Mr. Ramesh Dargani on "Expat Insights"

Our President, Mr. Ramesh Dargani, was recently interviewed on a TV Show called "Expat Insights". To see snippets of the interview please visit or click on the Play button:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbNqPqzjLM0

63rd Indian Independence Day Celebration

Dear Friends,

Let us all join hands in Celebrating our 63rd Indian Independance Day, together as ONE Big United FAMILY! Its a "Grand Cultutal Show & MELA" on sunday August 15, 2010.

Kindly extend this invitation to all your near and dear ones too. Your presence will add joy to the accasion. The details are in the attachment. See you There!!

Bi Annual Meeting

“FICCI BI-ANNUAL MEETING ”

Thursday, 22nd July 2010
Ballroom B, Dusit Thani Hotel , Makati City

Approval of By-Laws were done.

Induction of 11 new members

Eye Camp at Meycauayan, Bulacan

Held in July --> Meycauayan, Bulacan

Eye Operation at Santos Eye Hospital in Malolos, Bulacan

eye operation at santos eye hospital at mlolos, bulacan

Foreign Chamber Council Executive Meeting

Attached are some photos taken during our Foreign Chamber Council executive meeting on July 6, 2010 at Queens Restaurant. This is the formal turnover of chairmanship to FICCI:

Attended by:

Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce
1. Pres. Ramesh Dargani
2. IPP Chairman Ram Sitaldas
3. former VP Dilip Budhrani

Singapore Philippines Association
1. Mr. Peter Tay

French Chamber of Commerce
1. Pres. Didier Chalumeau
2. Henri Ortis

Philippine Finland Association
1. Pres. Petteri Makitalo

Israel Chamber of Commerce
1. Pres. Isidor Gilan

Spanish Chamber of Commerce
1. General Manager Fernando Munoz

Taiwan Chamber of Commerce
1. Vice Pres Peter Lin
2. Mr. Jason Nien
3. Hon Chairman Philip Chien

Eye Camp at Makati Police Station June 19

Eye Camp at Makati Police Station
June 19, 2010

Oath Taking at OSG Office for Naturalization

We are happy to inform the members that nine ( 9) Indian nationals endorsed by your Federation obtained the approval of their petitions for Naturalization.

The following successfully took their oath on June 23 , 2010 at the Office of the Solicitor General ;
1.) Ravi Laxmandas Idnani
2) Rajesh Laxman Idnani
3) Navin Ishwar Sadarangani
4) Anju Uttam Dargani
5) Geeta Chutani
6) Neetu Rijhumal Melwani
7) Rajiv Vinod Kumar Hardasani
8) Janoo Vinod Hardasani
9) Reshma Gurmukhdas Mirpuri

Interested parties who wish to apply for Filipino Citizenship may submit their applications thru the Federation.

For further inquiries please call FICCI secretariat office at telephone nos. 814-0918/ 844-7222 .

Eye Camp in Paniqui Tarlac June 26

Eye Camp in Paniqui Tarlac
June 26, 2010

Pictures of the recently concluded Eye Camp in Paniqui, Tarlac can be found in the ePaniqui Online Facebook. Please check out this link to see pictures of the FICCI Eye Camp at Paniqui, Tarlac:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=20098&id=121014507917586#!/album.php?aid=20098&id=121014507917586

Congratulations to the FICCI Team that was there and represented the Chamber in the City!

For those members / individuals / companies that would like to sponsors succeeding eye camps please touch base with the FICCI Secretariat...look for Ellen.

Below is the Secretariat's Report of the Paniqui, Tarlac Eye Camp:

Our Eyecamp held last June 26 in Municipal Hall of Paniqui, Tarlac was successful. About 318 patients benefited from this eyecamp.

The room where we conducted the check up is good as it is has aircon and big space. The Ik Onkar provided snacks ( porridge & drinks ) for the patients.

There were 3 optometrist with me + Larry & my son Kson who helped Larry in dispensing reading glasses. Mrs. Sethi also helped us.

The constituents of this eyecamp were mostly senior citizens. They looked happy and grateful to FICCI.

The new Mayor of Paniqui, Tarlac Hon. Miguel Rivilla arrived and thanked the group of The Ik Onkar and Mr. Sethi who represented the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce.

Media personnel from local networks were also invited to covered the eyecamp, they also interviewed Mr. Sethi for local news coverage.

We briefly met the Vice Mayor Gin Linsao she sent her appreciation to FICCI.

Please visit their official webpage www.epaniqui.com for some pictures

GMM with a Team from Bank Julius Baer

FICCI GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

with

a team from Julius Baer (HK) Ltd,
a leading Swiss bank

Mr. Ashis Sengupta –Executive Director
Mr. Ivan Guidi -Managing Director
Dr. V. Anantha Nageswaran – Chief Investment Officer.

as Guest Speakers

on

Tuesday , June 08, 2010
7:00 p.m.
Ballroom 3 , New World Hotel, Makati City

Attire : Suit / Barong

Julius Baer is the leading Swiss private banking group, with an exclusive focus on servicing and advising private clients. It has s total client assets amounted to CHF241 billion at the end of 2009.

The bank started operation in 1890 and its shares are listed on the Six Swiss Exchange and form part of the Swiss Market Index (SMI), which comprises the 20 largest and most liquid Swiss stocks.

It employs a staff of over 3 000 in more than 20 countries and some 40 locations, including Zurich (head office), Buenos Aires, Dubai, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hong Kong, London, Lugano, Milan, Moscow and Singapore.

The members who attended this meeting were enlightened on the latest development in the financial world, and were informed whether the Eurozone crisis is a tailwind or a headwind for Asia.

We thank the team for coming down to the Philippines to give us this talk on the current status of the financial markets.

For more info on this event please check the Presentation done by Dr. Van. You can download it by clicking this link:

http://images.ficci.multiply.multiplycontent.com/attachment/0/TAjaGAooC08AAAVtdME1/Eurozone%20Crisis.ppt?nmid=341018238

For more info on the bank please contact:
http://www.juliusbaer.com/

To get in touch with a representative of the bank please call Ellen at the Chamber Office to get their contact details.