Honourable Shri Piyush Goel, Minister of Commerce & Industry and Railways, delivering the keynote
address at the launch of the ‘PIO Investor Help Desk’ initiative on 10 th January 2020 at the Taj Palace
Hotel, New Delhi. The initiative is a public private partnership between Invest India (Ministry of Commerce
& Industry) and PIO Chamber of Commerce & Industry. PIOCCI has chapters and representatives in
more than 50 countries with significant Indian Diaspora population, as well as in 20 states of India.
Representatives of 20 countries and states were present at the event.
GLOBAL BUSINESS PLATFORM FOR INDIA
A strategic partnership created by PIOCCI is with a youth organization called INSA that has blossomed globally and
is garnering good numbers. At least 35 members of INSA-Bharat members attended the launch of the ‘PIO Investor
Help Desk’ initiative. INSA members are Indian students who were educated overseas and many of them continue to
adopt the country of their education but a significant number of them are now returning back to India. These bright
and promising youth are professionals and business persons and some of them have already made a mark in the
sectors.
Chief Guest Honourable Shri Piyush Goel, Minister of Commerce & Industry and Railways, Government
of India, and Prof. Raj Kumar Bhatia, Patron of PIOCCI, launch the ‘PIO Investor Help Desk’ initiative on
a live screen showcasing the partnership between Invest India (Ministry of Commerce & Industry) and
PIO Chamber of Commerce & Industry (PIOCCI). Invest India and PIOCCI websites carry electronic
banners directing interested Diaspora investors to find information, projects as well as to direct queries on
to the platform jointly monitored and implemented by the partners.
Shri Munish Gupta, Vice President of PIOCCI, delivers the Vote of Thanks at the conclusion of the
Plenary Session marking the launch of the ‘PIO Investor Help Desk’ on 10 th January 2020 at the Taj
Palace Hotel, New Delhi. Seated on the Dias – (from left to right) Invest India CEO Shri Deepak Bagla,
DPIIT (Ministry of Commerce & Industry) Joint Secretary Smt. Sumita Dawra, Additional Secretary of the
Ministry of External Affairs Ambassador Dinesh Patnaik, Chief Guest Honourable Shri Piyush Goel,
Minister of Commerce & Industry and Railways, Government of India, PIOCCI Patron Prof. Raj Kumar
Bhatia, and PIOCCI Working President Shri Atul Kulkarni. PIOCCI and Invest India (as part of Ministry of
Commerce & Industry) have partnered to create a special track to generate awareness among the
Diaspora to invest in resurgent India, create interest in special projects, answer queries and find direct
solutions / incentives / approvals for investment and trading opportunities.
Global Indians for a USD 5 Tn Economy – Launch of the ‘PIO Investor Help Desk’
initiative as a public private partnership between Invest India (Ministry of Commerce &
Industry, Government of India) and PIO Chamber of Commerce & Industry (PIOCCI).
Conference Session 1 featured a dialogue between PIOCCI Special Guest and reputed
NRI businessman from U.K. Shri Manjit Nijjar, Special Joint Secretary of the Overseas
Indian Affairs Division of Ministry of External Affairs Shri Manish, Senior Vice President
of Invest India Shri Siddhartha Anand, Indian National Students Association Bharat
(INSA-Bharat) Executive Committee Member Shri Shantanu Gupta, and PIOCCI Vice
President and successful PIO media entrepreneur Shri Munish Gupta.
PIOCCI office bearers, PIOCCI Coordinators, Officials of Ministry of External Affairs & Invest India
(Minister of Commerce & Industry) after the 2nd Conference Session marking the launch of ‘PIO Investor
Help Desk’ on 10 th January 2020 in at the Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi.
Working President Shri Atul Kulkarni discusses the conference with participants. Standing from right to left - PIOCCI
Team - Shri Munish Gupta, Vice President, Shri Anoop Gupta, Vice President, Shri Anup Mukherjee, Treasurer, Ms
Preety Negi and Smt. Shaili Aggarwal, Office Secretaries.
