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US
Education Trade Mission to India visits
Chennai. Mission led by Mr. Suresh Kumar,
Assistant Secretary for Trade Promotion
and Director General, Foreign Commercial
Service, 21 US Universities and colleges
participated and explored possibilities
of partnering with Indian institutions.
Amcham hosted a lunch for about 75 participants,
with sponsorship from Cognizant - Hotel
ITC Park Sheraton - October 12, 2011
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Semester
at Sea - A batch of students from University
of Virginia who are spending a semester
aboard a ship, visit Sutherland to see
how a call center works. Visit facilitated
by Amcham - October 10, 2011
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Amcham
Breakfast Meeting Guest Speaker: Mr. Edward
Heartney, chief of Economic and Commercial
Services, US Embassy, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Topic: Emerging Opportunities for Amcham
member companies to invest in Sri Lanka
This program gave an overview of developments
in post civil strife Sri Lanka and the
opportunities that exists for American
companies in the country. Mr. Heartney
offered assistance from the Embassy to
American companies who decide to invest
there. Mr. Nicholas Manring, Consular
Chief made important announcements w.r.t
BEP and L visa - Hilton Chennai - September
22, 2011
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Meeting
with Mr. Nicholas J Manring, Chief of
Consular Services regarding BEP process
at Amcham companies - American Consulate
General, Chennai - September 16, 2011
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Meeting
jointly hosted by Madras Chamber of Commerce
and Amcham. Guest Speaker: Dr. Robert
F. Bruner, dean, Darden School of Business
Administration, University of Virginia.
Topic: Reset or Recession - Hotel Savera,
Chennai - September 12, 2011
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Networking
meeting to meet with new officers of the
American Consulate General, Chennai. A
cross section of business leaders and
opinion makers invited. Select Amcham
members participated - Hotel Vivavta Taj
Connemara - September 9, 2011
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Celebrating
Madras Day. Mr. S. Muthiah, historian
and author speaks on Madras's American
Connection to a select group of invitees
including Amcham members - River House,
residence of American Consul General -
August 27, 2011
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Amcham
Breakfast Meeting Guest Speaker: Preetham
Mehra, Head - South, CB Richard Ellis.
Topic: India Real Estate an Overview.
This event was attended by 40 members
and the presentation was crisp giving
members the real state of real estate.
This program helps members to make informed
decisions on property matters for business
or home - Hotel Taj Coromandel - August
25, 2011
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Breakfast
briefing for Ms. Reta Jo Lewis, Special
Representative for Global Intergovernmental
Affairs on the business environment in
India with special reference to Tamil
Nadu - Madras Club - August 9, 2011
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Road
Safety Workshop, about 60 persons from
Amcham member companies participated in
this workshop. Executives from Ford India
made a presentation of the Ford Driving
Skills For Life program. After lunch at
the factory, participants were taken to
the test track for practical demonstrations
on safe driving skills - The manufacturing
facility of Ford India Limited at Maraimalai
Nagar, about 50 km south of Chennai -
July 29, 2011
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Amcham
Breakfast Meeting Guest Speaker: Mr. Andrew
T. Simkin, Consul General Topic: Recollections
of a diplomat in Chennai Farewell to Consul
General Andrew Simkin and Bryan Dalton,
Consular Chief. Members networking and
breakfast session - Hotel Taj Coromandel,
Chennai - July 28, 2011
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Meeting
with Ambassador Peter A Burleigh. The
Ambassador and charge d'affaires briefs
the members of the Executive Committee
on the visit of Secretary Clinton to India
and EC members brief the Ambassador on
doing business in Tamil Nadu - Conference
Room at the American Consulate General
Chennai - July 22, 2011
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Meeting
between select Amcham members and Bryan
Dalton, Chief of Consular Services and
Don Mulligan, Head of NIV unit - American
Consulate General, Chennai - July 19,
2011
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Amcham
Breakfast Meeting Guest Speaker: Mr. E.P.
Hareendranathan, Director, Airports Authority
of India. Topic: infrastructure developments
at Chennai International Airport . Interactive
session on Passenger amenities, cargo
handling, immigration and customs issues
- Hotel Taj Club House - June 30, 2011
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Breakfast
Briefing Session for Dr. Alyssa Ayres,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau
of South & Central Asian Affairs, Department
of State, Washington D.C. - Madras Club
- May 27, 2011
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Tour
of Caterpillar Plant & Dell Manufacturing
Plant by students of North East University,
Boston. Enabling the students from an
American University to see first hand
how American businesses operate in India
- Caterpillar plant at Tiruvallur &
Dell manufacturing plant at Sriperumbudur
- May 16, 2011
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of the Executive Committee - Madras Club
- May 14, 2011
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- Workshop
on US Visa for Work & Business Facilitated
by Bryan Dalton, Chief Consul, Consular
Services, American Consulate General, Chennai
and the team of Consular Officers - Auditorium,
American Consulate General, Chennai - April
8, 2011
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- Sharing
Best Practices – Industry Visit to Caterpillar
plant at Tiruvallur An insight into the
manufacturing processes of Quarry & Construction
trucks. Safety - How Caterpillar enforces
the Safety culture into the minds of their
employees? Quality - How Caterpillar engrains
quality into each and every step of the
manufacturing process? - Caterpillar Manufacturing
Plant, Tiruvallur - April 6, 2011.
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