On 03 December, 2014

Forum: Taxation & Corporate Law Forum

Speaker: Mr Jean Raphael PEYTREGNET, French Consul General, Mumbai. The French was invited by the Government to develop Nagpur as one of the smart cities in partnership with local company, opportunity for entrepreneurial business community of the region to associate themselves with the French companies and gain big project knowhow. This meet specially targeted the sectors i.e. Housing, Energy, Solid Waste Management, Pharmaceuticals, Urban Infrastructure, IT, Nagpur Metro Rail Project. The delegation includes Sylvain BIARD – Head Southt Asia, UBI France, Laura PRASAD - General Secretary, Indo French Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IFCCI), Fabien BONDEO - Attache Press, Abhay Tikekar, Coordinator for the Vidarbha Region, Director of Rangoli Tours Pvt Ltd, Pierre BENHAM - President of IFFCI and CEO of Pharmaceutical company Pierre FABRE - Pharma Industry, Marie QUINQUIS - EOLANE Electronics Bangalore Pvt Ltd -Turnkey project of Smart cities, Jignasu Mehta - OUTINORD Formworks Pvt Ltd – Housing, Vilas Meshram –VERITAS – Certification - International Trade – Industry, Abhijeet GAWDE EGIS - Urban Infrastructure, Smart Cities & Babu SVK -VEOLIA INDIA WATERS.

for new Joint Ventures / Partnerships for the new upcoming projects in Vidarbha region. The French Delegation was welcomed by Sarvshri Pravin Tapadia, Past President, Prashant Mohota, VP, Rohit Agrawal, Hon. Secretary & Kush Bajaj, Joint Secretary of VIA. Prominent members who were present Suresh Rathi, Chairman – VIA III Forum and VIA members. Shri Rohit Agrawal informed industrialists came from all sectors and French Delegations’ main thrust was to develop Nagpur as one of the Smart Cities.