Attend Summit on "India-U.S. Partnership for Innovation," on Fri Oct 14th (Hybrid) 8:30am-3:30pm ET
India's Ambassador to the US, Hon. Taranjit S. Sandhu, will inaugurate.
Watch live stream at www.facebook.com/DAmoreMcKim/ , starting from about 8:25 am ET on Oct 14th.
To mark the 75th anniversary of India's independence, the Center for Emerging Markets at Northeastern University, in collaboration with the Consulate General of India, New York, is organizing a day-long Hybrid Summit on India-U.S. Partnership for Innovation on October 14th from 8:30am to 3:30pm ET. It will be live streamed at www.facebook.com/DAmoreMcKim/.
India's Ambassador to the U.S., Hon. Taranjit S. Sandhu, will inaugurate the summit. All speakers are cabinet ministers, senior policymakers, or CEOs/Founders of Indian and US companies (see flyer). They will explore innovation in sectors ranging from water, renewable energy, public services, and communications, to electronics, digital businesses, healthcare, and space exploration. Click here for Agenda and Speaker Bios.
Don't worry if you don't see anything at www.facebook.com/DAmoreMcKim/ until just before start of the event, i.e. around 8:25 am ET on Friday Oct 14th.
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Eight things you might learn by attending the Summit!
(1) How India is working to bring tap water to every household in every village;
(2) What India's space explorers might do next, having completed missions to the moon and mars;
(3) Innovations in Indian Railways, which transports more people daily than the population of 150 countries;
(4) Why renewable energy production is soaring in India;
(5) The story of an edtech unicorn, as told by its co-founder;
(6) Why Foxconn is now making mobile phones for Apple and others in India;
(7) How US companies are innovating in India;
(8) India's health minister on innovations in healthcare, with examples from today's budding entrepreneurs. And a whole lot much more!
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Ravi Ramamurti, Director CEM, Northeastern U
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Ravi Ramamurti
University Distinguished Professsor of International Business & Strategy
Founding Director, Center for Emerging Markets
Northeastern University
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 373 4760;
r.ramamurti@northeastern.edu------------------------------