The Indo Canadian Chamber of Commerce (ICCC) is opening its Halifax council next week. ICCC is currently leading the efforts to improve the trade relation between Canada and India. It provides a platform to hold discussions, seminars, networking events and to bring expertise from both India and Canada together. The Toronto Council, which also serves as the ‘Mothership’ to all other councils has done a lot recently, in terms of organizing networking events and hosting several business and political leaders from India.
The Vancouver council of ICCC was formally launched only this last Friday, November 9th. Now with a council in Vancouver and in Halifax, they can really claim to be a ‘coast to coast’ organization.
The timing of the launch could not be more appropriate, with a lot of discussion at Provincial level and in the private sector regarding business with India, ICCC should facilitate a lot of discussion among several stake holders in the region. The success of ICCC also depends on the same factors, on how much interest it can generate among the local businesses and the provincial government on matters related to India. Of all the cities where there is a council for ICCC (Ottawa, Montreal, Calgary are the others), Halifax is perhaps the city with the least number of Indo Canadians. But the mandate of the organization is not to serve the Indo Canadians or to act as a platform for them. So then the success also does not depend upon the size of the Indo Canadian community, but on the efforts of the organization to hold valid dialogues with other existing economic development and trade promotion agencies.
There are also a lot of professionals in the Indo Canadian community who did not have a proper organization to represent their networking interests. ICCC Halifax could fill in that gap and provide the unique opportunity to the Young Professionals. Recent technology sector boom in Halifax has attracted a lot of Indians to companies like Keane, CGI, RIM etc and ICCC could provide the venue for these professionals to interact and discuss their future.
The formal launch of the council is scheduled for November 21, 2007 at 5 PM. More details can be obtained by contacting ICCC directly from their website, at www.iccc.org .
Watch this space for the report on the opening launch ceremony soon !
Venkatesh.
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Victor Hinojsoa // December 18, 2007 at 6:41 pm |
Venkatesh,
I was excited to read that the Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce is getting a chapter in Halifax. This another step in Halifax becoming a global city. I would love to attend the ceremony tomorrow but due to prior commitments I cannot attend.
However, I would love to meet with you in the new year as my firm, Custom House, should be able to add value for those firms willing to do business with Indian. Please feel free to contact me at 902 678 1586 or 866 974 1414.
Regards,
Victor Hinojosa