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CII has appointed Business Wire India as the News Distribution Partner for the CII Investor Forum 2007. The event is scheduled for 16th and 17th November at the Hotel Taj Lands Ends, Mumbai. Investor Forum 2007 will showcase investment opportunities in the green sectors including renewable energy, clean technology, organic agriculture, eco tourism, energy efficiency and recycle reuse. Business Wire India will plug in the target media and investor community in India as well as internationally, into this event. The communication for the media and investors will be wired by Business Wire India, in India as well as globally. The event-related press release can also be viewed on a real-time basis on www.businesswireindia.com.
The Investor Forum is an annual event organized New Ventures India, a joint initiative of CII-Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre (GBC) and World Resource Institute, Washington DC supported by USAID. Formed in 2005, The Investor Forum has been addressing various issues and concerns related to investment opportunities in the green sectors. In the past one year alone, CII-GBC facilitated Investment worth Rs 16.49 crore in three companies.
Appreciating the efforts of New Venture India, Anurag Mittal, Business Head, Business Wire India, said, "With growing economy, filling in the gap between innovation and investment becomes a challenge. While the entrepreneurs may not find enough risk capital, the investors may not find enough promising green fields projects for investment. It is hence essential that these two communities are connected through efficient communication channels. Platforms such as Investor Forum provide a great opportunity for all the stakeholders to share their expectations and experiences to generate community wisdom for a holistic growth."
For the year 2007 New Venture India had invited business plans across the country and selected 11 final plans. The Investor Forum will have these 11 promising enterprises presenting their business plans, showcasing the products in the exhibition and bigger companies trying to attract investments in the parallel deal flow. These 11 business plans will be presented during the Investor Forum 2007 to the audience as well as a panel of 10 judges. The panel of the judges will be chaired by Mr. Arjun Uppal, CEO, IFMR Trust. The top three business plans will be announced during the valedictory session of the two day event. The Investor Forum 2007 will also focus on how India can become an innovation hub for green products and technologies. It will discuss investment trends in clean energy and technologies, challenges and opportunities in investment in sustainable enterprises.
The Forum will witness the participation of the stalwarts in sustainability like, Jamshyd N. Godrej, Chairman, CII-Sorabji Green Business Centre, K. V. Kamath, Vice President, CII, Dr. Nachiket Mor, President, ICICI Foundation for inclusive growth & Chairman, New Ventures India - Steering Committee, Manish Bapna, Executive VP and Managing Director, World Resources Institute, Dr. Jeffrey Leonard, President and CEO, Founding Partner, Global Environment Fund, Somak Ghosh, President, Yes Bank, Pavan Sukhdev, Managing Director and Head of Global Markets, Deutsche Bank, Pankaj Sehgal, Director-Alternate Energy & Technology Investments, Sun-Group India and Magda Hanna Project Manager, Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development & Climate.
For more information about the event, please visit www.newventuresindia.org
About New Ventures India:
New Ventures India is the first program in India designed to catalyze the development of sustainable enterprises in accelerating the transfer of private investment towards small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that generate economic, social and environmental benefits. The program is building a pipeline of sustainable businesses by selecting SMEs in fast-growth sectors such as renewable energy, clean technologies, green building materials, organic agriculture, water technologies, and ecotourism. These profitable SMEs are safeguarding the environment and engaging local communities, while creating new markets and strong investment opportunities.
About CII
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) works to create and sustain an environment conducive to the growth of industry in India, partnering industry and government alike through advisory and consultative processes.
CII is a non-government, not-for-profit, industry led and industry managed organization, playing a proactive role in India's development process. Founded over 111 years ago, it is India's premier business association, with a direct membership of over 6300 organizations from the private as well as public sectors, including SMEs and MNCs, and an indirect membership of over 90,000 companies from around 336 national and regional sectoral associations.
A facilitator, CII catalyses change by working closely with government on policy issues, enhancing efficiency, competitiveness and expanding business opportunities for industry through a range of specialized services and global linkages. It also provides a platform for sectoral consensus building and networking. Major emphasis is laid on projecting a positive image of business, assisting industry to identify and execute corporate citizenship programmes.
With 57 offices in India, 7 overseas in Australia, Austria, China, France, Singapore, UK, USA and institutional partnerships with 240 counterpart organizations in 101 countries, CII serves as a reference point for Indian industry and the international business community.
About Business Wire India:
Business Wire India is the definitive platform for corporate news dissemination. Business Wire India is the exclusive Indian affiliate of Business Wire, a Berkshire Hathaway company (Fortune 12). Business Wire India disseminates full-text corporate news to more than 4,000 media points, a large financial community, national and international news agencies, managers of corporate information databases, and information portals, in India and thousands of key media and financial points across the globe. It is also effectively positioned on popular search engines, ensuring that the information is easily accessible to a wider range of information seekers, on a real-time basis. In recent years, Business Wire India has also actively forayed into news dissemination in the financial markets, transposing Business Wire's global experience to India. Business Wire India strongly advocates greater freedom for the financial markets and need for greater transparency through open channels of communication, in the corporate sector.
To view the detailed programme sheet please click on the link mentioned below:
Investor Forum 2007 - Program Agenda
Source: Confederation of Indian Industry (Business Wire India)
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