Annual General Meeting and National Conference 2012 Industry’s Role in Nation Building: Government - Industry Partnership 17-18 April 2012, 0930 Hrs: Hotel Taj Palace, Sardar Patel Marg, New Delhi   Chief Guest at the Inaugural Session : Mr Pranab Mukherjee, Hon'ble Minister of Finance   CII’s National Conference and Annual General Meeting 2012 is scheduled for 17-18 April 2012 at New Delhi. The theme of this year’s National Conference and Annual General Meeting is “Industry’s Role in Nation Building: Government - Industry Partnership”. The National Conference will focus on the changing role of industry in Nation Building. The focus is on Bringing Growth Back. While Mr Pranab Mukherjee, Minister of Finance is the Chief Guest, we have a series of key sessions with Ministers, Politicians, Government Officials and Industry. The other prominent speakers who have confirmed their participation include: Ms. Sheila Dikshit, Chief Minister of NCT of Delhi Mr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Government of India Mr. Arun Jaitley, Member of Parliament and Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mr. N Kiran Kumar Reddy, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Mr. Tarun Gogoi, Chief Minister of Assam Mr. Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Chief Minister of Haryana Mr. Arjun Munda, Chief Minister of Jharkhand Mr. S Y Quraishi, Chief Election Commissioner of India Mr. Pradeep Kumar, Chief Vigilance Commissioner Mr. Jyotiraditya Scindia, Minister of State of Commerce and Industry, Government of India Mr. Arun Maira, Member – Planning Commission, Government of India Mr. Nandan M Nilekani, Chairman, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Mr. Ajith Kumar Seth, Cabinet Secretary Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Member of Parliament Mr. N K Singh, Member of Parliament Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad, Member of Parliament Dr. Rahul Khullar, Commerce Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and Industry Mr. R Gopalan, Secretary (Economic Affairs), Ministry of Finance Mr. R S Gujral, Secretary (Finance & Revenue), Ministry of Finance Mr. Ajay Shankar, Member Secretary, National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council. Detail programme outline is available at http://www.mycii.in/image/eventimages/eventmainimages/E000010867_AGMProgramme.pdf Please confirm your participation by using the enclosed reply form or registering online at http://cii.in/OnlineRegistration.aspx?Event_ID=E000010867 Warm regards, Chandrajit Banerjee Director General