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Policy Change
August 2007 to Tel Aviv.
• FICCI organized a Round Table Luncheon Meeting in
Honour of HE Mr Shaul Mofaz, Hon’ble Deputy Prime
Minister and Minister of Road Safety & Transport of Israel
and the accompanying Delegation in March 2007.
• A Business Meeting with Mr Eliyahu Yishai, MK, Deputy
Prime Minister , Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labour
(Shas) of Israel on December 6, 2007.
• Organized on the on-spot training programme in Delhi
in the sectors of dairy, international marketing of resh
produce, waste water recycling, irrigation systems etc
with the help of experts from Israel in 2006.
• FICCI took a 30-member business delegation led by Dr
Amit Mitra, Secretary General, FICCI for participation in
Agritech 2006 accompanying Mr Sharad Pawar, Hon’ble
Minister for Agriculture, Government of India in May
2006.
• FICCI took a 10-member business delegation led by Mr
Saroj Kumar Poddar, the then Senior Vice President FICCI,
to Israel, coinciding with the visit of Mr Kamal Nath,
Hon’ble Commerce and Industry Minister, Government
of India in November 2005. During the visit, FICCI
participated in the Israel Gateway 2005 exhibition and
Buyer Seller Meet/Seminar corresponding with the Israeli
Prime Economic Conference for Export and International
Cooperation.
• FICCI did a study on India-Israel Trade Synergies
Convergence and Constraints in August 2005.
• Seminar on promoting India’ trade and Investment
linkages with Israel at New Delhi on March 2005.
• A 15-member high powered FICCI business delegation
led by the then President FICCI, Mr Y K Modi, visited Israel
for the India-Israel Joint Business Council Meeting and
Destination India. The event was held co-terminus with
the Third India Israel Joint Trade and Economic Committee
on January 14-15, 2004 in Israel. The India-Israel JBC
Meeting and Destination India was inaugurated by the
then Hon’ble Minister for Commerce & Industry and Law
& Justice of India, Mr Arun Jaitley.
• Meeting with H E Mr Ehud Olmert, the then Vice Prime
Minister, Ministry of Industry, Trade & Labour and the
accompanying delegation from Israel at New Delhi in
December 2004.
• FICCI was presented the Israel Trade Award 2003 by the
State of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labour, in
recognition of outstanding contribution in the forging
of international trade links with Israel by Mr Ehud Olmert,
Vice Prime Minister, Ministry of Industry, Trade and
Labour.
• Interactive Meeting with H E Mr Maj Gen. (Retd) Ariel
Sharon , the then Hon’ble Prime Minister of Israel and the
accompanying delegation in September 2003 at New
Delhi.
• Meeting with Agricultural Delegation led by Mr Daniel
Krichman, Secretary, Agriculture and Rural Development,
Government of Israel, January 29, 1998.
Seminar organized with Indian Embassy in Israel & The Israel Export & International Cooperation Institute, July 29, 2013, Tel Aviv
