Events

Speakers

The Canada-India Business Council has been privileged to host world-class speakers at both in-person and digital events. A selection of past speakers includes (speakers titles listed at the time of event): 

Murad Al-Katib, CEO, AGT Foods and Ingredients Inc.
Elyse Allan, President & CEO, GE Canada
Deepak Bagla, CEO, Invest India 
Jim Balsillie, former Chairman and Co-CEO of Research in Motion (Blackberry) 
Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII, India
Thomas Bata, Chairman, Bata Inc.
Hari Bhartia, Co-Chairman and Managing Director, Jubilant Life Sciences
H.E Ajay Bisaria, High Commissioner of India to Canada
Hon. Bardish Chagger, Minister of Small Business and Tourism and Leader of the Government House of Commons, Canada
Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Chairman, Tata Sons
Hon. François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Dean A. Connor, President & CEO, Sun Life Financial
Laura Dawson, past Director of Canadian Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, DC
Michele DiEmanuele, CEO, Trillium Health Partners
Annie Dubé, Consul General of Canada, Mumbai
Hon. Kristy Duncan, Minister of Science and Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities, Canada
David Emerson, former Minister of International Trade, Canada
Hon. Vic Fedeli, Minister of Job Creation, Economic Development and Trade, Ontario
Jim Flaherty, former Finance Minister, Canada Bruce Flatt, CEO, Brookfield Asset Management Inc.
Hon. Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Canada
Rita-Rose Gagné, President - Growth Markets, Ivanhoé Cambridge
Tim Gitzel, President and CEO, Cameco Naresh Goyal, Founder & Chairman, Jet Airways
Rt. Hon. David Johnston, 28th Governor General of Canada
John Manley, Former Finance Minister of Canada
Hon. Scott Moe, Premier of Saskatchewan K.R.
Narayan Murthy, Co-Founder and Chairman, Infosys
Amit Nayyar, President, Paytm
Hon. Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade
H.E. Nadir Patel, High Commissioner of Canada to India
Hon. Suresh Prabhu, former Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, India
Azim Premji, Chairman & CEO, WIPRO
Satish Rai, CIO, OMERS
M.R Rangaswami, Founder, Indiaspora
Hon. Bruce Ralston, Minister of Trade, Jobs and Technology, British Columbia
Sanjoy Roy, Managing Director, Jaipur Literature Festival
Harinder Takhar, CEO, Paytm Labs Ratan Tata, Chairman, Tata Group and Tata Sons
Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada
Hon. Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India

Past Events

November 26, 2024

Mumbai Business Forum

Mumbai, Maharashtra

October 31, 2024

Toronto, ON

October 30, 2024

Toronto, ON

November 10, 2023

Toronto, ON

November 9, 2023

Toronto, ON

May 10, 2023

 Financial Executive Roundtable

Toronto, ON

May 10, 2023

Special Luncheon with Hon. Piyush Goyal

Toronto, ON

March 15, 2023

Bengaluru, Karnataka

February 9, 2023

BC-India Partnership Summit

Vancouver, BC

November 30, 2022

Mumbai, India

Sept. 29 - Oct. 4, 2022

Alberta-India Roundtables

Mumbai, Maharashtra
Bengaluru, Karnataka
Chennai, Tamil Nadu

September 26, 2022

Executive Dialogue with The Honourable Jyotiraditya Scindia

Montreal, QC

September 12, 2022

Moncton-India Executive Roundtable

Moncton, NB

June 23, 2022

A Special Reception for His Excellency Ajay Bisaria

Toronto, ON

June 22, 2022

Dialogue on India's Agriculture Opportunity

Regina, SK

May 4, 2022

Manitoba-India Executive Roundtable

Winnipeg, MB

May 2, 2022

Roundtable with The Honourable Jyotiraditya Scindia

Montreal, QC

March 7/8, 2022

First Canadian Women-only Virtual Business Mission to India

Online

February 10, 2022

BC-India Partnership Summit

Online

November 24, 2021

Mumbai Business Forum

Mumbai, India 
Online

November 3, 2021

Online

June 10, 2021

Online

March 16, 2021

Tech Showcase: Opportunity in the Bi-National Corridor

Online

February 18, 2021

BC-India Partnership Summit: Indian Budget 2021 

Online

December 3, 2020

Mumbai Business Forum

Online

October 29, 2020

Diwali Awards

Online

October 8, 2020

Invest India 2020

Online

June 24, 2020

An Exclusive Virtual Executive Session with High Commissioner Ajay Bisaria, featuring Frank McKenna and Goldy Hyder

Online

June 10, 2020

A Special Conversation with Rajesh Subramaniam on Transformation of Global Supply Chains: Implications for India

Online

May 28, 2020

Insights on Canada-India Trade and SMEs with Minister Ng

Online

April 21, 2020

A Look Inside the Canada-India Business Corridor featuring High Commissioner Ajay Bisaria and High Commissioner Nadir Patel

Online

November 21, 2019

Mumbai Business Forum

Mumbai, India

October 16, 2019

16th Annual Diwali Gala Dinner

Toronto, ON

June 26, 2019

Toronto Partnership Summit

Toronto, ON

February 7, 2019

BC Partnership Summit

Vancouver, BC