The NE INDIA SE-Asia Education and
Skill Development Conclave: Empowerment for Inclusive Growth is being
held at Shillong by Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC); FORE School of
Management, Delhi, in association with North Eastern Council, Govt. of
India, Ministry of Meghalaya. ICC has been spear heading a special drive for
industrial development of the North Eastern Region by enabling effective
linkages with its South East Asian neighbors.
India’s increasing engagement with
South East Asian neighbors propelled by the “Look East Policy” is throwing up
more and more significant opportunities for businesses in the sub region. The
North Eastern Region is endowed with bountiful natural resources, with many
tourist attractions, shares a long international boundary with countries having
huge untapped markets, has a large population of educated youth and business
here is facilitated by many investment friendly Government policies.
Dr. Jitendra K Das, Dir - FORE School
of Management, said, “India's northeast has been described as a "Natural
Economic Zone", by the Prime Minister and a slew of projects to develop
the region has been announced. More than Rs 50,000 crores has been earmarked
for the development in the region in addition to approximately Rs 28,000 crores
for infrastructure. The huge potential in the N-E region is going to demand for
managers who are professionally trained and sensitive to the needs of the
region. As a part of our inclusive drive to maintain socio-cultural diversity
in the campus we have been offering grants in fees to students from N.E states seeking admission to their PGDM/PGDM-IB
courses.FORE is a ‘not-for-profit’ Society. Within its mandate, it would
continue to look for opportunities to contribute its bit towards national or
social causes.”
The 2 Days conclave is
being hosted at Hotel Pine Wood, Shillong on Feb 26th – 28th 2015.
Along with the
dignitaries from participating
countries: Thailand, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Indonesia a
host India’s leading research, groups,
academicians, educational institutes, professionals from the business
fraternity, different NE State Govt. representatives and well as policy makers
from all South East Asian countries is expected to share ideas, perspectives,
concepts, and best practices in education and skill development to help each
other to design an integrated policy framework for the common requirements for
NE-India and South East Asian Countries.
Dr. MukulSangma, Hon’ble Chief Minister Meghalaya; Dr. Rajeev Singh
Director General, Indian Chamber of Commerce; H.E. TithChantha, Secretary of
State, Hon’ble Minister Tourism, Cambodia; Dr. Amitabha De, Director IIM
Shillong; Dr. Jitendra K Das, Director, FORE School of Management, Delhi;
DilipChenoy, Managing Director & CEO (NSDC) are amongst the eminent panel
of speakers.