Day 3: Synergies: India & Diaspora

Synergies: India & Diaspora

DAY 3 – SUNDAY, 11TH JANUARY 2004
9.30 a.m.– 10.30 a.m.	Plenary V on Education Theme - Synergies between India and the Diaspora Chair – Mr. Narend Singh, Minister of Education, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
9.30 a.m. – 9.40 a.m	Welcome Address and Observations by the Chair
9.40 a.m. – 9.50 a.m.	Special Address by Mr. Murli Manohar Joshi, Minister for Human Resource Development, Science and Technology and Ocean Development, Government of India*
9.50 a.m. – 10.10 p.m.	Presentations by Panelists (7 minutes each) Prof Bhoendradatt Tewarie, Pro Vice Chancellor, UWI's St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad & Tobago Prof. P. V. Indiresan, President, Indian Academy of Engineering*
10.10 a.m. – 10.30 a.m	Observations from the floor
10.30 a.m. – 1.30 p.m.	Parallel Sessions with the State Governments of India Theme: Leveraging the Diaspora Gujarat Haryana Uttaranchal Kerala Madhya Pradesh Andhra Pradesh
1.30 p.m. – 2.30 p.m	Lunch hosted by Shri Vinod Khanna, Minister of State for External Affairs, Government of India
2.30 p.m. – 3.30 p.m.	Movement of Delegates to Mughal Gardens
4.00 p.m. – 5.00 p.m	Tea with the PRESIDENT OF INDIA at The Mughal Gardens