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Post by Macmoish on Jul 2, 2010 8:28:58 GMT
Personally I think that would be interesting to hear whatever he talks aboutSportsBusiness.com - Business India Forum in London confirms speakersThe Business India Forum, held at Christies’ in London on July 22 2010, has confirmed a line-up of speakers including Ishan Saksena, Chairman of QPR football club, and Tushar Das Ghose, strategic partner consultant at Microsoft. India’s enormous economic strides have made global headlines and some of the new sectors that will continue this growth are sports, lifestyle and luxury. High profile speakers from these industries will outline the current situation in these sectors and highlight the significant opportunities for both Indian and UK companies. Other confirmed speakers include Amin Jaffer (Director, Indian Art, Christie’s), Fiona Sanderson (Managing Director, the Luxury Channel), Arunava Chaudhuri ( CEO, IndianFootball.com), Ridhika Batra (UK Director, FICCI), Ashis Ray (Journalist and author), Farid Haque (Global Markets, Accenture), Sangeeta Datta (Film Producer) and Vijay Goel (Partner, Singhania). The Business India Forum will hear keynote speeches, have panel sessions plus an interactive question and answer session from delegates, followed by cocktail reception and networking. www.sportbusiness.com/news/178522/business-india-forum-in-london-confirms-speakers
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Post by Macmoish on Jul 17, 2010 12:03:46 GMT
Just a reminder: Guess he won't be on tour with the QPR Team!
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Post by Macmoish on Jul 22, 2010 20:23:34 GMT
Wonder what he said! Conference Description: India’s enormous economic strides have made global headlines and some of the new sectors that will continue this growth are sports, lifestyle and luxury. IPL has made cricket into a billion-dollar sport and luxury brands such as Armani, Versace, Rolls-Royce and Cartier already well-established in India. However these are nascent markets with huge growth potential and many opportunities for both Indian and UK companies with expertise to work together in the coming years. High profile speakers from these industries will outline the current situation in these sectors and highlight the significant opportunities for both Indian and UK companies. Partnered by SportBusiness Group and held at Christies, London on July 22nd 2010. Confirmed speakers including the following: Amin Jaffer, Director, Indian Art, Christie’s Subodh Agrawal, Founder, Euro Max Capital Tushar Das Ghose, Microsoft, Strategic partner consultant Fiona Sanderson, Managing Director, the Luxury Channel Kevin Roberts, SportBusiness Group Ishan Saksena, Chairman, QPR FC Arunava Chaudhuri, CEO, IndianFootball.com Ridhika Batra, UK Director, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Ashis Ray, Journalist and author Farid Haque, Global Markets, Accenture Som Mandal, Partner, Fox Mandal Little Sangeeta Datta, Film Producer Vijay Goel, Partner, Singhania Conference Organiser: Celebrasian Conference Date: 22 July 2010 Conference URL -: www.celebrasian.co.uk/business-india-forum.php |
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Post by londonranger on Jul 22, 2010 22:17:54 GMT
He said, his QPR will be in the Champions league in 5 yrs.
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Post by Macmoish on Jul 26, 2010 11:59:22 GMT
For a start. Presumably other articles out thereFrom Blog of About Arunava Chaudhuri About myself "I've been reporting about football since 1998 - as founder of IndianFootball.Com, for other publications & have also worked for for radio & television." Sunday, July 25, 2010
Business India Forum, London - A review This years Business India Forum was held on July 22, 2010 and the event once more organised by Celebrasian UK was held this year in London at Christie's. A lovely small, niche auditorium amongst all those works of art from around the world. The mix of topics this year was once more quite interesting with sports business meeting luxury and lifestyle in an Indian context, something with the exception of IPL isn't really the case for India just yet. So something which is set to become more and more real for India in the coming years. It was a half day forum with over 100 delegates attending. The opening session had the title "Overview of the Indian economy and three sectors". Ridhika Batra, Director - Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, UK; was in the chair with Vijay Goel, Indo-EU Business Forum; Deepak Lalwani, Astaire Securities; and Farid Haque, Global Markets, Accenture as panellists and they all gave their views on how business could and should be done in India plus where the opportunities and possible problems lie. This set to tone for the rest of the afternoon. The second session had the topic "The Business of Sports" with myself as the moderator with the focus mainly on cricket and football. My panel included Ishan Saksena, Chairman, Queen’s Park Rangers FC; Ashish Ray, Author and journalist; Kevin Roberts, Editorial Director, Sport Business Group; Anders Grundberg, Partner, McGuire Woods; and Clive W. Leach, Chairman, Durham County Cricket Club. I started off giving a general overview on the Indian sporting field with the IPL the often mentioned example of commercialisation of sports in India, but I also gave the audience the information that football is a fast growing sport in India with the question to be asked on how and where can cricket grow further. My aim was to give an overview not only of cricket and football, which still where the main focus. My seasoned colleague Ashish took the discussions to another level as he is a cricket purist and was more interested in Test cricket, while most of the world was interested in 50 Overs and T20. An interesting discussion developed as India has clearly shown that Test cricket is of no real interest for the general public these days, while T20 is the new craze through the IPL; while in England Test cricket still has its place of its own. An interesting comparison was made as a strong league doesn't automatically mean a strong national side. England and the EPL in football were compared to India and its IPL in cricket. And yes, it scarily sounded correct as both national sides have failed in recent major competition. We also focused in the session on the main topic of business of sports in India. There are numerous opportunities not only in cricket and football with the example of the 30 year deal signed by IMG-Reliance with the Basketball Federation of India recently made, but there are also chances in Formula 1 and Golf. After a tea break "Session Three - The Burgeoning Luxury and Lifestyle Markets" was held with Amin Jaffer, Director Indian Art, Christies; in the chair. The panel included Fiona Sanderson, Managing Director, The Luxury Channel; Onita Prasada Vashish, Owner, Onitaa Fashion; and Kevin Rego, International Head of Sales and Marketing, B4U TV. The fourth and final session was on "Doing business in India". It had Carl Nisser, Board member, Europe India Chamber of Commerce Counsel & McGuire Woods; as the moderator. The panel included Atul Gupta, Director, Euro Max Capital; and Parvinder Bhatia, Wasserman Media Group - India. They talked about the does and don't in the Indian market. One thing that came out clear of this session was anyone interested to do business in India needs to know and then also understand how to do it in India. And that is the difficulty for international business across all fields as even multinationals have failed in India. arunfoot.blogspot.com/2010/07/business-india-forum-london-review.html
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