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Indian New Virginia Tech Secy
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Virginia
Governor-elect Tim Kaine has appointed Aneesh
Chopra, 33, Secretary of Technology for
the Commonwealth of Virginia. He becomes
the only Indian American currently holding
a cabinet-level positioning the state. Currently
managing director of the Advisory Board
Company, which advises 2,500 health systems
and medical centers, Chopra was previously
named by Governor Mark Warner to serve on
the state's Electronic Health Records Task
Force, which identified technologies to
lower medical care costs; and the Board
of Medical Assistance services, where he
initiated a program to cut administrative
costs for the state's Medicaid program.
"I view myself in many ways as the technology
advisor to all the other secretariats,"
Chopra told a press conference last week.
Kaine added that Chopra will "partner with
other members of may cabinet to expand our
internal use of technology to better serve
our citizens and will effectively promote
Virginia's business-friendly climate to
technology companies." " I am proud to appoint
Aneesh Chopra as secretary of technology,'
Kaine said in a statement. " The opportunity
to make an appointment with the historic
distinction this one holds in truly an honor."
Born in Trenton, N.J., Chopra is co-president
of the Indus Entrepreneurs chapter in D.C.
and a member of the Washington, D.C. - based
USINPAC Leadership Committee. He graduated
with a B.A. From Johns Hopkins University
and a master's in public policy from Harvard
University. "The appointment of Aneesh Chopra
as secretary of technology is a milestone
achievement for the Indian American community,"
said Sanjay Puri, chairman of USINPAC and
a member of the Kaine's transition team.
"Chopra's appointment is a direct result
of the Indian American community being actively
involved in local Virginia politics," Puri
added.
Courtesy:
The Economic Times, December 22, 2005
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Outsource
to India! Brazil Tells EU
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Taking
a dig at Europe, Brazil on Thursday suggested
the EU to outsource all their calculations
to India's computers and mathematicians
as the Latin American nation dismissed the
allegation that the two countries were fooling
everyone on reduction in industrial tariffs.
"The EU must outsource their calculations
to Indian computers and mathematicians,"
Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim
said when asked to react on the EU charge.
Asserting that the EU should not "penalise
developing nations for their unilateral
liberalisation", he said cuts from bound
rates were part of the Uruguay Round package,
which had led to steep reduction in their
industrial tariffs. "Bound rate reduction
principle is a part of WTO and July Framework
both," he said, while supporting India's
view. Commerce Minister Kamal Nath's statement
on Wednesday that the EU made a "calculation
mistake" evoked a sharp reaction from the
trade block. The EU issued a statement,
asking the media not to get fooled and said
tariff cuts in industrial goods for India
and Brazil were 29 per cent and 16 per cent
respectively. Nath had said that the EU
had proposed 77 per cent and 75 per cent
tariff cuts by India and Brazil respectively
while fixing only 24 per cent for itself
in industrial goods. Meanwhile, Indian industry
has also flayed the EU proposal to measure
value of tariff reduction by the extent
of cut in actually applied tariff rates,
instead of bound rates. "EU's insistence
on 'new market access' on the basis of reduced
applied duties is totally uncalled for and
we urge the Indian Government to strongly
oppose such a move," said FICCI Secretary
General Amit Mitra.
Courtesy:
Hindustan Times, December 16, 2005
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India
Will Partner Engineering Mega Fair
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After
a gap of 21 years, India will be the partner
country at the world's largest "industrial
engineering fair" at Hanover, Germany next
year. India's participation at the Hanover
mega event between April 22 and 26, 2006,
is part of an overall strategy to pitch
India as a preferred global 'manufacturing
hub' and 'engineering base'. At the fair,
Indian firms in the large, medium and small
sectors will mostly have a presence on sectors
such as energy, automotive and a wide range
of industrial subcontracting services, said
senior officials from the ministry of commerce
and industry. The fair, which will target
OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers),
vendors and service providers alike, will
also give the Indian firms an opportunity
to gauge the latest manufacturing trends.
Courtesy:
The Asian Age, November 09, 2005
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Indian
American in US Export Council
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US
President George W. Bush has appointed an
Indian American to the President's Export
Council (PEC), the premier national advisory
committee on international trade. Prakash
Puram, who has studied in Jamshedpur and
Chennai, is head of the software company
Ixmatch. He has been named a member of PEC,
which promotes export expansion, advises
the president on government policies and
programmes and is a forum for discussing
and resolving trade-related problems among
business, agricultural, industrial, labour
and government sectors. Puram, 50, whose
appointment was first announced by the White
House in September, has nearly 25 years
of management experience in the consumer
and high-tech industries. He worked previously
as the general manager of the Consumer and
Retail Markets Software Business at Net
Perceptions. He was also the director of
Worldwide Strategy and Business Development
for Honeywell's Home and Building Controls
division.
Courtesy:
The Economic Times, November 01, 2005
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