(From left): India鈥檚 Minister of External Affairs Dr S Jaishankar, and Singapore鈥檚 Foreign Minister Dr Vivian Balakrishnan
It was the biggest business and innovation summit on India to be held here with its inaugural session featuring India鈥檚 Minister of External Affairs Dr S Jaishankar, and Singapore鈥檚 Foreign Minister Dr Vivian Balakrishnan and was chaired by Prof Tommy Koh
Singapore Minister of State Mr Chee Hong Tat and India鈥檚 Union Minister Mr Hardeep Singh visit the High Commission of India鈥檚 Startup Exhibition
THE High Commission of India in Singapore together in partnership with agencies of Governments of India and Singapore, Chambers of Commerce, professional associations and innovation labs,聽 successfully organised a 2-day Business and Innovation Summit, 鈥業ndia-Singapore: The Next Phase鈥, from 9th to 10th September 2019 at Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Singapore. The Next Phase had two inter-related conferences: A business event and the third edition of the India-Singapore Innovation and Start-up platform called InSpreneur that was launched by the High Commission in January 2018. At the end of the 2-day event the organisers final tally showed it had attracted 1,800聽聽participants, more than 90 speakers, over 70 start-ups聽聽and 25 speaker panels. Apart from Dr S Jaishankar and Dr V Balakrishnan, the Summit speakers also included Mr Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister (Independent Charge), Ministry of聽 Housing聽 and Urban Affairs, Ministry of Civil Aviation & State, Ministry of Commerce & Industry and Mr Chee Hong Tat Senior Minister of State for Ministry of Trade and Industry and Ministry of Education, Singapore. Leading this mammoth undertaking was the High Commissioner of India in Singapore HE Jawed Ashraf who explained: 鈥淭he objective of this summit is to essentially set the road map of India-Singapore strategic economic partnership in the course of the next five years.鈥
India High Commissioner to Singapore HE Jawed Ashraf
