India and Ireland
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India and Ireland
01.11.2010
“India and Ireland: historical affinities, contemporary realities and future potential’ is the title of a lecture to be delivered at UCC on Wednesday next, November 3rd by the Indian Ambassador to Ireland, His Excellency, P.S. Raghavan.

This is the second lecture in a series of lectures titled “Ireland in the New Asia”  involving the key Asian ambassadors to Ireland, aimed at highlighting the opportunities and challenges for Irish people who, increasingly, will look to the East for a brighter future.

The lecture series will continue until January 12th next when His Excellency Yuri Octavian Thamrin, Indonesian Ambassador to Ireland, will give the closing talk. Between now and January, the ambassadors of India, His Excellency P.S. Raghavan; Pakistan, His Excellency Naghmana Hashmi; Phillipines, His Excellency Ariel Y. Abadilla; Australia, His Excellency Bruce David, and China, His Excellency Liu Biwei, will offer fresh perspectives on Asian culture, innovation, export opportunities for Irish manufacturers and the potential jobs market.

This year, UCC will launch Ireland’s first MBS Asian Business with the Farmleigh Fellowship Foundation and Nanyang Technology University in Singapore.  Further information on this development can be found at http://www.farmleighfellowship.com along with details of the MBS Asian Business. The series has been organised both to accompany this new programme and to alert Irish graduates and business people to the global shift in the economic power base. The need for a deeper understanding of Asian societies, languages, politics and economies, has never been as important, and the lecture series is designed to present new insights that will help to chart the way forward. As well as focusing on economic issues, the ambassadors will discuss cultural ties between their countries and Ireland, the business vista in each country and how Ireland’s role in a resurgent Asia might develop in the future.

The ambassadors’ lecture series will take place at 4pm in the Council Room, North Wing, UCC on the following dates:

Pakistan:  Pakistani Ambassador Naghmana Hashmi, November 10th 2010
Philippines:  Philippines Ambassador Ariel Y. Abadilla, December 1st 2010
Australia: Australian Ambassador Bruce David, December 8th 2010
China:  Chinese Ambassador Liu Biwei, December 15th 2010
Indonesia:  Indonesian Ambassador Yuri Octavian Thamrin, January 12th 2011

Picture:  Indian Ambassador to Ireland, His Excellency, P.S. Raghavan

 

 

 

 

 



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