecord number of people were inattendance. The Keynote speakerwas the Hon’ble MichelleCourschense Quebec Minister ofImmigration & Citizenship. Alsopresent were the Hon’ble JacquesSaada, MP, Mr Pierre Bourque -Leader of Opposition of Ville deMontreal, Mrs Louise Dery Goldberg- President of Montreal ChildrenHospital, President of ICCC and afew of the ICCC Board Members.But it wasn’t all party and dancing,the Montreal Council donated acheque for $17,000 to the MontrealChildren Hospital Foundation.

Trade winds blowTrade winds blowtowards Montreal,towards Montreal,Delta Hotel:Delta Hotel:November 27,November 27,20032003The Montreal Council hostedthe FICCI and ICBC tradedelegation from India at theDelta Hotel and had a half-day luncheon conference. Thesectors covered were Power,Entertainment, Finance &

Education. The speakers rangedfrom the Hydro Quebec Internation-al, Desjardins Financial Group toToon Boon Technologies and Con-cordia University. The keynotespeaker was Mr Jacques Saada, MPand the present Government HouseLeader. In attendance were alsomembers from Board of Trade,

World Trade Centre, QuebecInvestment & Quebec Trade &Commerce.

Quebec BusinessQuebec BusinessSuccess Stories:Success Stories:March 9, 2004March 9, 2004The Young Professionals of theIndo Canada Chamber of Com-merce in Montreal had its busi-ness seminar on Tuesday, March9th 2004. The theme “celebration

of Quebec business success stories.”The two prominent communityspeakers at the event were Mr. AminNoorani - partner of Jacobsen Part-ners, and Mr. John Dobson - founderof Formula Growth.

Is the future of theIs the future of theSecurities secure?Securities secure?April 20, 2004April 20, 2004The Business Council of the IndoCanada Chamber of Commerce helda networking seminar on Securitiesand its future, post 9/11, for itsmembers and others in Montreal.Sponsored by BMO Nesbitt Burns,the seminar generated a lot of inter-est. Aptly titled “Through the Eye ofthe Storm”, the seminar was thoughtprovoking and addressed many ofthe participants’ concerns.

MontrealMeanderings

Presenting the cheque to the Montreal ChildrenHospital Foundation

The head table at the Montreal Gala

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From TFrom Toronto oronto to the Capital City:to the Capital City:26 November, 200326 November, 2003The next leg for the Indian Tradedelegates was Ottawa, where theywere welcomed byDr. Ashok Koul,Director ICCC, Mr.Sanjeev Sinha, Chair,Ottawa BusinessCouncil and otherexecutive councilmembers at the LordElgin Hotel. The pro-gram included aworking luncheonand presentations toshowcase the busi-ness opportunitiesoffered by Ottawa.About one hundredOttawa businessowners and govern-ment officials attend-ed the lunch. A wide

range of businesssectors from IT,Building and Infra-structure and man-ufacturers werepresent to meet thedelegation. Thekeynote addresswas given by Mr.Jean Claude Vil-lard, Deputy Minis-ter - IndustryCanada. H.E.Shashi Tripathi,Indian High Com-missioner was alsopresent. Presenta-tions were madefrom representa-tives of different

organizations like the OttawaCentre for Research and Innova-tion (OCRI), the Export Develop-

ment Canada (EDC) and Tradeand Facilitation Office of Canada(TFOC) and the private sectorlike AllStream and AlgonquinCollege.

Ottawa Gala: Ottawa Gala: May 9, 2004May 9, 2004All roads led to the Ottawa Con-gress Centre on the evening ofMother's Day. It was the GalaNite of the Ottawa BusinessCouncil. And it was a night worthremembering. The Chief Guestwas the Hon'ble Stephen Harper,Leader of the Opposition. Thespeeches were followed by asumptuous dinner and a rich cul-tural program. The event was wellattended and held in support ofthe Children's Hospital of East-ern Ontario.

OttawaOutlook

Dr. Ashok Koul presenting a gift toMr. Man Mohan Bhagat of ICBC, India

Bharat in discussion withMr. Villard, Deputy Minister of

Industry Canada

Dinner guests at the Gala

Hon’ble Stephen Harper with members of the ICCC Ottawa Business Council

The Gala The Gala Extravaganza: Extravaganza: June 14, 2003June 14, 2003It was the 12th Annual Awardsand Gala Night of the Indo-CanadaChamber of Commerce. And theChief Guest, this year was noneother than the Deputy Prime Min-ister and Finance Minister,Hon’ble John Manley. Speaking onthe occasion, Mr. Manley praisedthe Indo-Canadian community inCanada, which he described as ‘avery vibrant one, which con-tributes so much to the life of ourgreat country.’ Mr. Kris Krishnan,

President ICCC, inhis address, high-lighted the activitiesof the Chamber. Mr.Saurav Adhikari,President, HCL Ltd,Stanford, spoke atlength about Canada-India partnership inglobal business. Theevening ended withthe awards ceremonyand great entertain-ment.

ICCC goes to ICCC goes to the Polls:the Polls:July 9, 2003July 9, 2003It was election time at the IndoCanada Chamber of Commerce.The Annual General Meeting andthe elections were held on July 9,2003 in Toronto. Ten contestantsvied for six positions that fellvacant on the Board. The AGMand the elections were held at theNorth York Public Library andwere attended by over 150 mem-bers.

Tee Time at the Tee Time at the Indo-CanadaIndo-CanadaChamber of Chamber of Commerce: Commerce: July 14, 2003July 14, 2003The 5th Annual CharityGolf Classic was held onJuly 14, 2003 at the Rat-tleSnake Point Golf Club.

Over 150en thus i -a s t i cg o l f e r steed upand displayedsome great golf.They played for anoble cause asthe proceeds fromthis tournamentwere given tovarious hospitals.

The round of golf was followed bydinner and the prize ceremony.This was attended by the Ministerfor Transportation, the Hon’bleFrank Klees and the Consul Gen-eral of India, Mr Divyabh Man-chanda.

Open House:Open House:September 10, 2003September 10, 2003It was a networking event like nev-er before. Organized jointly withthe Toronto Board of Trade, the

event was a success from the wordgo. The doors opened at 6:00 PMand people were seen exchangingbusiness cards till they reachedtheir cars at the car park! An eventfor both members of the ICCC andnon-members, the Open Housewas an excellent ice breaker andhas paved the way for many suchevents.

It’s time to don It’s time to don the whites again:the whites again:September 16, 2003September 16, 2003The Cricket Match held on Sep-tember 16th between the Presi-dent’s XI and Advisory Board XIhelped to raise funds for the UnitedWay. For the second year in a rowthe President’s XI were victorious.Martha Tory, Chair of United Waywas the Chief Guest.

TorontoTalks

The Board of Directors and the MC, Rupinder Nagra with the Hon’ble John Manley

The presentation of the Professional Woman of the Year Award.(from left:) Ida Crasto, Surjit Babra (award sponsor), Lata Pada,

Hon’ble John Manley and Kris Krishnan

Committee members at the Networking Event.(from left:) Aninda Bhunia (YP), Rachel Khanna (YP),

Pradeep Sood, President, ICCC, Samir Dandekar (SME), Amita Jain (Trade), Mehul Adhvaryu (YP)

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Vibrant Gujarat,Vibrant Gujarat,Ahmedabad, India:Ahmedabad, India:September 2003September 2003It was a yet another feather inICCC’s cap, when a vibrant anddynamic delegation of investorsfrom Canada headed for Gujarat,India, to participate in the VibrantGujarat - Global Investors’ Sum-mit 2003. Spearheaded by theIndo-Canada Chamber of Com-merce and led by Hemant Shah,member of theAdvisory Board ofthe Chamber. Thedelegation had theopportunity toexplore the enor-mous investmentopportunities inGujarat. An MoUwas also signedbetween the Indo-Canada Chamberof Commerce andthe Chamber of Young GujaratEntrepreneurs to connect Gujaratbased entrepreneurs to the Cana-dian market by way of exports,imports, joint ventures andinvestments.

Mentoring:Mentoring:September 24, 2003September 24, 2003After the tremendous success oflast year’s mentoring program,this year’s program began with aflourish. Pradeep Sood was pre-sent to welcome everyone and hewas quick to point out thestrength and success of the pro-gram. Following the Kickoff, sev-eral people were matched suc-cessfully with mentors from theirchosen professions. Even thoughthe program is in its infancy, theChamber expects it to be one ofthe most valuable services that itcan offer to members. The chal-lenge has always been to findmentors for this program.

Asia Pacific Asia Pacific Summit, TSummit, Toronto:oronto:October 7 & 8, 2003October 7 & 8, 2003ICCC partnered with Asia PacificFoundation to organise the AsiaPacific summit in Toronto thisyear. Given the rising prominenceof the Canada-India relationship,the first day of the Summit was aFocus on India, examining busi-ness opportunities and geopoliti-cal issues. High tech guru, Dr.

Gururaj Desh-pande, co-founder andchairman ofSycamore Net-works, was theopening lun-cheon keynotespeaker. Thiswas followed bya debate-styleevent whichweighed the

prospects for cooperation or con-flict in South Asia.

EntrepreneurialEntrepreneurialSpirit in a Spirit in a Global Economy:Global Economy:October 29, 2003October 29, 2003In October 2003, the Young Pro-fessionals helda joint eventwith NAAP( N o r t h e r nAmerica Asso-ciation ofAsian Profes-sionals). Thegoal of theevening was toprovide insightinto the mind-set of successful entrepreneursand to provide a networkingopportunity between successfulestablished entrepreneurs andaspiring ones. The ICCC speak-ers included: Dipen Kalaria,Clinical Director of www.pharma-

cy.ca and Rajwant Girn, founderof Anokhi Vibe Magazine. NAAPspeakers included Charles Chiu,founder and President of Colour-genics and Mikah Lee Founder ofLauchpadRed.

The first snow of The first snow of the season welcomesthe season welcomesthe Trade winds the Trade winds from India:from India:November 23, 2003November 23, 2003It was a momentous day in thehistory of the Indo-Canada Cham-ber of Commerce, as it playedhost to a 30-strong delegationfrom India from industries as var-

ied as Textiles and Jewelry andFinance and Entertainment. On a

t e c h n o l o g yand invest-ment missionto Canada,this traded e l e g a t i o nwas broughttogether byFICCI andICBC. AnMoU wassigned by the

Indo-Canada Chamber of Com-merce and the ICBC, followed byan MoU between FICCI and theIndo-Canada Chamber of Com-merce. This was followed byinsights into the two great nations

Mr Pradeep Sood with Mr. Gururaj Deshpande

Young Professionals at the Mentoring Event

Mr. Pradeep Sood and Mr. Sushil Ansal signingthe MoU, while Mr. Divaybh Manchanda, ConsulGeneral of India and Mr. Man mohan Bhagat of

ICBC look on

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They Made aDifference

They Made aDifference

ICCC has instituted an awards program since 1992 to acknowledge the contributions

of Indo-Canadians by instituting the following awards:

Lifetime/Outstanding Achievement Award, Humanitarian Award,

Business Man Award, Business Woman Award, Professional Man Award,

Professional Woman Award, Youth Achievement Award,

Technology Achievement Award, President’s Award and Member Award.

The choices have always been tough, and having made them, we present the

crème de la crème, for the year 2003-2004.

Award sponsored by:

Award sponsored by:

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2004 Lifetime/OutstandingAchievement Award Dr. M. N. SrikantaSwamy Quebec

2004Humanitarianof the YearMr. Gary Singh Toronto

■ Recipient of the Governor General of Canada’sCommemorative Medal celebrating the125th anniversary of Confederation of Canada.

■ Recipient of the Centennial Foundation’s Sewa(Community Service) award for Humanitarian of theYear in 1998.

■ Recognized by First Lady Hillary Clinton in New Yorkin 2000 as a distinguished Punjabi.

Always working behind the limelight, Gary dedicates numeroushours of his time to humanitarian work and community service. Recogniz-ing the need of financial resources to carry out the much-needed work heis busy raising funds for various social, educational and charitable causes.His actions speak volumes of his humanitarian spirit.

Serving on the Governing Council of the University of Toronto he wasa founding member and facilitated the funding of the Sikh Studies Pro-gram. Amongst others, Gary has implemented fundraising strategies for theGujarat (India) Earthquake Relief Fund, the March of Dimes fundraiser forPolio research and the Diana Fowler Aboriginal Social Work Scholarship.

Committed to community service, Gary has served on the AdvisoryBoard of the ICCC and as a member of the Swansea Community CentreAdvisory Council; Member of the Board, Eye Foundation of Canada;Member of the Board of Governors, Royal St. George’s College; Director,East-Indian Professional Residents of Canada.

His philanthropic spirit has benefited such diverse projects as:Lester Pearson College of the Pacific; Sacha Sauda Gurmat Parchar Soci-ety; The Sarnia Hindu Cultural Society; The Toronto-Calcutta Association;The Ismaili 10km Run for Charity; The Goan Overseas Association; YeeHong Community Wellness Foundation; Toronto General Hospital; TheDoctor’s Hospital; The Wellesley Hospital; The Credit Valley Hospital;The Imran Khan Cancer Appeal (Pakistan); Heart and Stroke Foundation;The Canadian Red Cross Society; United Way; Big Brothers of Metropoli-tan Toronto and the International Development and Relief Foundation.

Not forgetting his roots in India, he has supported The Jaipur FootProject in Mumbai which provides care for people with no arms; the Man-av Sehyog Society of Jalandhar that is committed to support the poor andthe needy; the Child Haven International home in Nepal for the children ofwomen prisoners.

■ Research Professor of Electrical andComputer Engineering

■ Concordia Senior Chair in Signal Processing ■ Director of the Center for Signal Processing and

Communications at Concordia University,Montreal, Canada.

Dr. Swamy’s professional career began in 1958 as a seniorresearch assistant at the Indian Institute of Science. Since then he hasbeen associated with several universities, including the University ofSaskatchewan, the Indian Institute of Technology (Madras), the Techni-cal University of Nova Scotia, the University of Calgary and currently,the Concordia University.

Dr. Swamy has served on various national and international com-mittees during his illustrious career. He is presently the President forthe Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers-Computer AidedSystems Society (IEEE-CAS Society). In fact, he is the first Canadian tohave been elected to this position.

In recognition of his many professional accomplishments, theConcordia University inaugurated the M.N.S. Swamy Computer Inte-grated Manufacturing laboratory in his honour. Dr. Swamy has beenelected a Fellow of a number of professional societies, and has beeninducted into many Halls of Fame including the Personalities of Ameri-ca Hall of Fame in 1984, the International Book of Honor Hall of Famein 1986, the International Directory of Distinguished Leadership Hallof Fame in 1997, the World Who’s Who Hall of Fame in 1998, the Mil-lennium Hall of Fame in 1998, and the Great Minds of the 21st CenturyHall of Fame in 2002.

Dr. Swamy’s contributions as a scientist, engineer, engineeringeducator, and academic administrator are internationally known. Inaddition, his services to the community at large are exemplary.

Award sponsored by:Award sponsored by:

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2004 BusinessWoman AwardDr. Dhun Noriatoronto

Mr. Bob DhillonCalgary

2004 BusinessMan Award

■ President & CEO, Mainstreet Equity Corp.■ Owns, operates and maintains more than 2,600

properties ■ Honorary Consul General, Belize

Mainstreet Equity is a Canadian real estate company focused onacquiring and managing multi-family residential rental properties. TheCompany buys undervalued residential units, enhances their valuethrough renovations and improved operating efficiencies, and occasion-ally sells them to redirect capital into new, higher potential properties.Founded in 1997, Mainstreet owns, operates and maintains its entireportfolio of more than 2,600 properties, which are geographically diver-sified throughout Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Red Deer, Alberta,Toronto and Mississauga.

Listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, Mainstreet is today ridingthe crest of success under the able and shrewd leadership of BobDhillon, the President and CEO who has over 20 years of experience inthe industry. Bob has acquired, redeveloped and divested every type ofreal estate for over 20 years as a private individual and has participatedin many real estate transactions specializing in adding value to proper-ties.

He began his career in the residential sector and has gained hisindustry experience selling and buying all classes of real estate in eachphase of the business cycle.

Every transaction in his career has been financed with his ownequity and personal guarantees. The acquisition and operating philoso-phy behind each real estate purchase has been the creation and eventu-al capture of the value added to each property. An unwavering dedica-tion to this philosophy allowed for his portfolio to be constantly in tunewith the market conditions and has contributed to profitable real estateownership.

■ Owner and Operator medical laboratories & clinics■ Medical Director of Laboratories, The Scarborough

Hospital■ Associate Professor, University of Toronto

A Business Woman, a humanitarian, a wife, a mother and a friend.She is known as the renaissance woman among her friends and col-leagues. She is Dr Dhun Noria and she is this year's Business Woman.Dr. Noria’s corporate achievements are in the Health Care Sector, anarea with which she is familiar. She is the owner and operator of Eglin-ton Medical Laboratories since 1985. This is a facility that provides testresults on patient’s blood and body fluids.

She also owns and operates other medically related businessessuch as The Sleep Disorders Diagnostic Center, a Cardiac Functiontesting center, a Pulmonary Function Lab, as well as the ScarboroughNorth Medical Arts Building. Dr. Noria provided leadership in the con-struction of this state of the art building. This building has won theaward as the Best Medical Building in 1996.

Dr. Noria came to Canada and became a Fellow of Royal Collegeof Physicians and Surgeons of Canada from the University of Toronto.At present, she is the Medical Director of Laboratories at The Scarbor-ough Hospital, which is one of the largest community hospitals in Cana-da. She is also an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto andrepresents the Ontario Medical Association in the Ontario Lab Reformprocess of the Hospital.

A gold medallist in Surgery and Pathology, she has led her organi-zation to excellence in the Health Care field and her involvement in thecommunity too is quite extensive.

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2004 ProfessionalMan AwardMr. Virendra K. Jha Quebec

■ Vice-President Science, Technology and Programs,Canadian Space Agency

■ 32 years of experience in Space related Programs inCanada ranging from technical work to seniormanagement positions

■ Recipient of the Alouette Award

Dr. Jha started his professional career with RCA Limited in Montrealin 1972, designing the satellite structures. He subsequently worked at SparAerospace in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from 1977 to 1991, where he wasthe Director of Engineering, responsible for the engineering design activi-ties related to all the space hardware built by Spar Aerospace limited.

Dr. Jha joined the Canadian Space Agency in 1991 as Director ofSpace Mechanics. Subsequently, he was promoted to the position ofDirector General, Space Technologies Sector in 1997. During this peri-od, several innovative technologies have been developed under his lead-ership. In July 2003, Dr. Jha was promoted to the position of the VicePresident Science, Technology and Programs. This is a position of thelevel of Assistant Deputy Minister in the federal civil service of Canada.

Dr. Jha holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering fromthe Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, a Master’s degree in Mechan-ical engineering from McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canadaand a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Concordia Univer-sity, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Dr. Jha has published and presented more than 20 papers inspace related subjects, including novel research presented at interna-tional conferences. Dr. Jha is an internationally recognised figure inthis area which is reflected through his participation as a Board or acommittee member in various Canadian and international panels, com-mittees and institutes. He is also an adjunct professor in MechanicalEngineering at the Concordia University in Montreal.

In 1999, the Canadian Astronautical and Space Institute (CASI)bestowed him with the " Alouette Award ". This award is given eachyear to one Canadian, who has made a very significant contribution tothe Canadian Space Program. He received the Queen's Jubilee GoldMedal in 2002. He was made an honorary member of the "Golden Key– International Honorary Society" - a society that promotes academicexcellence amongst universities in North America.

2004 ProfessionalWoman AwardMs. SuhanaMeharchand toronto

■ National Anchor, CBC Newsworld Prime Time, Host,National Weekend News Program - Saturday Report

■ Bronze Medallist, Columbus International Film andVideo Festival

■ Bronze Medallist, International Film and TV Festivalof New York

Born in Durban, South Africa, Suhana came to Canada in 1968and is a graduate of Ryerson Polytechnic Institute's Journalism pro-gram. Suhana wanted to be a journalist ever since she was 6 years old.The inspirational force was her Uncle, a journalist in South Africa whochampioned equality and opportunity for all.

Suhana is former host of the CBC Evening News and formeranchor of CBC Television's Saturday Evening News and was a generalassignment reporter for the CBC Evening News. Prior to joining CBCToronto in November of 1993, Suhana was a general news reporter andweekend anchor for three years at CJOH-TV in Ottawa. From Septem-ber, 1987 through to July, 1989, viewers may recall Meharchand ashost and producer of What's New, CBC-TV's national news and currentaffairs program for young people.

Suhana brings a wealth of journalistic experience to her profes-sion, having won several international awards for documentary work,including awards from the Columbus International Film and TV Specialand the New York Film and TV Festival.

Suhana is the recipient of Paul Harris Fellowship awarded byRotary International and is an Honorary Member of the CanadianWomen’s Foundation. Her many community activities are with Per-formers for Literacy, Gems of Hope, Redwood Shelter for Women andChildren, Paraplegic Association of Canada, Hospital for Sick Childrenand Princess Margaret Breast Cancer Centre, to name a few.

Award sponsored by:

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2004 YouthAchievementAwardMr. Rahul RajToronto

■ At age 17, mobilized Canadian students to combathunger

■ Finalist for the Canadian Urban Institute’s “UrbanLeader Award”

■ Honoured with the inaugural “Business in Ethics”award from Wilfrid Laurier University

Rahul Raj is the Founder and Executive Director of MealExchange, an organization committed to mobilizing Canadian studentsto address local hunger. Regarded by TIME Magazine as one ofCanada's leading social entrepreneurs, Rahul founded Meal Exchangeat 17 years of age as a first year business student at Wilfrid LaurierUniversity. Upon graduation, Rahul joined Procter & Gamble and suc-cessfully negotiated both his "for-profit and not-for-profit" pursuits byapplying a business-disciplined approach to achieve a social mandate.In doing so, Rahul has helped Meal Exchange establish chapters on 45post-secondary campuses in Canada and facilitated the student dona-tion of over 200,000 meals to address the problem of hunger. In 2002,Rahul made a fundamental life decision to leave his full-time job asGroup Brand Manager to relentlessly pursue his personal vision of ahunger-free Canadian population through Meal Exchange. He receivedhis H.B.B.A from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1997. And has beenhonored by TIME and Maclean's Magazines as "revolutionary" andhaving created "one of the most creative non-profits in Canada." He iscurrently on the board of Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship, theCommunity Experience Initiative, and on the youth advisory council forVolunteer Canada.

2004TechnologyAchievementMr. Aditya JhaToronto

■ Founded Isopia Inc, Canada ■ President, Osellus Inc.■ Founder, the POA Educational Foundation, Nepal

Aditya Jha has more than 20 years of experience in North Ameri-can and International markets. A graduate from Delhi University and aMasters from Kurukshetra University, India, Aditya has held seniormanagement positions in Sun Microsystems Canada and Bell Canada,before founding his own software company, Isopia Inc in Canada. With-in a short span of three years, the company grew to 232 employees witha significant presence in Toronto, Ottawa, Boston, Washington, Atlanta,San Jose, London and India. In 2001 despite the downturn phase of thetechnology industry, Isopia was one of the major IT acquisition deals inNorth America, when Sun Microsystems Inc, USA acquired the compa-ny for US $100 million. Aditya's role at Isopia in creating market andindustry visibility was outstanding as leading industry analystsdescribed Isopia's product as the most innovative.

Subsequently Aditya founded another software company, OsellusInc, and currently has employee strength of 30 software professionals inToronto, San Francisco and Bangkok. Simultaneously, Aditya hasfounded a charitable educational foundation - The POA EducationalFoundation, recognized by Revenue Canada. The Foundation, is a not-for-profit, privately managed, deemed university for advanced studiesin Information Technology. The first Institute will be in Nepal. The aimis to assist in the growth of entrepreneurial activities in the field of ITand to bridge the "Digital Divide" in Nepal.

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Award sponsored by:

2004 President'sAwardMr. Ramesh Chotai

2004 Memberof the YearAwardMr. SudarshanJagannathan

■ Contribution to the Chamber■ Volunteering spirit■ Community Involvement

The Board of Directors of the Indo Canada Chamber of Com-merce, every year, gives this award to an individual who has done out-standing work promoting and enhancing the vision of the Chamber.

Sudarshan exemplifies the portrait of an ideal member who giveshis best to the community with great enthusiasm and promotes theChamber and its mandate amongst the youth.

On arriving from India, the Chamber was the first organization thatSudarshan was associated with. He has been instrumental in furtheringthe Chamber’s initiatives by helping organize events primarily relatingto career planning, professional growth, networking, developing leader-ship skills for the Young Professionals. With his ever-present smile,Sudarshan works tirelessly giving his time and energy not just to theYoung Professionals' events, but also to every event organized by theChamber.

In addition to the Chamber, Sudarshan volunteers his time andeffort at the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario, Canada Cross-roads International and Amnesty International.

Sudarshan hails from New Delhi, where he worked with AirFrance. Seeking greater opportunities in his life he moved to Canada.He graduated in International Business from the Seneca Institute ofTechnology. He presently works with Rogers Wireless. His goal is toget involved in International Trade.

■ Community Builder and a philanthropist■ President, Bromed Pharmaceuticals■ President, Hindu Mandir and Cultural Centre

Running a very successful business conglomerate based in Cana-da, deeply involved in the religious and social fabric of his community,helping raise millions for relief and humanitarian efforts around theworld, Ramesh Chotai has seen and done it all. He truly deserves therecognition and the President’s Award for 2004.

Born in Northern Uganda, Ramesh pursued his education inBritain. Completing his training as a Pharmacist in the UK and Switzer-land, Ramesh returned to Kampala, Uganda and joined ICI Pharmaceu-ticals. He came to Canada in 1972, barely escaping the wrath of IdiAmin. Starting as a Pharmacist/Manager at an Oshawa Pharmacy, hehas built a very successful group of companies that manufacture anddistribute medical and health care products around the world.

Ramesh has been involved in various fundraising and voluntaryactivities which range from helping the poor in Africa, assisting theoperation of a free medical clinic in Guyana and distributing free medi-cines to the less fortunate around the globe. He single-handedly mobi-lized the community and the media, coast to coast, through the temples,mosques, churches, and gurduwaras in a massive fund raising effort tohelp raise 1.5 million dollars for the Gujarat Earthquake Relief Fund ina period of three weeks. With a matching grant form Canadian Interna-tional Development Agency (CIDA) and assistance from the Govern-ment of Gujarat, rebuilding of villages, schools, community centers andmedical facilities have been successfully completed. In addition tohelping the people of Gujarat, Ramesh also succeeded in the Govern-ment of India recognizing the efforts of Canadians promoting one of thesenior Ministers to say, "the contribution of the Canadians to resettlethe people of Gujarat has been enormous and very well done. They haveexecuted the project in a very professional manner."

A soft-spoken, shy and humble human being, Ramesh has givengenerously of himself to the community. He has touched and affectedthe lives of several members of the community and continues to do sowith humility, kindness and thoughtfulness. He has been a champion inbuilding stronger communities around the world.

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BENNY LOBO

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AJIT SOMESHWAR

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MANOJ PUNDIT

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The Presidents Down The Years

Hall of Fame

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Since 1992, the ICCC has honoured high achievers in the community. It is only fitting; we once again remember the awardees through the years.

Lifetime / Outstanding Achievement Award11992992

SHANCHANDRASEKAR

President,Asian Television Network Inc.

11993993

DR. RANJIT KUMARCHANDRA

Research Professor, Memorial Univ., UFT

11994994

DR. PRASANTA BASUProfessor Emeritus,

Dept. of Opthamology, UFT

11995995

SATYA PODDARPartner, Ernst & Young

11996996

11997997

DR. SUDI DEVANESANChief, Dept. of Family

& Community Medicine St. Michael’s Hospital

NALINI STEWARTFounding Director of theAsia Pacific Foundation

11998998

HON’BLE HERBDHALIWAL

Minister for National Revenue

11999999

DR. BHAUSAHEBUBALE

Former Race Relations/Human Rights Commissioner

20002000

HON’BLE UJJALDOSANJH

Premier of British Columbia

20200011

DR. BALBIR S. SAHNIEconomist and Professor,

Concordia University

20022002

DR. NARANJAN S.DHALLA

Professor and Director,University of Manitoba

20032003

DR. C. SEN GELDAChairman,

Gelda Scientific andGelda Foods

20042004

DR. M. N.SRIKANTA SWAMY

Research Professor of Electricaland Computer Engineering

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Humanitarian Award11992992

DR. KAPPU DESAIMember Immigration

Refugee Board

11993993

NURJEHAN N.MAWANI

Chairman Immigration &Refugee Board of Canada

11994994

SUNERA THOBANIPresident, National Action Committee

on Status of Women

11995995

VIM KOCHARFounding Chairman,

Canadian Foundation forPhysically Disabled Persons

11996996

11997997

KESHAV CHANDARIAPresident,

Comcraft Canada Ltd.

BONNIE & FREDCAPPUCINO

Founders, Child Haven International

11998998

ANUP SINGH JUBBALRecipient of Governor

General Award

11999999

BAHADUR MADHANIChair, United Way

20002000

DR. CASSIM DEGANIDirector, IDRF

20200011

DR. SHIV L. JINDALDirector,

Kidney Transplant Program,Ottawa Civic Hospital

20022002

HUSSEIN KANJIB.Sc. and Masters,

Neuroscience

20032003

SHREE MULAYScientist and Researcher

in Academia

20042004

GARY SINGHVice President,

Canaccord Capital Corp..

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Business Person Award11999922

SANTOKH SINGH & OM ARORAArosan Enterprises Inc.

11993993

RAI SAHIPresident & CEO,

Acklands

11994994

ASA JOHALPresident,

Terminal Forest Products Ltd.

11995995

NAVIN CHANDARIAPresident & CEO,

Conros Corporation

11996996

SURJIT S. BABRAChairman & President,

Skylink Group

11997997

K. C. VASUDEVACEO, Maxtech Inc.

11998998

MADAN BHAYANACEO, Office Specialty

11999999

KRISHAN SINGHALCEO, Richcraft Homes

20012001

STEVE GUPTAPresident and CEO,

Easton’s Group of Companies

KIRAN KATARIAPresident, Hitek Computers

DEEPA MEHTAFilm Producer & Director

SEEMA NARULACEO, The Associate Group

of Companies

NILUFER MAMAPresident,

Trade Wind Associates

NEENA KANWARPresident and founder,

K.M.H. Diagnostic Centres

RAZIANATHANI-SULEMAN

Owner, Bayshore Inn

20022002

BILL MALHOTRAOwner, Claridge Homes

Group of Companies

In 1996-97 this award was split to recognize recipients in both male and female categories.

20002000

KASHMIRI LAL SOODCEO, Ranka Group

AFSANA AMARSYCo-President, Primesco

20032003

NIRMAL MUSADDYPresident & CEO,Antex Designs Inc.

DR. DHUN NORIAOwner and operator,

Medical Laboratories & Clinics

20042004

BOB DHILLONPresident & CEO,

Mainstreet Equity Corp..

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20002000

DR. RAMACHANDRAMUNIKOTI

Director, Software Engineering

Nortel Networks

In 1990-00 this award was split to recognize recipients in both male and female categories.

Professional Award

11997997

TRICHY SANKARANFounding Director,

Indian Music Studies York University

11998998

CLARENCE J. CHANDRAN

President, Public Carrier Networks, Nortel

19991999

DR. RAMA BHATTChief of Staff,

York Central Hospital

11992992

SATINDER LALDeputy Minister of Citizenship

11993993

HAROON SIDIQQUIEditorial Page Editor,

Toronto Star

19941994

SABI MARWAHV.P. Finance,

Bank of Nova Scotia

19951995

KUNJAR SHARMAV.P., BDO Dunwoody

19961996

DR. SALIM YUSUFDirector of Cardiology & Professor of Medicine at

McMaster University

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RAMESH KHOSLAArchitect

20022002

PROFESSORVERN KRISHNA

Treasurer,Law Society of Upper Canada

DR. LALITHASHANKAR

President, West EndRadiological Laboratories

SHOBHA KHETRAPALV.P. & Treasurer, Moore Corp..

NASEEM SOMANISenior VP & CEO,Gamma-Dynacare

Medical Laboratories

LATA PADADancer & Choreographer

20032003

DR. SALIM DAYAProfessor of

Obstetrics & Gynaecology,McMaster University

SUHANAMEHARCHAND

Journalist

20042004

VIRENDRA K. JHAVice-President Science,

Technology and Programs,Canadian Space Agency

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Youth Achievement Award

11998998

AZIZ HURZOOKCEO, Caught-In-The-Web Inc.

11999999

EMMANUEL SANDHUInternational Figure Skater

20002000

DILNAZ PANJWANIRecipient, Junior

Citizen Award

20200011

ANITA GAHIRJunior Golf Champion

20022002

MANISHA BAWACo-Founder, MyBindi.com

20032003

SHAHMEER ANSARIStudent, Humberside Collegiate

20042004

RAHUL RAJFounder and Executive Director

Meal Exchange

11993993

ROCHAN SANKARInventor

11994994

AKAASH MAHARAJPresident of Student Union,

Oxford University

19951995

MANISHA BHARTICommissioner, Province

of Ontario’s Royal Commission of Learning

19961996

AASHNA PATELCo-host, YTV Breakfast Zone

19971997

SANJAY NATHRecipient, Canada

Scholar Award

20032003

SUNIL KUMAR SETHIPresident & CEO,Xstream Software

20042004

ADITYA JHAPresident, Osellus Inc.

Technology Achievement20022002

A. JASUJA / V. CHANCHALANICreators of Sigma Systems Group

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President’s Award11999999

ROHINTON MISTRYWriter / Novelist

20002000

FIROZ RASULCEO, Ballard Power Systems

20012001

HON’BLE MARIAMINNA

Minister forInternational Cooperation

20022002

HON’BLE MOBINAJAFFERSenator

20032003

DR. COLIN D’CUNHACommissioner of Public Health

20042004

RAMESH CHOTAIPresident,

Bromed Pharmaceuticals

11993993

PAUL FERNANDESMetropolitan Separate School

Board Trustee

11994994

AMAR ERRYChairperson, Scarborough

Board of Education

19961996

AJIT JAINAssociate Editor, India Abroad

19971997

RAJIV BHATIAConsul General of India,

Toronto

19981998

DR. MENAKATHAKKAR

Dancer /Choreographer /Professor

Member Award11992992

RAYMONDCHRISTIAN

Volunteer

11993993

GORDON POHANIDirector, Membership

11994994

HIRA JOSHITreasurer

11995995

REEMA DUGGALDirector,

Marketing & Communications

11996996 11997997

RAJIV BHATNAGARDirector, Special Projects

RAVI SEETHAPATHYV.P.-Finance & Administration

11998998

PRADEEP SOODV.P.-Membership

11999999

RASHMIBRAHMBHATT

V.P.-Funding & Social Programming

20002000

RAKESH GOENKACorporate Secretary & V.P.

Business Programming

20200011

SURESH THAKRARPast Advisory Board

20022002

ALL ICCC MEMBERS

20032003

SAMPAT PODDARV.P. - Funding and

Social Programs

20042004

SUDARSHANJAGANNATHANCommittee Member,Young Professionals

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(Based on the Paper presentedby Kant Bhargava and RaviSeethapathy, Members of ICCC,and the Survey conducted byICCC, at the Second Canada-India Policy Dialogue orga-nized jointly by Asia PacificFoundation of Canada andCentre for Policy Research,New Delhi in March 2004 inVancouver).

IntroductionIntroductionIndo-Canadians constitute aCommunity with growing transna-tional links. They bring with themexperience, skills and networks; abelief in the growing geo-politicalimportance of India. Often, theIndo-Canadians have intertwinedroles of trader, investor, philan-thropist and ambassador of good-will. Organizations like Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce(ICCC) help them in thinking glob-ally and forging global alliances inthe age of globalization and digitaltechnology. As a privately fundednot for profit organization, ICCCforges people to people level link-ages which are of paramountimportance in strengthening rela-tionship between Canada andIndia. The Community is thus wellequipped for promoting new rela-tionships between Canada andIndia that go beyond governments.It has a critical role to play in forg-ing links between various segmentsof their civil societies and for pro-

moting expansion of economic,commercial, scientific and techno-logical linkages.

TTowards Mainstreamowards MainstreamIntegration andIntegration andPolitical Activism Political Activism In the past, Indo-Canadians facedthe challenges of racial tension,language and cultural issues, inci-dents of unemployment, lack ofpreparedness of the host society inCanada, and inability of the thensmall Indian immigrant communityto respond to their needs. But soon,what came into being was a com-munity of communities. The late1970s saw the groundbreakingefforts of the South Asian commu-nity in developing public policy inthe area of race relations andhuman rights. During 1960s and1970s, National Association ofCanadians of Indian Origins(NACOI) and Indian ImmigrantAid Services (IIAS) did some use-ful advocacy work. East IndianProfessionals Organization ofCanada (EIPROC) came into beingin 1975 with its modest objectives.

Since its inception in 1977, ICCChas come a long way in champi-oning the causes it stands for andin fulfiling its ambitious objec-tives.

Today Indo-Canadians numberingalmost one million are active inCanadian economy, community,

and politics at several levels.Growing Indian demographic pro-file is getting reflected more con-structively in Canada’s Mainstreamand its evolving policy objective offorging alliances between govern-ments, private sectors, NGOs andinternational financial institutions.Indo-Canadians are active in tradepromotion and commercial policyin relation to India. They facilitateforging of linkages between civilsocieties of two countries. Indo-Canadians are no longer isolatedfrom the Canadian mainstreameconomically. Socially, situation isbetter compared to the period ofthe politics of exclusion of 1970s.Facing less overt discrimination,Indo-Canadians have now venturedinto political arena. A number ofIndo-Canadians were elected toparliament in 1997 elections.There are several of them who arenow in elected positions.Canadians of Indian origin born inCanada are taking active part inyouth wings of the political parties.In a number of ridings and munic-ipalities, the vote of Indo-Canadians is critical. As timepasses, the Indo-Canadian factorwill play a progressively larger rolein the overall relationship betweenCanada and India.

Indo-CanadianIndo-CanadianCommunity andCommunity andEntrepreneurshipEntrepreneurshipThe period 1990-2004 is notewor-

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thy for simultaneous developmentof its transnational links and itsincreasing participation in eco-nomics, society and politics ofCanada. Several highly successfulprofessionals among its membershave ventured out in the entrepre-neurial world. With modern tech-nology, they are able to communi-cate and maintain close contactswith their families, friends andbusiness partners in NorthAmerica, India and other countries.

In Canada, ICCC has been in theforefront in the field of publicadvocacy with its productive con-tacts at federal, provincial andlocal levels. With the change ofpolitical climate in South Asia andin view of recent signing of SouthAsian Free Trade Agreement(SAFTA), ICCC has also madeefforts for Indo Canadian business-men joining hands with their coun-terparts from other South Asiancountries for promotion of Canada’soverall economic relations withSouth Asian region. The presenceof members of Indo-CanadianCommunity in Canadian organiza-tions like South Asia PartnershipCanada (SAP Canada), CanadianInstitute of International Affairs(CIIA), is steadily increasing.Contacts of ICCC with Asia PacificFoundation of Canada (APFC) arenow developing fast.

ICCC has established useful linkswith key organizations such asFederation of Indian Chambers ofCommerce and Industry,Confederation of Indian Industries,and ASSOCHAM, and some statelevel chambers in India. ICCCadopts a realistic methodologybased on exchange of informationand adoption of sectoral or project-oriented approaches to expandbusiness opportunities.

The Indo-Canadian Community iscurrently active in forging GlobalAlliances of entrepreneurs byactively participating in creation ofa network of the Indian Diasporaacross 110 countries of the world.At the 2004 Bharatiya PravasiDivas Conference, the President ofIndo Canada Chamber ofCommerce (ICCC) signedMemorandum of Understanding(MoU) with 12 Chambers ofCommerce of Indian Diaspora inother countries. The M.o.U. pro-vides for:

■ Exchange of information ongeneral economic environment,government policies in relationto investments and sectoralstrengths of their respectiveregions;

■ Disseminating of information totheir respective members forfacilitating business activitywith the members of the otherparty; and

■ Promotion of other relatedexchanges between their mem-bers and that of the other par-ties.

Indo-Canadians are now success-fully fighting for their representa-tion in Canadian decision makingbodies dealing with issues thatconcern them and Canada-Indiarelations. Their counsel is at timessought. Also, generally their repre-sentation in terms of leadershippositions in Canadian society isincreasing.

Changing faces ofChanging faces ofIndo-CanadianIndo-CanadianCommunity Community The perspectives of members of theCommunity are shaped by the peri-ods when their exposure to hostcountry took place as well as bytheir backgrounds. For instance,many well to do first generation

immigrants are mostly profession-als and non-political. They have aclose-knit social circle within theIndian community. They haveretained interest in India as theircountry of origin. Many Canadiansof Indian descent born here arebusiness/entrepreneurial persons,having interest in politics. Theyhave made a mark as film produc-ers, writers, professors etc. They donot have linguistic segmentations.They have a wide social circle inthe Canadian society per se, andenjoy outdoor and mainstreamactivity. The characteristics ofIndo-Canadians will becomeincreasingly complex with everyround of change. But, knowledge ofIndo-Canadians of both Canadianand Indian cultures will always bean important marketable asset ofIndo-Canadians who have beenaptly described as human bridgebetween Canada and India.

Highly qualified CanadianScientists and Technologists ofIndian origin are of real help inestablishing S & T corridors andexchanges that would help inincreasing productivity and com-petitiveness of both countries inthe knowledge-based economy ofthe 21st century. They have thepotential to contribute in a signifi-cant manner to overseas R & Dactivities of transnational corpora-tions of Canada and India. This inturn will help the private sectorsthat fund participating institutionsto discover other R&D partners inIndia and in Canada. Thus thiskind of activity has a businessdimension too and it also con-tributes to forging of globalalliances in high-tech sectors.

Indo-Canadians are participatingin voluntary work aimed at povertyalleviation in India. LeveragingYouth, recognition and leveraging

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of learning and skills are themes inwhich Indo-Canadian Communityis interested and active.

In brief, talented Indo-Canadiansare directly impacting the qualityof life in Canada

Empirical FindingsEmpirical Findingsabout Indo-Canadianabout Indo-CanadianBusiness CommunityBusiness CommunityThe Survey carried out by ICCC onbehalf of APFC on the occasion ofSecond India-Canada PolicyDialogue shows that Indo-Canadians:

■ Have strength in developmentof small and medium sizedbusinesses.

■ Can serve the role of enablersfor investment.

■ Play a pivotal role in energizingand augmenting bilateral trade,investments, transfer of tech-nology and tourism.

■ Have the potential to use theirtransnational connections forpromoting commerce in thosefields between Canada andsome countries where IndianDiaspora play a significant role.

■ Have considerable strength ininformation technology andknowledge about outsourcing.

■ Have good strengths in oldfashioned manufacturing andalso expertise in education,health care, agricultural devel-opment and food processing.

The Survey concludes that India’seconomic growth prospects, per-sonal networks with contacts inIndia and with Indian Communityin Canada, networking events orga-nized by ICCC, trade Missionsorganized by ICCC and by federaland provincial governments areimportant factors that lead to busi-ness linkages.

ConclusionConclusionThe average annual income ofIndo-Canadians is nearly 20%higher than the national averageand they are also generally bettereducated. They represent, forCanada, a significant comparativeadvantage by way of intellectualcapital and production due to theirexpertise in key areas of scienceresearch, cyber technology, indus-trial and financial management,global business administration,and modern entertainment industry.

The Partnership for the 21stCentury Joint Statement of October2003, envisages expansion of eco-nomic and commercial exchanges;strengthened bilateral cooperationin science and technology,research and development, and theenvironment; greater culturalexchanges and civil society link-ages. In all these areas, the IndoCanadian Community is clearlywell placed to play a pivotal andcritical role.

Thecla Mathias -Thecla Mathias -Office Manager Office Manager Thecla Mathias has beenwith the Indo CanadaChamber of Commercesince 1997. Over the years,her responsibilities andportfolios have grown. Shehas performed her dutieswith efficiency and zeal.She holds the honour ofbeing the first employee ofICCC and oversees theoverall working of theoffice.

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Membersin the NewsAppointments:

• Mr. Ravi Seethapathy, pastPresident of the ICCC as Presi-dent of The Canadian Club ofToronto.

• Mr. Hari Panday, past Presi-dent of the ICCC, President andCEO of ICICI Bank, Canada.

• Mr. Mike Karim to the Boardof Toronto Automobile DealerAssociation (TADA)

• Mr. Suresh Thakrar to theOntario Securities Commission.He is the first member of the vis-ible minorities to be appointed.

• Markson Borooah Hodg-son Architects, in associationwith a consortium of firms, wereawarded the Canadian Instituteof Planners Award of Excellence2003 for their plan for the revi-talization of Regent Park, a 70-acre public housing site inToronto. They also received aCity of Toronto Urban Design2003 prize.

• Mr. Dennis Kappen, Prod-uct Designer, 3D Ideation andICCC member won an "Honor-able Mention" at Sitag DesignCompetition 2003 and aUSD$1000 prize and three daypaid trip to Neocon 2003,Chicago.

• Imtiaz Seyid has beenappointed Director, South Asianand Middle Eastern Markets,RBC Financial Group.

• Ajit Jain has been awardedfor the Best Publication (Non-Fiction) on India in Canada.This is the first year the awardhas been instituted by the HighCommission of India to mark35th anniversary of the ShastriIndo-Canadian Institute. Theaward will be presented on 15Aug, 2004 in Ottawa.

• Recipient of the 2003 ICCC'sProfessional Woman award andArtistic Director of SampradayaDance Creations, Lata Padahas just completed a highly suc-cessful tour of her mostacclaimed multi-media dance

theatre production - RevealedBy Fire. The tour was supportedby the Departments of ForeignAffairs and International Trade,Air India, ITC Sheraton Group ofHotels and presented by theCanadian High Commission inNew Delhi.

• The Excel India Fund, a mutualfund company specializing inIndia and China mutual fundshas been declared the best fundamong 5,600 funds, in Canadafor the 12-month period endingApril 30, 2004, according toGlobefund.com.

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Overview:Founded in 1977, the Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce

(ICCC) is a non-profit, non-partisan organization. Our programs

and policies foster individual initiative, and the ability of

members to make a significant contribution to the economic,

cultural and social fabric of Canada.

ICCC Mission and ObjectivesThe Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce (ICCC) is the

premier not-for-profit business organization representing over

1000 members from the Canadian business community. ICCC

facilitates business between Canada and India, provides a

networking forum, and provides educational and social

opportunities for Indo-Canadians. In short, we are the

pre-eminent gateway to Indo-Canadians.

The Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce's mission includes

the fostering and development of entrepreneurship and

professionalism amongst members. We achieve this by

■ Providing members with a forum for networking, sharing

ideas, information and experiences in order to promote

mutual business success ■ Promoting trade and commerce between Canada and the

Indian Diaspora by establishing links with global business

organizations ■ Creating learning opportunities through seminars,

workshops and conferences ■ Recognizing achievements and contributions of Indo-

Canadians at our Annual Awards and Gala Night

Our programming includes:■ Business and professional seminars with prominent

speakers in the areas of finance, investments,

international business and trade, information technology,

and public policy.

■ Hosting Indian trade delegations and senior political and

business leaders.

■ Seasonal social gatherings.

■ An Annual Awards and Gala Night to recognize the

achievements of Indo-Canadians. The awards honour

outstanding individuals in the following categories:

Lifetime/Outstanding Achievement, Humanitarian,

Business Man, Business Woman, Professional Man,

Professional Woman, Youth Achievement, Technology

Achievement, President’s and Member of the Year.

■ An annual General Meeting where the year is reviewed,

and the Board of Directors is elected.

Organizational Structure:■ The Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce is governed by

a Board of Directors consisting of thirteen Directors. Nine

Directors are elected at the Annual General Meeting, and

four Directors are appointed by the Board from various

nominations received.

■ An Executive Committee is elected within the Board,

consisting of the President and four Vice Presidents.

■ The ICCC Board of Directors is also aided by an Advisory

Board, consisting of 11 seasoned business and

professional leaders from within the community.

Membership:Membership is open to any person who is in agreement with the

objectives of the ICCC.

The benefits of joining the ICCC include:■ Professional and personal development through business

and social networking.■ Exposure to business and professional opportunities in

Canada, India and around the world■ Tickets to events at discounted member rates■ Invitations to selected free business programs■ Membership affinity programs■ Three newsletters and an annual magazine each year. ■ Annual membership directory■ Opportunity to serve on various committees and be

elected to the Board of Directors

Membership options include:Regular Membership - $100 annually

■ Single membership

Corporate Membership - $250 annually

■ Membership for two individuals in your company

■ Corporate members can also transfer tickets obtained at

member rates to other individuals within their company

■ Specific recognition of Corporate members in the ICCC

Annual Magazine

Life Membership - $1150 one time fee

■ Lifetime membership for an individual.

■ Specific recognition of Life members in the ICCC Annual

Magazine

Student Membership - $40 annually

■ Membership for one full time student

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Date Event Focus Special Guests Key Sponsors


ICCC Calendar of Events: 2003-2004Ottawa

Montreal

Cistel TechnologiesTradeOct-08 Dinner for visiting MEDC delegation

Sep.07 Picnic at Saunders Farm

Oct-14 Meeting with CII Delegation Trade

Nov-26 Workshop with visiting FICCI & ICBC delegation

Trade

Mar-22 I.T. Seminar Internet Security Hugh Ellis, CEO, Cinnabar

Mar-30 Lunch with visiting CHEMEXCIL delegation

Trade Jim Watson

May-08 Annual Gala Dinner Social Event Hon’ble Stephen Harper

Annual Social EventAug-21 Networking Barbeque

Jun-18 3rd Annual Charity Golf Classic Montreal Children's Hospital

The Entrepreneurial SpiritSep-17 Business Seminar Business Development Bank of Canada

Social EventOct-04 3rd Annual Gala

TradeNov-27 Workshop with visiting FICCI & ICBC delegation

Social Event Cistel Technologies

High Commission of India

High Commission of India

Cistel Technologies

Raymond Gagnon, Manager, BDC Consulting Group, Marc Rousseau,Senior Manager Loans, BDC

Quebec Business Success StoryMar-09 Y.P. Seminar

Through the Eye of the StormApr-20 Financial Seminar Ms. Isabelle Reid, BMO

May-10 Luncheon Business Seminar New Horizons - Quebec-India Trade Opportunities

Benoit Prefontaine, Senior TradeCommissioner, Canadian HighCommission, New Delhi, Dr. Y.P.Woo, V.P. Research, APF, Canada

DFAIT

John Dobson, Formula Growth,Amin Noorani, Jacobsen Partners

BMO Nesbitt Burns

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Meeting of all MembersJul-09 Annual General Meeting

Freight Plus, Scotia Bank, PharmaScience, Alti-Med Ratiopharm

Scarborough Gen., St. Michael’s, Trillium, York Central, MarkhamStouffeville, Peel Memorial & ICCC

Jul-14 5th Annual Charity Golf Classic

Connect locallySep-10 Open House jointly with Toronto Board of Trade

Proceeds to United Way

Connecting with the mentors

Sep-16 2nd Annual Charity Cricket Tournament

Business Mission to IndiaSep-28 Vibrant Gujarat

Sep-24 Mentoring

Jointly with North American Association of Asian Professionals

Entrepreneurial Spirit in the Global Economy

Oct-29 Y.P. Seminar

Mr. Sushil Ansal (FICCI), Mr. ManMohan Bhagat (ICBC), India

DFAIT, Ontario ExportsTradeNov-24 Seminar & Workshops with visiting FICCI & ICBC delegation

Paul Norris, Manager-Sales & Marketing, RBC, R.K. Moorthy, President, Pinnacle Business Cons. Inc., Nick Melatti, COO, FCI Broadband

In partnership with Asia Pacific Foundation

Focus on India, examining businessand investment opportunities

Oct-07 Asia Pacific Summit Mr. Gururaj Deshpande

Managing Funds and PeopleNov-27 SME Seminar

BDO Dunwoody, Western Union,Yellow.ca

Dr. Balbir Sahni, Kuldip Kular, MPP,Ontario, Hemant Shah, CEO, Cubex Ltd.,R.K. Moorthy, President, Pinnacle Busi-ness Cons., Pradeep Sood, President,ICCC, Dr. Atul Tolia, Menaka Thakkar, Iqbal Dewji, Barrister & Solicitor

Networking and connecting with theIndian Diaspora from around theworld

Jan-09 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

Ishan Gosh, Executive V.P., The BrandFactory, Dilip Soman, Professor of Marketing, Rotman School of Management

Antex Designs Inc.MarketingFeb-17 SME Seminar

Maria Gabriel, President, BNI (Canada) AccountempsNetworking for SuccessFeb-26 Y.P. Seminar

Doug Cooke, Manager, McAfee Security,Ted Jarvis, Director, Rogers Cable

Rogers CableCyber-SecurityFeb-23 I.T. Seminar

DFAITInteraction with visitingIndian Journalists

Mar-07 Networking Dinner

DFAITOne-on-One with visiting Indian Journalists

Mar-08 Business Session

Hon’ble Gar Knutson, Minister of State(New & Emerging Markets),Mr. Gary Comerford, SunLife Financial,Chris Thornley, DFAIT,Mukesh Gupta, TCS

DFAITTrade & BusinessMar-12 Breakfast Meeting

Robert Kepes, Partner, Morris, Morris& Klein LLP, Roy Ohm, Partner,McCarney Greenwood LLP

McCarney Greenwood LLPTax Seminar - 2004Mar-17 SME Seminar

Hon’ble Gar Knutson, Minister of State(New & Emerging Markets)

State Bank of India (Canada)Trade & BusinessApr-14 Networking Dinner jointly with other South Asian Business organizations

Shelly Bahl, Artist, Neena Gupta, Lawyer,Goodman & Carr LLP, Taanta Gupta, V.P. Communications, Rogers Cable Inc.,Dr. Priya Suppal.

Rogers CableEmpowering The Leaders of Tomorrow

Apr-21 Y.P. Women’s Leadership Seminar

Hon’ble Greg Sorbara,Minister of Finance

Western UnionPost-Budget Networking ReceptionMay-20 Networking Reception jointly with other South Asian Business organizations

Hon’ble Dalton McGuinty,Premier of Ontario

RBC, Telus Mobility Inc.,Richcraft Homes, OMNI Television

Award Presentations & Social EventJune 19 27th Annual Awards & Gala Night

Hon’ble Herb Dhaliwal, FICCI, ICBC,India Delegation

Social EventNov- 30 Holiday Dinner and Dance

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- Canada and India. Moderatedby Mr. Stindar Lal, member,Advisory Board, ICCC and formerDy. Minister, Govt. of Ontario &the Northwest Territories, thekeynote speakers were ChrisThornley, India Deputy Director,South Asia Div. (PSA), DFAIT,Hon’ble Sinclair Stevens, Chair-man, Royal Commonwealth Foun-dation and Allan Wahba, V.P.International, Ontario ExportsInc. An interactive question andanswer session followed the pre-sentation on Destination India.

Managing Funds Managing Funds and People:and People:November 27, 2003November 27, 2003Weather not withstanding, theevent attracted over a hundred,members and non-members at theRBC Auditorium. Organized bythe Small and Medium EnterpriseCommittee of the Chamber, thesession drew speakers thatincluded Mr Nick Melatti, COO,FCI Broadband, Mr Paul Norris,Senior Manager, RBC and Mr RK Moorthy, President, PinnacleBusiness Consulting.

Red, Green and Red, Green and ICCC, Royal YICCC, Royal York:ork:November 29, 2003November 29, 2003There is only way to describe thisyear’s holiday dinner anddance...lots of fun and agreat way to close anexcellent year! Over threehundred guests cametogether to start off theholiday season! TheChamber presented aplaque to each of the fournewly elected South Asianmembers to Ontario’sProvincial Parliament inappreciation of their elec-tion and making the com-munity proud - Hon’ble

Harinder Takharar, Minister ofTransport, Dr. Kuldip Khular, Dr.Shafiq Qaadri and Mr. VicDhillon. The Chief Guest for thisevening was Hon’ble HerbDhaliwal, Minis-ter for NaturalResources forCanada, whospoke to allguests about hisrecent trip toIndia and con-gratulated thetrade missionfrom India ontheir success.The event wasalso graced byHon’ble GregSorbara, Ontario’s Finance Minis-ter and President of the LiberalParty of Ontario.

Pravasi BharatiyaPravasi BharatiyaDivas, New Delhi, India:Divas, New Delhi, India:JanuarJanuary 9-11, 2004y 9-11, 2004An estimated 1,500 participantsfrom 61 countries arrived to takepart in the event. Pradeep Sood,

President of ICCC, had the privi-lege of leading a strong delega-tion of over 20 members to partic-

ipate at the 2nd PravasiBharatiya Divas held inNew Delhi from the 9thto 11th. January, 2004.What was of significantimportance this yearwas the signing of aMemorandum of Under-standing (MoU) betweenthe ICCC and variousDiaspora Chambers ofCommerce and Associa-tions, pursuing theinterests of the IndianDiaspora in the differentparts of the world.

How to build How to build a Brand:a Brand:FebruarFebruary 17,y 17,20042004Some eighty plus peo-ple learned how tobuild their businessesinto brand leaders, thatcold evening. The SMEcommittee of the Cham-ber had organized apresentation on Building

Mr. Ajit Someshwar, Past President, ICCC presenting the plaque to Hon’ble. Harinder Takhar, while Hon’ble. Herb Dhaliwal,

Mr. Raj Kothari and Mr. Kris Krishnan look on

Avid listeners learning to manage funds and people

Team Canada at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas with Mr. Y.K. ModiPresident of FICCI and Dr. Amit Mitra, Secretary General, FICCI

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Brands and Customer Relation-ship Management. The speakerswere Ishan Ghosh, Executive V.P.Strategic Planning and PartnerThe Brand Factory, and DilipSoman - Professor of Marketing -Rotman School of Management(University of Toronto)

Cyber - Threats, Cyber - Threats, WWorms & Virus:orms & Virus:FebruarFebruary 23, 2004y 23, 2004Members and non-members gath-ered at The Velma Rogers The-atre to hear some of the industryspeakers talk about cyber securi-ty threats. How do the Internetviruses, worms and other threatsimpact you? What does this allmean to you as an Internet user,consumer, professional or busi-ness owner? What can you do toprotect your systems and personalinformation? The Speakers wereDoug Cooke, Manager - SystemEngineering and Expert Services,McAfee Security (unit of NetworkAssociates Canada). His focus isin the area of IT Security andworks with customers acrossCanada to deploy McAfee Hostand Network Protection products.Ted Jarvis, Director - New IP Ser-vices, Rogers Cable, was the sec-ond speaker. Being responsiblefor defining IP service opportuni-ties and marketing new IP ser-vices to the Rogers Hi-SpeedInternet customer base, Tedspoke on the consumer perspec-tive of cyber security.

Networking for Networking for Success:Success:FebruarFebruary 26, 2004y 26, 2004One of the year’ most refreshingnetworking event was organisedby The Young Professionals ofIndo-Canada Chamber of Com-merce. The event was intended tobring across the realities and

‘technicalities’ of professionalnetworking in today’s demandingworld. Mr. John Wilson, Directorat Business Networking Interna-tional, one of the world’s finestnetworking organisations, was theGuest speaker.

Journalists Meet:Journalists Meet:March 7, 2004March 7, 2004Along with DFAIT, the Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce,played host to visiting Indianjournalists from the USA. Thejournalists representing theTimes of India and the PressTrust of India had the opportunityto meet the members in the Dias-pora. They also had occasion tomeet and interact with some ofthem again at a Breakfast hostedby the Chamber the next day.

Second Canada-IndiaSecond Canada-IndiaPolicy Dialogue:Policy Dialogue:March 17 & 18, 2004March 17 & 18, 2004The Indo-Canada Chamber ofCommerce participated in the 2ndCanada-India Policy Dialogue.The goal of the dialogue series isto create a forum for policy dia-logue between India and Canada,allowing for an exchange of viewson issues that may be currentlydifficult to take up at the officiallevel. To facilitate the discussion,the Asia Pacific Foundation ofCanada presented results from asurvey of Indo-Canada Chamberof Commerce members.

The Chambers of The Chambers of Commerce Meet:Commerce Meet:April 14, 2004April 14, 2004Under the stewardship of theIndo Canada Chamber of Com-merce, the various Chambers ofCommerce,including Canada-Pakistan Business Council, Cana-dian-Tamils’ Chamber of Com-merce, Canada-Nepal Business

Council, Canada-BangladeshChamber of Commerce, Canada-Sri Lanka Business Council andCanada-India Business Councilexplored the role and opportuni-ties for Canadian businesses andfinancial institutions in the NewContext of Free Trade Prospectsin the Indian Sub-Continent. TheKeynote Speaker was Gar Knut-son, Minister of State (New &Emerging Markets).

Leadership Seminar:Leadership Seminar:April 21, 2004April 21, 2004Keeping in line with past events,we hosted a seminar focusing onfour talented women in variousleadership positions. The objec-tive of this seminar was to empow-er leadership and to showcasesuccessful Indo-Canadian womenwho are role models for all and toinspire a generation of young pro-fessionals to become leaders intheir own fields. The panel fea-tured Shelly Bahl (artist), NeenaGupta (Lawyer, Goodman andCarr LLP), and Dr. Priya Suppal(Shoppers World Medical Centre)and Taanta Gupta (Director ofPublic Relations). Each panelmember shared her vision andrecipe for attaining leadership.

Ontario Budget:Ontario Budget:May 20, 2004May 20, 2004Two days after the Minister ofFinance, Hon’ble Greg Sorbara,presented the Ontario budget, theICCC invited him to addressmembers of South Asian Cham-bers and business councils. Itwas a scintillating evening withthe Minister fielding tough ques-tions from the floor on the levy ofhealth insurance premium andthe delisting of certain medicalservices. The event was attendedby an audience of nearly 200.

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