29th July, 2009 became one of the special days in my life when we, the IPMX students, were invited by the Indo-Canadian chamber of commerce for a meet with the some of the leading business man and senior management from corporate world. These included professionals from Rintinto-Alcan, Canadian centre architecture, Balcorp, Deloitte Canada, ICICI Canada, legal firms, infrastructure firms, government officials and professors from Mcgill university.
Although I have attended many corporate events before this but this one was special. This was one of my first event where I felt myself as being a part of business delegation who was in Montreal to build business relationships. It was clearly a different feeling altogether since most of my past events normally had people from same business background i.e IT services. So most of the discussions focussed around new technologies and emerging market trends in IT industry. But here was my chance of meeting people from different industries, different cultural background and people who truly meant business.
The session started with IPMX students talking about growth opportunities in retail, shipping and insurance industry in India. This was followed by an address by some business people from Canada like Dr. Sunny Handa, a partner at Blake, Cassels and Graydon LLP, Mr. Alexis Cornin from Canadian centre architecture and others.
Other than speeches and the cocktail, the most interesting part of the event was the networking opportunity that everybody got by meeting people from the Canadian industry. It actually helped us in perceiving the opportunities that lie ahead in terms of fruitful Indo-Canadian business relationships and understanding the Canadian perception of work aspects when doing business in India.
Above all, I believe it was one of the most memorable event on our trip to Canada.
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