Research
and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) and Federation
of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) jointly organized
a Seminar on “Heart of Asia and Connectivity” in Amritsar on 3rd
December, 2016 on the eve of the
6th
Ministerial Conference of Heart of Asia - Istanbul Process on
Afghanistan on 4th
December, 2016.
Prof.
Sachin Chaturvedi, Director General, RIS and Shri Gautam Ghosh,
Director, FICCI and Shri Manpreet Vohra, Ambassador of India to
Afghanistan spoke at the inaugural session. The participants dwelled
on various aspects of the situation in Afghanistan and the region
under the sessions on
“Connectivity of ideas and borders as bridges”, “Multimodal
transport connectivity and transit”, “Trade
and investment connectivity” and “Economic and development
cooperation”.
Experts
and scholars from Heart of Asia countries participated in the
Seminar. From Kazakhstan, Dr. Ashkat Kessikbayev, Permanent
Secretary, International Turkic Academy, Nur-Sultan and Dr. Laura
Yerekesheva, Deputy Director, Institute of Oriental Studies, Almaty
participated in the Seminar.
