Meeting with Ms Goli Ameri, Assistant Secretary of State, Board of Educational and Cultural Affairs, US Department of State – August 18, 2008 – New Delhi

The American Chamber of Commerce in India and the US Embassy organized a meeting with Ms Goli Ameri, Assistant Secretary of State, Board of Educational and Cultural Affairs, US Department of State, on 18th August 2008 at Hotel Maurya Sheraton, New Delhi.

Ms Goli Ameri was accompanied by Mr. Thomas A. Farrell, Deputy Assistant Secretary – Academic Programs, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, US Department of State. Ms Liza A. Swenarski, Public Diplomacy Officer from the US Embassy, also participated.

From AMCHAM side, the following persons participated:

1. Mr. Ajit K. Motwani, Director, Institute of International Education, New Delhi

2. Ambassador Douglas A. Hartwick, Chief Executive, Lockheed Martin Global Inc., New Delhi

3. Capt (IN) SK Mishra (Retd.), Director Bus. Dev. (India), Rockwell Collins Government Systems, New Delhi

4. Mr. John L Williams, Boeing International Corp India Pvt Ltd., New Delhi

5. Air Vice Marshal (Retd) AJ S Walia, Managing Director (South Asia), Sikorsky Aircrafts Corporation Limited, Noida

6. Dr. M K Dogra, Head of CSR, Tecumseh India, Ballabgarh, Haryana

7. Dr. Shivraj Singh, Managing Director, Constella Group, LLC, New Delhi

8. Mrs. Manju Singh, New Delhi

9. Mr. Joseph M. Parsley, Vice President, India & South Asia, Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems International,
    New Delhi

10. Mr. Gulshan Kalra, Director - Corporate Affairs, Coca-Cola India, Gurgaon, Haryana

11. Mr. Venkatesh Kini, VP – Marketing, Coca-Cola India, Gurgaon, Haryana

12. Mr. John Thomas, Senior Director, Weston Solutions (India) Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi

13. Mr. T.Venugopal, Corporate Advisor (Environment), Weston Solutions (India) Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi

14. Mr. William Blair, Country Director-India, GE Aviation, New Delhi

15. Mr. Selvan Dasaraj, Sr. Manager – National Operations, UPS Jetair Express Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi

16. Mr. Manojit Majumdar, Country Manager – Developer Works & Academic Initiative, IBM India Pvt Ltd., New Delhi

17. Mr. Sandeep Sharma, Corporate Services Director, Crown Worldwide Movers Pvt.Ltd., Gurgaon, Haryana

18. Ms. Namrata Wadhawan, Advocate, Koura & Company, New Delhi

19. Mr. Sanjeev Kant Soni, Vice President, Bank of America, New Delhi

20. Mr. Andrew Horne, Managing Director , Xerox India Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon, Haryana

21. Mr. Ajay Singha, Executive Director, American Chamber of Commerce in India, New Delhi

22. Ms Madhvi Kataria, Deputy Executive Director, American Chamber of Commerce in India, New Delhi

Mr. Ajay Singha welcomed Ms Goli Ameri and the participants. He requested the participants to introduce themselves and make a few remarks on the CSR initiatives of their companies.

Ms Goli Ameri, in her opening observations, said that she was interested in linking the US businesses in India with the Department of State English Language Programmes. Also, she wanted to interlink the private sector and CSR activities because these created goodwill and enabled development of workforce.