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ANZ India Business Chamber India Australia New Zealand SingaporeANZ India Business ChamberThe Chamber’s focus on Singapore has added tremendous value for its members to have meaningful business exchanges in the Indo-Pacific region. We see great advantages in connecting Singapore in the Indo-Australian relations because of its strategic location, growing business with India and Australia, effective financial and logistics system, Significant presence of Australian and Indian companies, major investment partner and many more. It was a great pleasure meeting H.E. Dr. Shilpak Ambule, the Indian High Commissioner in Singapore along with our honorary members in the Regional Committee to discuss on the future activities of the Chamber in Singapore and the opportunities in bringing the Australia-India-Singapore community together. It is estimated to have over 8,000 Indian companies and 2,000 Australian companies in Singapore and the number is growing.
The ANZ India Business Chamber's Christmas Networking this year at Sydney on 29th November 2024 received wide participation from the government, business and education fraternity with over 100 delegates gathered at the Lincoln Institute of Higher Education (LIHE).
With the Opening Remarks through a video message from the highly regarded H.E. Mr. Gopal Barglay, Indian High Commissioner in Canberra, the event saw the Special Address from the two eminent personalities - Dr. S. Janakiraman, Indian Consul General in Sydney and The Hon. Mr. Damien Tudehope MLC, Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council, Shadow Treasurer and Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations.
The event had another power packed Panel Discussion on the theme “Emergence of Women as a transformative force in Business, Education and Technology” moderated by Mr. Ben Vella (Optus) and joined by the industry luminaries - Ms. Marisa Mastroianni (UOW Global Enterprises), Ms. Shreya Goswami (Infosys), Ms. Esha Oberoi (Leora Healthcare), Ms. Varsha Banker (Realestate for Women) and Ms. Heather Tropman (OPTUS).
The Chamber also launched the new industry chapter “Women in Business Leadership Forum” and Ms. Marisa Mastroianni (MD & Group CEO, UOW Global Enterprises) has taken charge as the inaugural Chairperson to lead the Forum.
The rich cultural events - Kathak, Mohiniyattam and Bharatnatyam - from the talented Indian artists were a distinct feature of the event.
The Chamber would like to acknowledge the support from LIHE, Flavourtech, Optus, SBI Australia, Atlas Payments, ACET, MIA (Marketing in Asia), Saarthi GreenTech, UOW Global Enterprises, SRKAY Consulting Group and The Colonial as co-sponsors for the event.
Special thanks to Mr. Leon Skaliotis, Mr. Harry Lagad, Mr. Sulal Mathai, Mr. Ben Vella, Mr. Pankaj Khandelwal and Mr. Sumeet Tembe for their support and for speaking on the occasion.
The ANZ India Business Chamber celebrated India’s Independence Day at the Sydney Start-up Hub in Australia on 9th August 2024.
Mr. Santhosh Perumala, MD & CEO of ANZIBC in his welcome Address said that “In the year 2024, India proudly marks its 78th Independence Day on the 15th of August. Indian Independence Day is a significant day in India’s history, a day to celebrate the country’s freedom, remember the sacrifices that were made to achieve it, and reflect on India’s progress since independence.
The Deputy Lord Mayor Councillor Robert Kok from the City of Sydney was the Chief Guest on the occasion. He observed that Sydney is emerging as a major powerhouse and connecting link in the India-Australia relations and beyond.
The event had a scintillating presentation from Mr. Sudhir Basavaraju from Investment NSW on the business and investment opportunities in New South Wales for global business community.
Another powerful Panel Discussion on “Emerging Business Opportunities in fields of Sustainability and Technology bridging Australia, India, New Zealand and Singapore” was moderated by Mr. Harry Lagad, Chairman, NSW for ANZIBC with the panellists:
Mr. Paul O’Brien, CEO from Beter Breathing Devices and AirPhysio presented an interesting case study on his business and its expanding footprints in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.
Mr. Leon Skaliotis Chairman, F&B Committee of the Chamber moderated the event and Mr. Pankaj Khandelwal, Director ANZIBC presented the mementoes.
The event was proudly sponsored by State Bank of India, Airphysio and Optus.
The ANZ India Business Chamber’s prestigious annual event “ANZIBC Technology Conference 2024 turned out to be a huge success with an eminent team of speakers and wide participation from the industry.
The Conference, which was held at Melbourne on 18th June 2024 focused on one of the most critical topics of today – “Gen AI & Cyber security - Navigating the Risks and Challenges’ ‘Bridging the Gap’ with three rounds of panel discussions centred on Gen AI, Cyber Security and Diversity & Inclusion.
The senior executives from the global technology and business transformation firms like Sutherland Global, Cognizant, HCL, Telstra and many others played a key role in providing insights and point of views on technology evolving at an unprecedented pace, with daunting challenges to be addressed.
Moderators and Panelists flew down from US, Europe, India and other places within Australia to attend this conference. Insightful discussions happened keeping Data Security, Risks, ensuring proper governances in testing new use cases to people, upskilling, building awareness and education across builders of emerging technologies, it’s users and consumers.
The discussions were orchestrated by Ms. Su Jella (Top 25 Analytics Leaders), Mr. Richard Miller (Chief Executive, Emc.venures) and Mr. Karhun Nanda (Managing Director, safeview media & silver medalist in Golf at the world transplant games 2024 in Perth) driving focused conversations to get the best discussions and point of views across the distinguished panelists.
Inclusion of workforce across various levels of organization and balanced team structures to ensure point of views are in entirety and bias free was at the center stage of the discussion.
Bridging the ‘Gap’ is essential with due importance in bringing together the stake holders of academia, industries and link innovation to accountability and responsibility.
Dr. Sushil Kumar, the Indian Consul General in Melbourne in his keynote address observed that the new technologies threats and its advantages must be looked at with great vigil and India and Australia with its advanced technologies, focus has to be to deploy with great Governance to reap the benefits across countries, companies and drive a brighter future for the society.
Australia and India today stand at an inflection point of harnessing the best of the worlds’ mindsets and leverages the best of global minds to strategize and plan for building cutting edge solutions across the financial services industry to drive digital, secure consumers for their information and build scalable future operating models making it truly digital with Generative AI, he added.
Diversity and Inclusion in technology and its criticality into the corporate world was discussed with complete candor.
Mr. P. Santosh, MD & CEO and Mr. Chetan Mehta, Chairman of the ICT Committee of the Chamber with their committee and team planned and organized this event in Melbourne.
The Chamber organised a Business Networking with the Honourable Soomilduth Bholah, Minister of Financial Services and Good Governance and a high-level delegation from the Economic Development Board of Mauritius on 8 March 2024.
Started with the Opening Remarks from Mr. Anuj Sharedalal, Committee Member and Welcome Address from Mr. Ramesh Shrivastava, Chairman, Banking & Financial Services Committee, ANZIBC, the event was an opportunity to understand the investment and business opportunities in Mauritius and the product and services offered by the Mauritius IFC.
The Honourable Soomilduth Bholah in his Keynote Address observed that Mauritius and India share deep cultural and diplomatic ties that have spanned generations. The Mauritius International Financial Centre (IFC) has played a crucial role in India’s growth since the late 90s and early 2000s, continuing to be a key jurisdiction for structuring foreign investments into India, he added.
Mr. Chetanarainsingh Guddye, Director – Financial Services, Economic Development Board, Mauritius; and Mr. Dhanesswurnath Thakoor - Chief Executive of the Financial Services Commission also spoke on the occasion.
Mr. Anuj Sharedalal shared the success story of De Chazal, a major player in the India-Mauritius business space and also made a presentation on Investment Opportunities in Mauritius, on behalf of De Chazal.
All the visiting delegates also had an opportunity for a formal introduction at the event.
The first edition of the Chamber’s Connect India Conference in the three cities in Australia – Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney received overwhelming response from the business community. The week-long event from 26 to 29 February 2024 was addressed by some of the eminent personalities from the corporate and government sector. The Indian Consulate Generals in Melbourne and Sydney and the American College were the co-hosts for the event.
Networking Session at Brisbane hosted by the Leaders Institute
At the Conference in Melbourne, the Hon. Mr. Lee Tarlamis MP, Government Whip in the Legislative Council, Government of Victoria, said "There are so many more untapped and unexplored opportunities to do more and I remain committed to assisting in any way that I can to identify and develop opportunities that will bring India and Victoria even closer – building on our strong and valued bonds.
According to Dr. Sushil Kumar, Indian Consul General in Victoria, choosing the State of Victoria has great advantages in terms of its strong India connection with the highest number of Indian diasporas, presence of the large number of Indian IT companies, highest number of Indian students in Australian Universities and so on.
Networking Session at the Indian Consulate General in Melbourne
Dr. S. Janakiraman, Indian Consul General in Sydney says “Almost 20 high level delegations have taken place in the bilateral space in the last one year alone and that shows the growing interest in the bilateral space”.
It was another great day in the Chamber's history with around 100 delegates participated in the Chamber's Christmas Networking Meet in Sydney on 13th December at the City Campus of the University of Wollongong.
The event, marked by the presence of distinguished speakers including H.E. Mr. Manpreet Vohra, Indian High Commissioner in Canberra; Professor Dr. Patricia Davidson, Vice-Chancellor of University of Wollongong; Mr. Edan Corkill, Director – Priority Markets, Investment NSW and Ms. Anne Nalder, Founder & CEO of Small Business Association of Australia, shed light on the thriving relations between India and Australia. The discussions reaffirmed the new heights reached in trade, technology, and economic ties, particularly in New South Wales.
Stability and collaboration in sectors such as mining, technology, education, digital health, fintech, and food and beverages took center stage, influenced by the leadership of both nations. The speakers brought attention to traditionally untapped opportunities in Asia for Australia, with a focus on enriching collaborations and partnerships.
Started with the opening remarks from Mr. Leon Skaliotis (Chairman, F&B Committee) and concluded by Mr. Pankaj Khandelwal (Board Member), the event was moderated by Mr. Ben Vella (Committee Member). Mr. Shekar Mani (Committee Member) acknowledged the great contributions of the High Commissioner in the Indo-Australian relations and his wonderful support to the Chamber and its activities.
While the University of Wollongong hosted the event, the Parramatta Chamber of Commerce and Small Business Association of Australia extended their support as event partners. The Ocean Finserv and The Colonial sponsored the event.
As part of promoting the charity initiatives, the Chamber also facilitated a table for the team from SRMD Australia for promoting organ donation. The event had light Music Entertainment from Rosemont Strings and DeBortoli sponsored the wines for networking drinks.
The Chamber’s ANZIBC EduSkill Conference 2023 at the Vijnana Bhavan in Mysore University on 04 November 2023 focused on the theme “Education, Skill Development and EdTech – The evolving new triangle of opportunities”.
Excelsoft and Mysore University came together as associate partners for the event and a team of highly successful educational institutions from Australia also participated in the Conference.
While inaugurating the Conference, Mr. Sanjeev Gupta, CEO, Karnataka Digital Economy Mission, highlighted the importance of fostering relations between India and Australia. He highlighted the mutual benefits that could arise from a strengthened relationship between the two nations.
He discussed the Beyond Bengaluru initiative and its potential to bolster the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Mysore. Through this initiative, he envisions creating a conducive environment for startups and established enterprises alike to flourish.
Mr. Sanjeev emphasized the close ties among academia, government, and industry as pivotal in bridging the gap between education and employment / entrepreneurship. He believes that a collaborative approach among these sectors is essential for nurturing a skilled workforce and promoting innovation.
To amplify the state's digital economy, he invited the dignitaries present at the event to join him in positioning Mysore as a thriving destination for businesses looking to expand their presence. Through collective efforts, he aims to attract more businesses to the region, thereby stimulating economic growth and creating job opportunities.
Prof. Dr. N.K. Lokanath, Vice-Chancellor, University of Mysore observed that no sector has been so profoundly transformed in our time as has been education and skill development.
Prof. (Dr.) Sandeep Sancheti Provost of Marwadi University and Chairman of the ANZIBC Education and Skill Development Committee, highlighted the provisions of NEP 2020 indicating that Skills is going to be flavour of the times and would be treated at par with any other courses. He also mentioned that internationalization of education and skilling is going to supported by schemes like credit transfers and Academic Bank of Credit.
Mr. Santhosh Karnananda, Director – Education South Asia, Australian Trade and Investment Commission observed that the relationship between India and Australia in the field of education is very conducive now as evident from two Australian Universities setting up their campuses in India and the spurt in the number of students from India heading to Australian for higher education.
Mr. Prashanth HM, Head of Strategy at Excelsoft in his concluding remarks highlighted how the city of Mysuru became an industry, innovation and knowledge hub with the involvement of some of the leading institutions like Excelsoft.
Mr. P. Santhosh, MD & CEO, ANZ India Business Chamber, in his welcome address said that while there is huge upsurge in the number of Indian students enrolling in the Australian universities, the Australian Vocational Education and Training Institutions play a significant role in the Skill India Mission and Training the Trainer programs.
The Chamber also presented the Business Leader of the Year Award 2023 for the Skill Development category to two of the Australia based entrepreneurs – FDr. Jeff Mazzini, Managing Director of AAMC Training Group and Mr. Suresh Padmanabhan, CEO of Reach for Training acknowledging their contributions, particularly in the Indo-Australian space.
The full-day Conference had two panel discussions and several presentations from some of the eminent speakers focusing on the trends and opportunities in the education and skill development sector.
It was another memorable day in the Chamber's history, when over 100 delegates gathered at The Accord Metropolitan Chennai to host the honourable Parliamentarians from the State of Victoria along with a delegation from the State.
Mr. Lee Tarlamis OAM MP, Government Whip in the Legislative Council; Ms. Belinda Wilson MP, Deputy Government Whip in the Legislative Assembly and Ms. Emma Vulin MP, Member for Pakenham addressed the members.
The cocktail dinner started with the opening remarks from Mr. P. Santhosh, MD & CEO of the Chamber. Mr. Ananth N, Chief Strategy Officer, eNoah presented the welcome address and Mr. Jithu Jose, Committee Member (Healthcare) of the Chamber presented the concluding remarks.
The evening saw beautiful melodies from the Madras Christian College. The eNoah iSolution joined as the lead sponsor and Apollo Hospitals extended its support as an Event Partner. The Chamber facilitated a visit for the team to the world class facility of Apollo Proton Cancer Centre in Chennai.
The honourable Members of the Parliament also presented the "Empowering Trade: Collaboration in Focus Award" to the ANZ India Business Chamber. A prestigious moment and indeed an acknowledgement of the Chamber's growing stature in the Indo Australian bilateral space and contributions.
The ANZ India Business Chamber organised its Technology Mission to Australia from 21-23 August 2023, which visited the three Australian cities – Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney.
As part of the Mission, the Chamber organised its prestigious ANZIBC Technology Conference Australia 2023 at Melbourne on 21st August 2023, a visit to the Indian High Commission in Canberra on 23 August and a Business & Technology Conference in Sydney on 24 August 2023.
ANZIBC Technology Conference Australia 2023: The ANZIBC Technology Conference Australia 2023 at Melbourne on 21st August 2023 drew wide attention with the participation of some of the eminent global CEOs. The Consulate General of India in Melbourne joined hands with the Chamber to facilitate this event.
Mr. Girish Singh Kavia, Head of Chancery & Consul (Com. & Pol.), Indian Consulate General, Melbourne, presented the opening remarks and Mr. Archie Monteiro, Advisory Board Member of the Chamber, welcome the gathering.
The two rounds of powerful panel discussions on emerging technologies including Generative AI, Chat GPT and on governance of data and security was attended by over 100 delegates from the senior level corporate community.
The eminent panellists included:
The sessions were moderated by Dr. John Burgin and Mr. Patrick Carson, Committee Members of the Chamber.
The event started with the session introduction from Mr. Chetan Mehta, Chairman – ICT Committee of the Chamber and ended with the concluding remarks from Mr. Rajat Agrawal, Advisory Board Member of the Chamber.
The Chamber also launched its prestigious publication “Technology & Business Unlimited – The Future of Australia India Business” on the occasion.
The Indian High Commission in Canberra is doing phenomenal role in bringing India and Australia together and for promoting the bilateral trade. Our every visit to the High Commission is very productive and gives us more energy and encouragement to increase our engagement in the bilateral space.
We are particularly happy to witness the best moments and milestones in this relationship with the stellar leadership of H.E. Shri Manpreet Vohra and his team including Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Second Secretary (Economic & Commercial).
The Members of the Chamber led by Mr. P. Santhosh, MD & CEO, and Mr. Chetan Mehta, Chairman for ICT Committee visited the High Commission to discuss on the current trend, opportunities and challenges in the bilateral trade.
It was another power packed session at the ANZIBC Business and Technology Conference at Sydney on 24th August 2023 with some of the eminent speakers including:
Our Special thanks to Sellanes Clark Lawyers and Immigration Specialists, ATMC and The Colonial British Indian Cuisine for their support as event partners.
At its Business Networking Meet in Chennai on 20th July, the ANZ India Business Chamber brought together two amazing Indo-Australian success stories in business - AccSource and EMT Group, one of the best 20 modern universities in the world - University of Wollongong, which is now setting up its offshore campus in the GIFT City in India; Grant Thornton Bharat LLP - one of the preeminent Indian professional services firms and offers end-to-end solutions for a business lifecycle, and Investment NSW - the NSW Government’s economic development and attraction agency, with a mandate to reinforce NSW as the most desirable place in the world to visit, study, invest and do business.
The event was attended by 71 delegates, mostly from the top management representing a variety of industry sectors with a keen interest in doing business with Australia, 8 Australian companies looking for expansion in India, 2 representatives from the Government of Tamilnadu and a few delegates from the education sector.
Started with the opening remarks from Mr. P. Santhosh, MD & CEO, moderated by Ms. Vinithra Srinivasan, Committee Member (Partner, NVS & Associates) and concluded by Mr. K.V. Ashok, Deputy Director of the Chamber, the following distinguished speakers addressed the event:
With the pandemic receding, international flights resuming and a trade agreement between India and Australia signed and ready to be activated, the ANZ India Business Chamber became the first Australia focused bilateral trade organization from India to lead a business mission to Australia. The visit covered four cities – Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney and Paramatta -and interacted with over 300 companies in the four cities.
The Mission had an amazing start with a Networking Session hosted by Hall Chadwick Melbourne in association with the Chamber’s Melbourne Chapter. At Canberra, the members of the Mission had a very productive discussion with the Deputy High Commissioner, Shri Suneet Mehta and his team including Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Second Secretary. REACH for Training also organized a briefing session for the Members in Canberra.
At Sydney, the University of Wollongong hosted the Networking event is association with the Chamber’s Sydney Chapter. Another networking session was hosted by the Small Business Association of Australia.
The city of Paramatta is a fast developing second largest city in New South Wales and the Parramatta Chamber of Commerce organized another productive meeting in association with the City of Parramatta. It was wonderful experience to have a visit to the Paramatta Square.
The ANZ India Business Chamber launched the ANZIBC Business Directory 2023 while an Australian Business Delegation was in Chennai on 20th January 2023. The first copy was handed over to Mr. Simon Canov, Managing Director of Security One-to-One Services Group based in Sydney.
A Networking Meeting was organised at SPR City in Chennai, which was addressed by:
It was another productive meeting with the Honorable Mayor of Greater Chennai Corporation, Ms. R. Priya, to discuss opportunities for collaborations in areas of vocational education and technology transfers between Chennai and Australia (February 2023). The Chamber represntatives also met the Additional Chief Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu and the Commissioner of Greater Chennai Corporation, Dr. J. Radhakrishnan IAS to discuss on the opportunities in Skill Training and Healthcare (September 2023).
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