Session on Indo-US relations on the eve of President Obama's visit to India
EVENT DETAILS
DATE		Tuesday, January 13, 2015
TIME		4:00 PM  - 5:00 PM (Followed by High Tea)
LOCATION		The Bengal Club, 1/1, Russell Street, Kolkata
SPEAKER		Ambassador Frank Wisner – Former Ambassador to India, International Affairs Advisor, Patton Boggs, LLP
MODERATOR		Shiv Siddhant Narayan Kaul – Senior Vice President of ICC, Managing Director of Nicco Engineering Services
ABOUT THE EVENT President Barack Obama’s decision to accept Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s invite for India's Republic Day comes at a historic time and presents a great opportunity to strengthen the relationship. President Obama's second trip to India, which closely follows Prime Minister Modi's eventful visit to the U.S. last September, has generated significant excitement in diplomatic, strategic and business circles on both sides. Clearly, India and the U.S. recognize the deep potential in the partnership to shape the global agenda in the coming decade. Buoyed by a strong political will, it is imperative now for India and the U.S. to identify big-ticket action items and capitalize on new opportunities to inject energy into the relationship. Taking these issues forward, Ananta Aspen Centre in association with ICC is hosting a public discussion with Ambassador Frank Wisner addressing three key issues in his remarks– mutual strategic concerns, the business issues that needs to be addressed and managed, and a medium term strategy to expand trade and investment.
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SPEAKER Ambassador Frank Wisner – Former Ambassador to India, International Affairs Advisor, Patton Boggs, LLP Ambassador Frank G. Wisner is an International Affairs Advisor at Patton Boggs, LLP. A career diplomat with the personal rank of Career Ambassador, he previously served as Ambassador to India from 1994-1997. Additionally, he held the positions of Ambassador to Zambia (1979-82), Egypt (1986-91), and the Philippines (1991—92). Ambassador Wisner has served in a number of positions in the U.S. government, including Undersecretary of Defense for Policy (1993-94), Undersecretary of State for International Security Affairs (1992-93), Senior Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs (1982-86), and Deputy Executive Secretary of the Department of State (1977). During the course of his career, he served in the Middle East and South and East Asia. After leaving government service, Ambassador Wisner joined the American International Group, where he was named Vice Chairman, External Affairs. He returned to government in 2005 to represent the Secretary of State as her special representative to the Kosovo status talks. Today he is a member of the Boards of Directors of AIG Property Casualty, EOG Resources and Ethan Allen, as well as the boards of numerous non-profit organizations. He is an advisor to Kissinger Associates. A native of New York, Ambassador Wisner was educated at Princeton University.      MODERATOR   Shiv Siddhant Narayan Kaul – Senior Vice President of ICC, Managing Director of Nicco Engineering Services Mr Kaul is the Senior Vice President of the Indian Chamber of Commerce and the Managing Director of Nicco Engineering Services Limited, part of the Nicco group of companies which has activities in cable manufacturing, theme parks and specialty industrial maintenance services. After school at St. Xaviers Kolkata, he received a BA, Summa cum Laude, from the College of Wooster and a MSE from Princeton University in the US. While at Princeton he taught as a graduate instructor and was published in The Journal of Alternative Investments. Mr Kaul worked for over 4 years in New York at Bank of America’s, Capital Markets Group, rising to be a Vice President of Fixed-Income trading prior to joining the Nicco Group in Kolkata.