India Investment Forum Investing in India's Most Promising Sectors September 22-23, 2008, The Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, New York

India is rounding off a fifth successive year of economic growth, ranking it among the world's most promising economies. As the Forum falls on a date directly following the opening of the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, the timing and the information to be imparted at the meeting could not come at a more opportune time for providing a platform for investors to gain market intelligence in order to facilitate achieving access to the investment opportunities found in India's key sectors.

New York, NY (PRWEB) September 8, 2008 -- Now in its Fifth year, Institutional Investor's India Investment Forum returns as a two day private event for portfolio and direct investors seeking to leverage investment opportunities in one of the world's fastest-growing and most dynamic markets. Listen to fresh perspectives on growth, financial markets and key industries as well as the cost of inflation and the solutions proposed to counteract it.

Speakers attending so far include:

Government of India

The Honorable Kamal Nath, Minister, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India

Ashok Chawla, Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Secretary, Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry, Government of India

Brahm Dutt, Secretary, Department of Road Transport & Highways, Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Government of India

N K Singh, Member of Parliament, Government of India

Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Member of Parliament, Government of India, President, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI), Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Jupiter Capital

Business Delegation

Dr. Bharat K. Singh, Member, Board of Directors, Aditya Birla Group, Managing Director, Aditya Birla Nuvo Limited

Vikram Mehmi, President and Chief Executive Officer, Birla Sun Life Insurance Company Limited

Shashi Kiran Shetty, Chairman and Managing Director, Allcargo Global Logistics Limited

Dr. Sanjay Sinho, Chief Executive Officer, American India Foundation

Suneeta Reddy, Executive Director - Finance, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited

B. Hariharan, Group Director - Finance, Avantha Group - Ballarpur Industries Limited

Rajnikant Patel, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Bombay Stock Exchange Limited

Sanjay Nayar, Chief Executive Officer, Area Head - Bangladesh, Nepal & Sri Lanka, Citi India

Ramesh Sanka, Group Chief Financial Officer, DLF Group

Shantanu Prakash, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Educomp Solutions Limited

Subhash Chandra, Chairman, Essel Group

Dr. Amit Mitra, Secretary General, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)

Ananda Mukerji, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Firstsource Solutions Limited

Mehul Choksi, Chairman and Managing Director, Gitanjali Gems Limited

Dr. Hasit Joshipura, Managing Director, GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited

V K Jairath, Former Principal Secretary - Industries, Government of Maharashtra

Subhrakant Panda, Managing Director, IMFA Group

Sameer Gehlaut, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Indiabulls Group

Dr. U. K. Mukhopadhyay, Chief Executive Officer - Infrastructure, JSW Group

Harsh Pati Singhania, Managing Director, JK Paper

Uday Kotak, Chairman, Kotak Institutional Equities

Arun Nanda, Executive Director and President, Infrastructure Development Sector, Mahindra & Mahindra Limited

Ravi Narain, Managing Director, National Stock Exchange of India

Parag Saxena, Founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer, New Silk Route Partners

R S Butola, Managing Director, ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL)

Nikhil Chaturvedi, Founder and Managing Director, Provogue (India) Limited

Dr. K. C. Chakrabarty, Chairman and Managing Director, Punjab National Bank

Ashish Puravankara, Managing Director, Puravankara Projects Limited

Uday Shankar Roy, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, SBI Life Insurance Co Limited

Mukund Choudhary, Managing Director, Spentex Industries Limited

R Gopalakrishnan, Executive Director, Tata Sons Limited, Chairman, Rallis India, Vice Chairman, Tata Chemicals, Director, Tata Motors, Tata Teleservices, Tata Power

Dr. Punita Kumar-Sinha, Senior Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer, The Blackstone Group

Pradeepkumar N Dhoot, Managing Director, Videocon Industries Limited

Pushpamitra Das, Chief Financial Officer, Wadhawan Food Retail

Ranjeet Nabha, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, WL Ross India

Barun Das, Chief Executive Officer, Zee News Limited

The Forum, with its theme "Investing in India's Most Promising Sectors" is to be attended by over 300 investment executives from diverse countries, representing US$ 4 trillion of assets under management. Topics include plenary sessions on "Influence of Private Equity and Hedge Funds on Indian Companies" "Financial Services and Insurance" "Manufacturing Sector", "Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare", "Power and Alternative Energy" and "The Politics of Change" in addition to a Keynote Address on "India in the New Global Economic Architecture". There will also be prearranged 1-1 meetings.

Organized by Institutional Investor Conferences, The India Investment Forum is, thanks to its popularity, in its fifth year and a continuation of the in depth country analysis meetings we produce.

For more complete information on the conference, visit us online at

www.iiconferences.com/customer/indiainfrastructure.html

Journalists wishing to attend should contact Julian Johnson at 212.224.3004 or

jjohnson@iiconferences.com

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