Guwahati, Feb 1 MNS: The Youth Forum on Foreign Policy (YFFP) has organiseda daylong conference The Maitree Summit 2013, India Bangladesh High Potential Leader’s Dialogue on Peace in Guwahati today. The 2013 Maitree Summit is the first of a series of conferences that YFFP intends to hold with India’s neighbouring states. The event is supported by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, British Deputy High Commissioner, Kolkata and Embassy of Bangladesh in India. The summit include panel discussion, cultural visits, and interactions with senior representatives of Govt. of Assam including the Chief Minister Mr Tarun Gogoi, Minister of Tourism Mr Chandan Brahma and The Minister of Power Mr Pradyut Bordoloi. Main theme of the Summit is focus on International Relations, Industry, Education, Socio-economic development and Governance.
Political and industry leaders from both India and Bangladesh addressed the summit held at Royal Group of Institutions. The inaugural panel discussion was graced by the Honourable Chief Minister of Assam Mr. Tarun Gogoi. The Chief Minister welcomed the initiatives taken by YFFP to organise this much needed summit and congratulated for the effort to bring together the high potential leaders from both countries to discuss various issues. The Indian speaker panel included Sanjay Wadvani, British Deputy High Commissioner, Prabir De, Research & Information System for Developing Countries; Rahul Manchandani, Founder President of Commonwealth- Asia Alliance of Young Entrepreneus; Maya Manchandani, Foreign Affairs Editor at NDTV; Harsh Vardhan Shringla, Joint Secretary BSM, Ministry of External Affairs, Govt of India, Hasina Kharbhih, CEO Impulse Social Enterprises, Nitin Pai, Fellow Geopolitics, Takshashila India; Rajeev Chaturvedy, Head Foreign Policy Division, FICCI; RK Imo Singh, MLA, Manipur; Jarpum Gamlin, CEO, Eastern Sentinal. On the other hand the Bangladesh delegation team will be accompanied by Raheed Ejaz, Diplomat Correspondent, Daily Prothom; Ifty Islam, MD, Asian Tiger Capital Partner; Syeda Enam Khan, Research Director, Bangladesh Enterprise Institute, Asif Saleh, Senior Director, BRAC; Mohammad A. Arafat, ED, Shuchinta Foundation; Shahriaar Alam, MP, Bangladesh; Shazzad Haider, Bangladesh Awami Juba League; Dr. Anwara Begum Senior Reasearch Fellow , Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies; Mr. Shahab Enam Khan, Reasearch Director, Bangladesh Enterprise Institute. The dignitaries will discuss on various issues of common interest from the point of both India and Bangladesh to pave way for long term mutually beneficial tie up and growth. Mr. Gaurav Gogoi, Secretary, Youth Forum on Foreign Policy welcomed all the dignitaries and hoped the discussion taken place in the summit will be carried forward and impacts the strategic development for mutual prosperity.
The organiser Youth Forum on Foreign Policy (YFFP) India is an initiative that seeks to develop an informed and substantive dialogue on foreign policy issues among India’s youth and to ensure that India’s foreign policy is more responsive to the concerns of the youth. It endeavours to connect Foreign Policy Stakeholders and youth groups from India and abroad on the same platform to discuss specific thematic and regional foreign policy issues. The forum is headed by Gaurav Gogoi, Secretary; Shailey Hingorani, President and Rohan Mukherjee. At present the forum has its presence in Mumbai, Kolkata, Banagalore and Guwahati.
The summit is managed by Tattva Creations, the premier event management organisation based in Guwahati.Tattva Creations is a sister concern of Eclectic Publications, a well-known media house in the Northeast that brings out one of the most popular magazine Eclectic Northeast. The company’s corporate office is in Bangalore, with marketing representatives in Kolkata, Mumbai and Delhi.
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