Capitalizing on the Under-tapped Consumption Market Please note that regisration is NOW CLOSED. Thank you for your kind support for the seminar! India is the second most populous country in the world with 1.2 billion people and is the 10th largest economy globally with an estimate of US$1.84 trillion GDP in 2011. It is set to become the world’s 5th largest consumer market. The size of India’s market will be driven largely by domestic consumption with rising incomes and soaring household consumption from the urban middle class of 583 million. Join in IE Singapore’s iAdvisory Seminar: Doing Business in India to gain a general overview of India, understand India’s current investment landscape and country’s developmental plan to identify the business opportunities and challenges in the country. Also, hear from experience sharing by Singapore companies to learn from their past successes and proven business strategies when doing business in India – in retail and education sectors. Details Date: 22 August 2012 Time: 8.30am to 5pm Venue: IE Singapore, 230 Victoris Street, Bugis Junction Office Tower, Level 10 Fee: $60 (members) / $80 (public) Programme 0830 | Registration | 0900 | Welcome address
Mr Ryan Ang, Divisional Director, South Asia Group, IE Singapore | 0910 | Keynote speech
Deputy High Commissioner of India to Singapore | 0920 | Overview of India’s consumer market
Ms Amita Mehta, Acting Centre Director, New Delhi Overseas Centre, IE Singapore | 0950 | Investing into India
Dr Anupam Srivastava, Managing Director, Invest India | 1020 | Tea Break | 1050 | Overview of free trade agreements
Mr Frank Debets, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers | 1110 | Exporting into India
Mr Ashutosh Bajpai, Senior Director, Operations, DHL Express (India) Pvt. Ltd | 1140 | Talent and rewards landscape in India
Mr Kulshaan Singh, Managing Director, Aon Hewitt Southeast Asia | 1210 | Networking lunch | 1340 | IE Singapore Global Company Partnership
Ms Michelle Goh, Manager, Market Promotion Division, IE Singapore | 1400 | Banking and financing in India
Mr Bill Susinski, Head of International Business, Commercial Banking, HSBC India | 1445 | Indian tax regime and recent developments
Mr Narendra Soni, Senior Manager, KPMG | 1515 | Doing business in India- opportunities and challenges
Mrs Ng Gim Choo, Group Managing Director, Eton House International Holdings Pte Ltd | 1545 | Panel discussion
Moderated by Mr Benjamin Yap, Regional Director, South Asia, IE Singapore | 1630 | End |
*Programme is subjected to changes without prior notice |
