2nd INDIA REGIONAL OFFSET CONFERENCE (IROC 2009)
9 – 10 February 2009; The Hyatt Regency Hotel, New Delhi, India

We are pleased to inform you that three of the world’s leading offset organisations – the Defence Manufacturers Association of UK (DMA UK), US – Indian Business Council (USIBC ) and the Global Offset and Countertrade Association (GOCA) have joined hands with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to plan a topical offset conference on Indian offsets 9-10 February 2009, New Delhi. The organizers have previously conducted the first and second Global Industrial Cooperation Conferences (GICC) held in Portugal and Greece in 2004 and 2006, as well as the Middle East Regional Offsets Conference (MEROC) in Abu Dhabi in February 2007 and the IROC 2008 in New Delhi, which proved to be amongst the most successful international offset conferences ever held. IROC 2009 will take place at the Hotel Hyatt Regency, New Delhi on 9-10 February 2009. The organisers expect that the Indian Regional Offset Conference 2009 will build on the acknowledged success of GICC’04, GICC’06 and MEROC’07 and IROC 2008 and high quality presentations by global experts on offsets and stake holders in the Indian offset obligations will be made during IROC 2009.

The Ministry of Defence, Government of India envisages spending well over US $30 Bn for the acquisition of military hardware and software during the period 2007 – 2012. The overseas companies will be required to fulfill mandatory offset obligations to the tune of 30-50 percent offsets for such procurements. The recent RFP for 126 MMRCA has mandated an offset obligation of 50 percent. In addition, the Government of India has made, or is planning to make, large civil procurements. Aircraft purchases by Air India have already created large offset obligations for civil aircraft primes. The new procurement policy (DPP 2008), which has been released recently by the Ministry, has incorporated new concepts and practices to streamline the process of implementation of offsets. It is an opportune moment to deliberate upon the various nuances of the implementation of the Offset obligations worldwide and India in particular.

The agenda will meet different requirements of attendees. International OEMs and subcontractors will learn about Indian procurement and offsets (defence and civil), while local Indian industry will learn how offsets can support their sales efforts and how to work with foreign sellers, especially OEMs. All will be able to compare various offset strategies from different countries. Excellent sponsorship options are available to project your organization. Lastly, the Conference will provide an ideal networking opportunity.

You will also be pleased to note that with an objective to have maximum networking possibility during IROC 2009 an online B2B Meeting scheduler has been developed specifically for IROC. This online B2B schedule would enable the participants to view the profile of other registered companies and vice-versa and fix up meetings with them online at a mutually convenient time and venue.

Companies are requested to kindly confirm their participation at the earliest. A reply form is enclosed for your ready use. Please note that the B2B meetings will only be available to the registered delegates.

You may also register online by visiting website www.ciidefence.com.
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International Technical Seminar on Internal/Homeland Security
4-5 February, 2009, Hotel Intercontinental, New Delhi

Confederation of Indian Industry in partnership with the Association of Police and Public Security Suppliers (APPSS) of UK is organizing an International Technical Seminar on Internal/Homeland Security on 4th to 5th February 2009 at Hotel Intercontinental Hotel, New Delhi.

Indian government has been making continuous efforts towards enhancing the capabilities of it’s security agencies to be able to effectively counter the various Internal Security challenges that the country faces today or is likely to face in the future. Technology would have a significant role to play in realizing and acquiring these capabilities. With an aim to supplement the Indian Government’s effort, CII, in association with APPSS, is organizing a two-day technical seminar and exhibition on Internal Security. Apart from spreading awareness among the various central and state-level security agencies and concerned Ministries about the various state-of-the-art technologies and equipment that could assist them while performing crucial operations, the event would provide an ideal platform for the industry to understand the requirements of the various security forces.

The conference would comprise of six substantive sessions, which would focus on the various categories of technologies such as Communication and Surveillance, Information Technology, High Mobility and Specialized Vehicles, Aids to Investigation and Modern Gear for Police Force (General Stores Uniform Items, CBRNE Equipment and Specialist Clothing) etc. The table-top exhibition would enable the participants to project their capabilities and products to a very high level of audience/officials form the various security agencies within India and also the industry members. To enable participants to derive maximum benefit, the event is also packed with structured ‘Business-to-Business Meetings’. The conference will provide an ideal networking opportunity for all in a pleasant environment.

Companies are requested to kindly confirm their participation at this international conference using the enclosed reply form. A delegate fee of Rs 10000 for CII Member companies, Rs 14,000 for non-members and USD 500 for companies not registered in India will be charged towards administrative expenses. Companies interested in exhibiting their product / catalogue may book a display table for Rs 20000. Excellent sponsorship opportunities are also available for companies interested to brand themselves as a dominant player in this sector.

The conference will also include industry presentations. Companies interested in presenting at this conference are requested to kindly send their technical papers for evaluation. Please visit www.ciidefence.com for more information.
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Seminar on Enterprise Upgradation as a Strategy to Overcome the Current Economic Scenario & Sustain Long Term Growth

Friday, 30 January 2009; 0930 Hrs – 1700 Hrs; Hotel Surya Palace, Vadodara

The recent international economic situation has thrown up a new set of challenges particularly for SMEs across the world. CII strongly believes that if perceived laterally and managed proactively the current economic gloom can spell heaven of opportunities for the SMEs. The task force on Enterprise Upgradation is building upon its intervention on the basis of the logic that SMEs need to think out of the box at this point of time, reassess their organizational functions wisely, identify new trends of business opportunities and build up strong response strategy for meeting the current challenges in future and sustaining long term growth.

ABOUT THE SEMINAR : OBJECTIVES & SCOPE

In the above backdrop, the Task Force on Enterprise Upgradation is organizing a one day Seminar on “Enterprise Upgradation : Strategy to Overcome the Current Economic Scenario & Sustain Long Term Growth” on 30 January 2009 at Vadodara for SME leaders to look at the silver lining of the current economic slowdown and develop a proactive response strategy for reorienting their business.

In this challenging environment, it is important to inspire the SME leaders not to be cowed down by the magnitude of the problem but to look at this as an opportunity for strengthening the businesses. During the above seminar we have carved out a specific session on highlighting the journey of building a successful and robust business model by sharing success stories.

SEMINAR HIGHLIGHTS :

The seminar will highlight the following areas :

· Panel Discussion on Need of Corporate Governance of SMEs as a means to Enterprise Upgradation

· Financial Restructuring in current economic situation Session on Technology & Innovation for SMEs

· Business Process Re-engineering as an approach to Enterprise Upgradation
Managing Human Resources

· Sharing of Success Stories

EMINENT SPEAKERS :
Dr Y S Rajan, Principal Advisor, CII, is the co-author of ‘Indian 2020’ along with Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. Dr Rajan is a well known authority on technology development and business management. He would be talking about operational zing suitable technological innovation and adoption at organizational level for increasing productivity.

Mr Gopal Patwardhan, Managing Director, Duke Equity is an expert on hi-tech incubation, technology transfer and organizational development. Having stints at Girvan Institute of Technology, US, Technology Transfer Centre at NASA and being on the boards of several growing companies in India, Mr Patwardhan commands a wide range of perspective on organization building, governance practices and enterprise Upgradation. He would be talking about the needs of changing the mind set of the SME leaders and look at enterprise Upgradation as a strategy to insulate their business from economic uncertainties.

Prof Ramesh Bhat, Dean, Narsee Munji Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) has wide range of academic and consulting experience in examining the financial systems and helping the SMEs redesign their financial response system in times of difficult economic circumstances. Prof Bhat would be speaking on methods of designing dynamic financial systems for SMEs that would lead to increased insulation from wider financial .systems in times of crisis.

Mr S K Kakkar, Head – CII L M Thapar Centre for Competitiveness for SMEs has wide range of experience of working with large number of organizations in helping them establish quality systems, quality modules and implementing various processes that would lead to increasing process efficiency in the organization. Cuurently, Mr Kakkar is in charge of rolling out SME specific value added services that would lead them towards better quality, efficiency and internal management. He would be talking about the knots and bolts of process re-engineering as a strategy to build world class organization.

Dr T V Rao, former professor IIMA and XLRI took the prime initiative in founding NHRD two decades ago with the help of a few other enthusiasts. Dr Rao facilitated a momentum across the Corporate Houses, NGOs and Government Organisations to influence CEOs and the Line Managers to pay attention to hitherto neglected arena of People Development. He would be talking about the strategies of human resource development as an approach to enterprise development.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND :

· Proprietors/Owners
· COOs/CEOs/CFOs
· Managing Director/Director
· Business Development Managers
· HR Managers
· Departmental Heads

REGISTRATION DETAILS :

CII Members Rs. 1346 (Rs 1200 + 12.36 % Service Tax)
Non-Members Rs. 1685 (Rs 1500 + 12.36% Service Tax)
Please note that the Cheque/DD should be in the name of “Confederation of Indian Industry” payable at Vadodara.

Since this is a high level management mentoring Seminar, the attendance is on first-cum-first basis and the maximum number to be admitted is 40. Also mention a last date for the receiving the delegates fee is 24 January 2009.

You are requested to attend this very important Seminar and nominate your Senior Colleagues to get the benefit out of it. A detailed programme and reply form is available at GSIA office for your kind reference and information.
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THE PARTNERSHIP SUMMIT 2009
Building Partnerships in a New Global Order
19-20 January 2009: New Delhi

The Confederation of Indian Industry jointly with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India is organizing “The Partnership Summit 2009”, CII’s mega international event, on 19 & 20 January 2009 at Hotel Taj Palace, Sardar Patel Marg, New Delhi.

As we are aware, the current global meltdown has impacted the world and emerging nations like India are engaging with partners worldwide to find solutions to these challenging times. Keeping this international scenario in mind, the focus for this year’s Summit is on “Building Partnerships in a New Global Order”

CII proposes to organize this Summit, although at a short notice, to convey a strong message of resilience in India despite the severe global downturn and Mumbai’s terror attacks. I hope you will agree that this will help send a positive signal to the world.

The Partnership Summit, which started as an event to mark the centenary of CII, has become one of the most important international business events in the country. It aims to furtherassociations, and to build ideologies based on shared dreams and visions that bind societies together in our knowledge driven world.

The Partnership Summit traditionally sees almost 1000 delegates ,almost 40% of whom are from overseas. The Summit generally attracts delegations from more than 25 countries, including USA, UK, Singapore, Malaysia, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Italy, Qatar, China, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Egypt, and UAE.

We are writing to you with a very special request. Please do block your diary and join us along with your senior colleagues for this mega event. Spouses are also welcome. We are in the process of updating our website www.partnershipsummit.com and programme/speaker/logistics and other details will be kept constantly upgraded.

The registration form is available at GSIA office for your convenience.
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Urban Infrastructure Summit 2009
Design, Develop , Finance, Deliver & Manage 21st Century Infrastructure in new geographies – January 20, 2009: Hotel Windsor Manor, Bangalore

CII Karnataka is organising a one day summit on January 20, 2009 titled “Urban Infrastructure Summit 2009”.

Urbanization in India is throwing newer challenges. Global turmoil in financial markets has impacted the Indian urban Infrastructure development process in last few months. There is dichotomy of shortages and excess supply. There is need to deliberate on current status and evolve strategies for 21st Century Urban Infrastructure.

With the Southern States emerging as economic powerhouses, it has become imperative for States to evolve a sustainable model for developing integrated urban infrastructure too.

Key Challenges that the summit would address will be :

Ø Global Trends in urbanization
Ø Responding to changes in market environment
Ø Challenges in development of Public Transport Infrastructure.
Ø Legal and regulatory perspective of Urban Infrastructure development .
Ø Emerging trends in construction
Ø Funding of Infrastructure Projects
Ø New trends in customer Care & after sales service

The seminar is a must attend for CEOs of large and medium Infrastructure companies, Business Development Managers, New Project heads, Project Implementors, CFOs, Banks and Financial Institutions, Fund Managers, Venture Capitalists, Public Sector Companies.

You may nominate as many delegates from your organisation for this unique programme. Tentative Programme Schedule and Registration Form is available at GSIA office for reference.
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India International Trade Centre and Small & Medium Business Development Chamber of India are organising 7th Global SME Partnership Summit on 13th – 14th February, 2009 Hotel InterContinental The Grand, Mumbai and 3rd SME Industrial & Technology Expo on 13th – 15th February 2009, Mumbai, INDIA.

Details of the programme are available at GSIA office.

MACCIA has informed that they are organizing a full-day Conference on ‘Global Maharashtra” Saturday, 10th January, 2009 at Taj Lands End, Mumbai.

Details of the programme are available at GSIA office.

National Conference on Power 2008
‘Power For All’

17-18 December 2008 : Hotel Hyatt Regency : New Delhi

Availability, Reliability and Affordability of adequate Power is a precondition to India’s growth and the attainment of the status of a Developed Country over next 20 years. To meet this objective, there is a compelling need for an integrated approach covering the energy segments viz the power, coal & hydrocarbons. The development of an Integrated National Energy Policy outlining immediate, medium and long-term perspective for the energy sector keeping in mind the goals of economic growth, energy security and technology options, is the need of the hour, if we are to achieve the objective of “Power” for All”.

The vision “Power for ALL” poses several challenges, and, success will depend on how well we can integrate all the key factors on which its achievement depends. Fuel is one such factor. Fuel constitutes an important input for the power generation and 60% of the cost of each unit of power is the cost of fuel. For the power generating utilities with their tariffs determined under regulatory regime to be price-competitive, it is imperative that rational pricing strategy is followed in pricing of the fuels like coal and gas. In the absence of right pricing strategy of the fuels, lack of cohesion amongst the energy sub-sectors, and an integrated Regulation it would be difficult to realize set goals.

Besides fuel pricing and regulatory issues, achieving the ambitious targets in the power sector is also dependent on other factors like availability, quantity and quality of the fuels like coal and gas (natural gas and R-LNG). Presently both the coal and gas fired thermal power stations are facing severe constraints on availability as well as quality of the fuel and are operating much below their optimum levels. The developers of new power generation capacities are also apprehensive, as the generation projects may have to wait for the fuel availability or may need to tie up alternate options to begin generation on the schedule dates.

In this context, to bring the Power Sector into centre-stage and to focus on critical policy issues, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is organizing the “National Conference on Power 2008” on 17 – 18 December 2008 at Hotel Hyatt Regency, (Ball Room), Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi.

The main objective of this Conference is to build a consensus among industry leaders and key policy makers on what needs to be done. The Conference will focus on Viability, Funding and Markets; Capacity Creation & Project Execution; Fuel Security; Climate Change; Nuclear Power and, would be addressed by senior Government Officials, Corporates, National & International experts, Technology suppliers, Consultants.

Some of the key persons who have been invited to address the Conference are :

Mr. Sushil Kumar Shinde, Hon’ble Minister of Power

Mr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission

Mr. Shyam Saran, Special Envoy to the Prime Minister

Mr. Anil Razdan, Secretary, Minister of Power

Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission

Dr. V. Krishnamurthy, Chairman, National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council

I am writing to request you to kindly make it convenient to attend the Conference along with your senior officials. To defray the administrative costs, a nominal fee of Rs 1,500/- is being charged per delegate. Reply Form is enclosed for your use.

I look forward to your confirmation.

Best regards,

Rajesh Menon

Senior Director

Confederation of Indian Industry

Workshop on Workforce Assessments and Interviewing Skills
14 November 2008: India Habitat Centre, Lodi Road, New Delhi

CII has prepared Live Proceeding (DVD) of the Workshop on Workforce Assessments and Interviewing Skills organised on 14 November 2008 at India Habitat Centre, Lodi Road, New Delhi – 110003.

In addition to the video recording, the DVD also contains copies of the presentations.

The workshop covered the following topics:
Workforce Assessments
* Introduction to assessments
* Types of assessments
* Application of assessments
* Evaluation of assessments

Interviewing Skills
* Objectives of Interviews
* The Interview process
* Role of Interviewer
* Probing techniques

Faculty Profile
Mr R Kannan is the founder promoter of AssessPeople (formerly Careersindia) and brings with him over 13 years of experience in Human Resource Management and over 13 years of entrepreneurial experience. His areas of expertise include Human Resource Management,
Quantitative Approach to Social Sciences, Organisational Development and psychometric assessments. An alumnus of XLRI (Batch of ’82), he has worked in organisations like Blow Plast, Crompton Greaves, Hindustan Lever and the Murugappa Group in various positions in Human Resources.

Mr Satish is the Head of Service Delivery at AssessPeople (formerly Careersindia). Satish’s areas of expertise include Human Resource Management, Use of psychometric tools and instruments, Evaluation, design and construction of tests, Client Service Delivery and Research and Analytics. A Certified Managerial competency Assessment Consultant and Trainer, he is instrumental in the design and construction of all tests at AssessPeople (formerly Careersindia).

You can book a copy of the DVD by sending Reply Form (available at GSIA office).

For further details you can contact:
I S Gahlaut
Director & Head – Skills Development, Education,
HR-IR and Affirmative Action
Confederation of Indian Industry – CII
249-F, Udyog Vihar, Phase 4, Sector 18,
Gurgaon-122015
Haryana, India
Tel: + 91-124-4014060-67
+ 91-124-4014077 (D), 4101045 (D)
Fax: + 91-124-4014080
Email: [email protected]
Website : www.cii.in

Nadathur S Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning Indian Institute of Maangement Bangalore has informed regarding a programme called, Management Programme for Entrepreneurs & Family Businesses – 3, which is being offered by NSRCEL at IIMB. The programme will commence from 9th February, 2009 and involves 40 days of sessions at IIMB over a one year period, supplemented by online learning during the period.

The brochure explaining the programme details is available at GSIA office for your reference.