Taking the inter-regional integration efforts (for more trade and industry) on exporters’ level is the most important pillar of the new launched “Focus ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) and 2 (Australia and New Zealand) “Programme of Ministry of Commerce, Government of India.

The new programme has been chalked out along the lines of programmes such as “Focus-LAC” and “Focus Africa ‘, which has proved fruitful.

India is the traditional export basket in the countries of ASEAN is composed of elements such as gems and jewellery, grain, chemicals, electronic goods and iron and steel, with no evil the demand on the route of a certain category of products. Events trade in this region of Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPCs) are in financial assistance from the government under the Market Development Assistance (MDA) Scheme.

India-exports to ASEAN countries reached $ 4.62 billion during the period 2002-03, from $ 1.63 billion in 1998-99. Currently, ASEAN is a dominant trading partner of India, for example accounting for 9 percent of total trade. Two avenues of trade is now $ 9.8 million, with a trade deficit of 0.5 billion dollars.

The main markets are India, Singapore (export refunds from India was $ 1.4 billion over the period 2002-03), Indonesia ($ 0.8 billion), Malaysia ( $ 0.75 billion), Thai country ($ 0, 7 billion) and Philippines ($ 0.5 billion).

During a recent workshop on the theme “Doing Business in South East Asia”, organised jointly by the Bengal National Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Capexil, in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), Mr. Samir Ghosh, Senior Vice - - Chairman of Capexil, there is an urgent need to improve economic cooperation between India and ASEAN countries by the work quickly on the path of an India-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (FTA).

ASEAN countries, Mr. Ghosh, it may be regarded as one of the main destinations for Indian exports, reaching $ 30 billion by 2008, according to a recent study.

The ADB says Ghosh has forecast economic growth of 5.4 per cent by the year 2005 for the ASEAN region. While high growth is expected to Vietnam and Thai country, for the rest, it is likely to hover in the range of 4.5-5.5 percent.

Mr. Ghosh told Business Line that some ASEAN countries have made enormous progress on industrial and technological development, particularly in areas such as ceramics, glass and glassware, plywood and wood and rubber . The main products Capexil region of ASEAN are minerals, rocks, tires, glass, paper, electrodes, books and rubber products.

Requested the Council support programmes in the region, “said Ghosh including participation in trade fairs in Vietnam and Australia (Design Build in Melbourne, Australia), next to the buyer-seller meets in India and the ASEAN countries.

Al-Boukhari was almost nothing to Malaysia among the richest men. He port facilities and an airport in southern Malaysia, and the accumulation of interests in real estate, hotels, power plants, rubber plantations, banks, retail and construction.

It is possible that Al-Boukhari spray at the end of part or all of its plants in its foundation. This Malaysia some of the biggest companies and large infrastructure developments is not controlled by the government or a family, but by specialists, on behalf of charity.

Khoo Teck Puat, a Malaysian, has lived in Singapore and in possession of nearly 15 percent of the Standard Chartered Bank, where he died in 2004, with the headquarters of the Khoo Foundation during the year 1981, a contribution on medical care, health and educational causes. After his death, 30 percent of his fortune, or $ US1.5 billion, was sent to the Foundation. Another US3.5 million went to Singapore National Foundation dialysis and several million more in Singapore was another body to buy a large collection of ceramics from the Tang dynasty. This year, the Foundation had a $ US60 million from the National University of Singapore for medical research, $ US13 million to set up an Institute for Research on Cancer and $ US82 million to help a capacity of 550 beds hospital.

Another important element is the foundation of Singapore Yong Loo Lin Trust, by another family business. During 2005, which had the confidence of $ US70 million NIS at the School of Medicine and by the year 2003, $ US20 million to the university for its Conservatory of Music.

The Ayala Foundation of the rich family Ayala, is a leading corporate donor to the Philippines. It supports a large number of good works to improve the welfare of citizens. The Foundation also has an arm of the USA, Filipinos, a contribution to social development programmes in the Philippines.

Similarly, the Philippines, John Gokongwei, the founder of the world’s largest business groups in the country, JG Summit Holdings, last year announced his intention to comply 25 per cent of its interest in JG the top of a non-profit foundation is to enable the country poor and indigent. Gokongwei specifically cited Li Ka-shing as a source of inspiration for his own work and for this gift in particular.

JG Summit Holdings is very diversified, with offices in real estate, banking, financial, food, petrochemicals, textiles, hotels, electricity, cement and telecommunications. A quarter of all people at present to do the work for charitable purposes.

This small but growing trend to transfer assets of companies, charitable foundations to improve corporate governance in Asia. Installation of professional management to maximize shareholder value in the interest of charity is one reason why the Tata Group of India and Ayala group on the Philippines are leaders in their respective countries, good governance. The company key players in Asia might look like a series of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation adds another interesting dimension of the activity in Asia.

Industrial and Financial Systems (IMS), Sweden has announced the establishment of a competence centre for the Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon. The centre, the first of its kind in the country, it is intended for awareness on the benefits of a technology-based Enterprise.

“The centre of expertise creates awareness component-based enterprise systems through activities such as research, case studies, training, seminars and workshops”, Dr. MP Jaiswal, professor of information technology management MDI Gurgaon and the leader of the Competence Center, explained to the inauguration.

Jaiswal is a certified instructor and consultant ERP is a member of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), a group of experts on ICT for SMEs.

At the opening of M. Mark Rabjohns, president - IFS Asia-Pacific, said: “The new centre offers us the opportunity to show flexibility, speed and extreme friendliness of our business in real time and in response to India conditions which they enjoy in the soil and the client by client.

The components based on technology, an invention of the IFS can be implemented very personalized two standards and e-business applications in a strictly necessary as baseless. “The customer is able to choose, and choose the exact function is necessary a great advantage of this technology,” said Dr. Chandan Chowdhury, Country Manager, IFS India.

MDI Director, Dr Devi Singh, welcomed the partnership and said he was one step, using the Institute of efforts to excellence in management of initial and continuing training.

IFS is the Stockholm Stock Exchange. It develops and supplies component-based business applications for medium and large companies and organizations in 48 countries. In the Asia-Pacific, it has offices in Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thai country.

The International Institute for Management and Technology, Kolkata (IIMT Bengal) has selected 16 students for training a year in hotels in the UK and Malaysia. Employment placements in the second year is a course for its management of the hotel degrees. IIMT Bengal was adopted in 2002 by GGL Hotel and Resort Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Gujarat Ambuja Cement Ltd.

It has a technical cooperation with Carlson Hospitality World Wide of the USA, Edwardian Group of United Kingdom, India and Unitech AG of the International Institute for Management and Technology, Gurgaon (IIMT-Gurgaon). IIMT-Gurgaon IIMT is the first in India. IIMT Bengal has a scientific partnership with Oxford Brookes University of the UK. It is also applying for listing of the All India Council for Technical Education, Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India.

February 11 - Ahmedabad, India - India seems to have stumbled on a new mantra to increase their international relations - Training diplomacy. And the dream of travel east of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A), the quasi-ambassador of India in the field of education to more than a dozen countries in Asia, Africa , Asia and Western Europe.

The Union Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Institute has a list of countries where the IIM-A for the implementation of plans roadshows for its Post-Graduate new program in the areas of management for executives PGPX, which starts in June next year.

At an early meeting of IIM-A officials and foreign ministers Shyam Sharan in New Delhi last month, it would have, according to reports in Fanshop donations to these countries and candidates to the rope for the program “, an effort to help India to strengthen diplomatic relations with these countries. ”

The year of a program aimed at executives selected by the GMAT and personal interviews, a dose of 50 to 70 students, including 25 percent of foreign participants are expected during the first year. The process to achieve in March, when the authorisation procedure for the course begins.

The list includes some of the neighbouring countries of India - Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka - and in Indonesia, Malaysia and France and a number of countries in West Asia and Africa.

“There is throughout the world focuses on vocational training Post-Graduate character, and the MEA, seeks to strengthen strategic alliances with these countries indicate that they thought IIM-A as a trademark. The program could be a starting point to begin the long term - in the field of education alliances. to the Institute, it is a big step towards our plans to go international, “says an IIM-A Don.

“The Institute is currently in advanced discussions with MSAs,” says an IIM-A source.

Asia’s largest health sector, Singapore-based Parkway Group Healthcare, in a joint venture with Mumbai-based Asian Heart Institute and Research Centre (AHIRC) for the establishment of specialized medical centres of excellence Mumbai. Parkway owns a majority stake in the joint venture participation. The exact format is set.

Parkway received a management contract with the consent of holders AHIRC for the management and operation of infrastructure of 250 hospital beds heart. In a first step, the company proposes to Singapore, India bring their internationally recognized living donor liver transplantation.

The partnership is also considering cooperation in the oncology and orthopedics. This super-speciality centres are AHIRC’s Bandra-Kurla installation and co-branding of both partners.

Mumbai Parkway east entrance as part of its strategy to expand the footprint of their feet in India. It was Schlachtgetümmel for the acquisition of Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre in Delhi and to develop plans, whether through acquisitions, large enterprises.

Currently, the Parkway Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Kolkata with Apollo Hospitals. It also has a centre PET-CT for diagnosing cancer than Hyderabad.

$ 500m Parkway The group recently launched a controlling stake acquired the participation of Pantai Holdings, Malaysia the leading provider of health care. With this acquisition, the total number of hospitals under control Parkway to 15

According to the head of international operations Parkway, Vivek Jetley, AHRI Parkway and cooperate to specialized health centres of excellence in Mumbai by the leverage effect on business in Singapore to cut the medical know-how and long experience in health management.

“Asian Heart Institute has an excellent reputation in Mumbai to the heart of world-class infrastructure and management under the leadership of Dr Rama Kant Panda. The new centre of excellence in tap water more extensive know-how Parkway, for health research are provided with high standards, quality of care provided to patients and better treatment outcomes, “he said.

Regarding the interest of his company in India, “said Jetley private health care in the country, industry offers great potential and added that the increased purchasing power in India, had created an increased demand for medical services of high quality Delivery.

Wigan & Leigh College (WLC), Delhi, is planning to expand the global operations of the 150-year-old UK based college by undertaking a South-East Asian expansion plan. Having an active presence in 32 countries, the college is now planning collaboration with institutes in Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Singapore so as to provide local students access to international education.

In an exclusive interaction with the NCR Tribune, Mr Vinay Parischa, director, Wigan & Leigh, spoke on the expansion plans of the college.