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          | Colloquium 14 November 2008 - Pictures |  
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              Hanseatic India ColloquiumHealthcare, Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
 
                
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                  | Welcome
                  to the 3rd Hanseatic India Colloquium |  | The
                    Honourable Consul General of India in Hamburg, Dr. Vinod
                    Kumar, presenting the opening speech. |  
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                  | Mr.
                    Bernd Reinert, State Secretary, Ministry of Science & Research,
                    Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany, welcomes the
                    delegates. |  | Dr.
                    Christian Ehler, Chairman, Europe India Chamber of Commerce,
                    Member of European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium, spoke about
                    the role of the Europe India Chamber of Commerce in promoting
                    Indo-European Business. |  
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                  | Dr.
                    Amal Mukhopadhyay, Founder and Director, ELGA Biotech, Hamburg,
                    and organizer of the Colloquium, spoke about Indo-German
                    opportunities for collaboration in healthcare. |  | The
                    captivated audience, including Mr. Steffen Thormann, Project
                    Manager, HWF, in the front row, during the opening session |  
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                  | Dr.
                    Tomas Kahn, Head, Expert Team Life Sciences, Deutsche Bank
                    AG, Frankfurt, gave an insight into the role of the financial
                  sector in enabling bilateral business activities in healthcare. |  | Mr.
                    Guido Krupp, CEO & President, AmpTec GmbH, Hamburg, chaired
                  the 1st business session on Pharmaceutical Research & Development. |  
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                  | Dr.
                    Rashmi Barbhaiya, CEO & Managing Director, Advinus Therapeutics
                    Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, impressed us with the improvements
                  in Research & Development in Indian Pharmaceutical Industry. |  | Mr
                    Pankaj Patel gave a special presentation on behalf of a delegation
                    from Gujarat, India, “Gujarat: The Growth Engine of
                  India”. |  
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                  | Mr. Hans-Ulrich
                    Baldes, Chairman, Executive Board, WWWS World Wide Water
                    Systems AG, Hamburg, gave a Special Lecture on “Water
                    treatment and water supply by reverse osmosis system and
                  ion exchange”. |  | Mr. Rolf Gunther,
                    Chairing the 2nd business session on Bioinformatics & Biotechnology,
                    and Dr. Amal K Mukhopadhyay, Colloquium organizer, are listening
                  with rapt attention. |  
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                  | Ms. Deepanwita
                    Chattopadhyay, CEO, ICICI Knowledge Park, Hyderabad, spoke
                    about life science park as cluster development tools and
                    used the model of the ICICI Knowledge Park in Hyderabad,
                  India. |  | Dr. Kathrin
                    Adlkofer, CEO Norgenta, Hamburg, provided the contrast speaking
                  about North German cluster of life sciences. |  
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                  | Ms. Anuradha
                    Acharya, Founder & CEO, Ocimum Biosolutions, Hyderabad,
                    highlighted the acquisition spree of Indian companies, particularly
                  her own, talking about going global with Genomics. |  | Dr. Peter Fischer,
                    CEO, Euroferm, Erlangen, described an innovative approach
                  in agro-biotechnology for crop protection. |  
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                  | Mr. George Varghese,
                    Senior Vice President, Diagnostics, Piramal Health Care,
                    Mumbai, spoke about the current status and future of in vitro
                  diagnostics in India. |  | Prof. Dr. Oliver
                    Rentzsch, CEO, MEDREGIO, Lübeck, chaired the 3rd business
                    session on Diagnostics & Clinic, during the question & answer
                  session with speaker Mr. George Varghese. |  
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                  | Dr. Deepak Jain,
                    Consultant Interventional Cardiologist and Co-Director, Medical
                    University of Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, gave a very
                    lively presentation describing his innovative patient-care
                    technology in cardiovascular complications. developed through
                  Indo-German research cooperation in medicine. |  | Mr. Stefan Matz,
                    Director, International Affairs, HWF, Hamburg, closed the
                    Colloquium with an overview of the economic scenario in Northern
                  Germany and Hamburg and the services provided by HWF. |  
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                  | Screens were
                  put up for the audience |  | Co organizers
                    of the Colloquium, Dr. Amal K. Mukhopadhyay and Mr. Dieter
                  Grützmacher. |  
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                  | Dr. Deepak Jain
                  and Dr. Amal K. Mukhopadhyay |  | Left to right:
                    Mr. Grützmacher, Mrs. Chattopadhyay, Dr. Mukhopadhyay,
                    Mrs. Mukherjee, Mr. Narayanan, Mrs Jain, Mr. Lieser, Dr.
                  Jain, Dr. Barbhaiya, Mrs. Barbhaiya, Mr. Gunther |  
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                  | The final highlight
                    of India Week Hamburg, “Diwali - Festival of Lights” took
                  place and invitees enjoyed the program. |  | Many speakers
                  sat together and enjoyed the Diwali program. |  
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                  | Classical Indian
                  dance Kathak was performed along with live music. |  | Finally the
                  evening ended with Bollywood extravaganza. |  
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