Official launch of WASITRAC trade delegation to India at the BUILDING BRIDGES ACROSS THE NATION AWARD luncheon on June 27th at the Space Needle, Seattle center.
Seattle, WA, June 21, 2010 — Washington State India Trade Relations Action Committee:
What: Building Bridges across the Nations Award Luncheon and Official Launch of the WASITRAC Trade delegation to India November 12-24, 2010
When: Sunday, June 27 at 12:00 PM
Where: Space Needle, Seattle Center
Website Information: www.wasitrac.org and www.teamorissa.org
Event Type: Invitation Only
The Washington State India Trade Relations Action Committee (WASITRAC) is honoring Legendary Filmmaker from India Prashanta Nanda and the Northwest Asian Weekly publisher Assunta Ng with its first Building Bridges across the Nations Award. This is to recognize their lifetime contributions and dedication in their respective fields of work at a very special invitation-only luncheon event on Sunday, June 27 at the Space Needle, Seattle Center. While Nanda is still making films even after 50 years of active and continuous involvement with every department of filmmaking, Ng has become an icon in Seattle as a publisher of two local newspapers for more than three decades and as an activist for Asian leadership in the community. Nanda’s latest award-winning film “The Living Ghost” will be screened at the SIFF auditorium at the Seattle Center after the luncheon on June 27. This film got Nanda his fourth national award in films in India and many accolades from all over the world.
A high-level Government and Business delegation from Orissa (India) under the leadership of Honorable Minister of Revenue and Disaster Management Mr. Surya Narayan Patro will attend this event to mark the official launch of the WASITRAC trade delegation to India in November this year. Mr. Patro will also be the keynote speaker. The visiting delegation includes Honorable Minister for Higher Education, Tourism and Culture Mr. Debi Mishra; Mr. Saurabh Garg, the Secretary of Industries; Mr. Satyabrata Sahoo, Secretary of Commerce and Transport; and Mr. Madhusudan Padhee, the Secretary of Higher Education in the State of Orissa. While in Seattle during June 28-29, the delegation is scheduled to visit Microsoft, Boeing, University of Washington and Port of Seattle besides having a business meeting at the City Hall of Bellevue on June 28 at 1:30 PM. The delegation will leave for San Francisco afterwards to participate in “Invest Bhubaneswar” expo in the Bay Area.
As mentioned earlier, the WASITRAC trade delegation will visit the State of Orissa in India November 12-24 this year under the leadership of Seattle Congressman Jim McDermott, Washington State Lt. Governor Brad Owen and Port of Seattle CEO Tay Yoshitani. WASITRAC invites Washington State businesses in the areas of Agriculture and Agro-based manufacturing and Food processing, Biotechnology, Clean Energy, Disaster Management, Higher Education, Health Care and Infrastructure Development to join the November delegation exploring the possibility of setting up sister city and sister port opportunities leading to a Sister-State relation between Washington State and Orissa. The delegation has plans to attend the India International Trade Fair in New Delhi as well.
The Co-Chairs of WASITRAC are Debadutta Dash and Habib M. Habib.
WASITRAC, Debadutta Dash, 206-330-8512, [email protected]
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Debadutta Dash
Washington State and India Trade Relations Action Committee (WASITRAC)
Seattle, WA
206-330-8512
[email protected]
http://www.wasitrac.org
