CACCI Secretariat Officers Call on India’s Representative in Taipei
CACCI Director-General Mr. David Hsu (2nd from left) presents a token of appreciation to Mr. Manharsinh Laxmanbhai Yadav, Director-General of Indian Taipei Association (2nd from right) following their meeting on January 24 at the latter’s office in Taipei. Accompanying Mr. Hsu was Mr. Amador Honrado, CACCI Deputy Director-General (leftmost) and Mr. Stephen Wang, Senior Vice President, Public Relations & Public Welfare Division, Corporate Relations Dept., CTBC Bank Co. Ltd. (rightmost).
During the meeting, Mr. Hsu introduced CACCI and the Asian Bankers Association (ABA) and their activities to Mr. Yadav, highlighting the important roles played by the Federation of Indian
Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and the State Bank of India (SBI) in the activities of the two organizations.
Acknowledging the importance of CACCI and ABA in promoting regional economic cooperation among Asian countries Mr. Yadav explored the possibility of the ABA organizing a webinar – in
partnership with SBI – that will introduce to ABA members the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT), a central business district under construction in the Gandhinagar district in Gujarat, India.
It is India’s first operational greenfield smart city and international financial services centre, which the Government of Gujarat promoted as a greenfield project. According to Mr. Yadav, GIFT City is an emerging global financial and IT services hub designed to be at or above par with globally benchmarked business districts. It is supported by state-of-the-art infrastructure encompassing all basic urban infrastructure elements along with an excellent external connectivity. Companies from Financial Services, Technology and all other services sector will be targeted as potential occupants within the city.
Mr. Yadav also encouraged CACCI to organize its annual Conference in India in the near future – and offered the assistance of his office of make this possible – after learning that the last annual gathering of CACCI in the country was held in 2005 – nearly 20 years ago.
