President keynote Speaker at HT Leadership Summit
President Mahinda Rajapaksa will deliver the keynote address at the
fifth Hindustan Times Leadership Summit to be held on October 12 and 13
in New Delhi under the theme “The India that can be”.
The Summit is sponsored by Hindustan Times (HT) Media Ltd., one of
the largest media conglomerates in India.
Its objectives are to enhance the level of discussion on compelling
and pressing national, regional and global issues, to stimulate
interaction among leaders and to present an international quality
thought-platform aimed at exploring possible solutions.
President Rajapaksa will address the Summit on the 13th at 10 a.m.
Other speakers on that day include Jeb Bush, former Governor of Florida,
Prof. Daniel Schrag, Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences and
Director, Harvard University Centre for the Environment and Dr. V.
Ramanathan, Professor of Climate and Atmospheric Sciences, University of
California.
Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will inaugurate the fifth
Summit. Other speakers include. Sonia Gandhi, Chairperson of the United
People’s Alliance, P. Chidambaram, Indian Finance Minister, Mayawati,
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of Gujrat,
Mohamed El Baradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy
Agency and Sir Bob Geldof, songwriter, activist.
Besides several business and cultural business and cultural
personalities are also scheduled to address the Summit.
They include Rajashree Birla, Director, Aditya Birla group, Nandan
Nilenkani, Co-founder of Infosys Technologies & Co., Harish Manwani,
President, Uniliver Asia and Africa and Chairman Hindustan Uniliver and
Shah Rukh Khan.
Among the eminent persons who addressed the previous Summits are Atal
Behari Vajpaee, former Indian Prime Minister, Chandrika Bandaranaike,
former Sri Lankan President, Benazir Bhutto, former Pakistan Prime
Minister, John Major, former British Prime Minister, Hamid Karzai,
Afghan President, Ehud Barak, former Israel Prime Minister, William
Cohen, former US Defence Secretary, Dr. Henry Kissinger and Madeline
Albright, former US Secretaries of State and Lakshman Kadirgamar, former
Sri Lankan Foreign Minister. |