Call for Awards Nominations - USA India Business Summit

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 1, 2010 /PRNewswire/ --

- May 10th-11th, 2010

The first annual USA India Business Summit (UIBS) is being held in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, on May 10th-11th, 2010 with the theme of "Growing Business and Promoting Entrepreneurship."

Georgia Governor, the Honorable Sonny Perdue, and Ambassador of India to USA, Her Excellency Ms. Meera Shankar, will be among the many dignitaries attending the summit. Goal of this premier bi-national summit is to accelerate business and investment in key areas with special emphasis to connect small to large size companies.

Nominations are now being accepted from profit, non-profit, individuals, government organizations who are based in USA and India. Nominees must show outstanding entrepreneurial spirit, innovation and commitment to promote USA India Business and Trade. The call for nominations closes on 5 p.m. (EST US Time) Monday, April 19, 2010.

UIBS 2010 Awards will cover Strategic tracks/industries of interest - Exports to USA or India, Technology, Agriculture and Forestry, Healthcare including Pharma, Real Estate and Infrastructure, Venture Capital & Investment, Auto & Auto Parts, Tourism & Hotel Industries, Manufacturing, Supply Chain & Logistics, Human Resources & Manpower Development. Additional categories are; Young Entrepreneur, Outstanding Business Leader and Community Builder. Nominees will be contacted for additional information to demonstrate their eligibility for the award and interest to be nominated.

Nominees can be nominated only in one category and one could self-nominate. For nomination forms send request to [email protected] or download from http://www.usaindiabusinesssummit.com. Awards Banquet will be held from 6:30 pm on May 10th, 2010 in presence of international media and distinguished guests.

Distinguished speakers and participants from hundreds of organizations are attending UIBS including; U.S. Senator, Hon. Johnny Isakson; President and CEO, Siemens One, Ken Cornelius; Managing Director, Head of International Banking, JPMorgan Chase's Commercial Bank, Morgan McGrath; CEO, Mahindra Special Services Group, Dinesh Pillai; CEO, MSD Wellcome Trust Hilleman Laboratories, Dr. Altaf Lal; Head, Global Supply Chain, The Coca-Cola Company, Rick Frazier; Chief Representative - North America, Tata Sons, David Good; EVP, Georgia-Pacific, Christian Fischer; Chair of Marketing Dept., Emory University, Dr. Jag Sheth; CEO and MD, Advinus Therapeutics, Dr. Rashmi H. Barbhaiya; COO, Infosys BPO, Ritesh Idnani. UIBS organizing committee has also invited; Minister of Commerce & Industry, Hon'ble Anand Sharma; Assistant Commerce Secretary, the U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Hon'ble Suresh Kumar.

UIBS 2010 is organized by Georgia Tech CIBER, US India Business and Research Center (USIBRC), USIII with support of the Georgia Department of Economic Development, the Metro Atlanta Chamber, the U.S. Commercial Service, Lufthansa Airlines, CII India Business Forum, WE School and sponsors including Tata Sons, JPMorgan Chase, UPS, Mahindra and Mahindra, NIIT Technologies, Career Builder and Habif, Arogeti & Wynne. Media partners are People Matters, Mera Sangeet and DARE. For UIBS 2010 registration and details visit http://www.usaindiabusinesssummit.com. For exhibition booths and sponsorship opportunities, contact Program Chair.

    Ani Agnihotri,
    Program Chair, USA India Business Summit (UIBS) 2010
    USA Phone: +1-404-394-6678, E-mail: [email protected]
    Web: http://www.usaindiabusinesssummit.com

SOURCE USIBRC LLC