Rustam Minnikhanov arrives on a working visit in India
18 November 2014, Tuesday
On November 18, during his working trip to India (November, 18-19) Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov will hold a number of meetings and negotiations with Indian state officials and businessmen.
Today in New Delhi, Tatarstan President will meet the Minister for Skill Development, Entrepreneurship and Parliamentary Affairs of India Mr. Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Board Chairman of the Tauko Company Mrs. Daad Muhammad Sharab, representatives of the Indian Ministry of Chemical Industry and Fertilizers, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and others.
Also, Minnikhanov and members of Tatarstan delegation will take part in Tatarstan-India Business Forum organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry.
Meetings with Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Mrs. Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Foreign Affairs of India, Co-Chairman of Intergovernmental Russia-India Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technical and Cultural Cooperation Mrs. Sushma Swaraj are to be held in the afternoon.
On November 19, Rustam Minnikhanov will head for Mumbai to meet executives of large Indian companies and multi-industry holdings.
Tatarstan President's Press Office, Elena Britvina
On 18 May ay the CIPR conference in Nizhniy Nogorod the Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Roman Shaykhutdinov, the Rector of the Innopolis University Aleksandr Gasnikpov and the Vice-rector of the University Yevgeny Bobrov will take part at round tables session of the conference.
Experts will discuss the role of Tatarstan and Innopolis as one of the key technological centers of the country and how regional innovative platforms help to solve tasks of the whole Russian industry. A special emphasis will be placed on the digital transformation of the oil and gas sector and how large clusters and scientific and technological centers are becoming drivers of industry change.
On 16 May, speaking at a meeting in the Government House of the republic held by the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin with participation of the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Marat Zyabbarov reported that the sowing of spring crops is in full swing in the republic with 1m 38 thousand hectares or 61 per cent of the planned have been sown.
On May 14, on the sidelines of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Head of the Federal Service for Accreditation Dmitry Volvach signed an agreement on interaction and cooperation in the development of the halal industry.
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