CIF hold lunch reception in honour of Dr. Abdul Kalam, former President of India

October 3, 2012

Canada India Foundation hosted a special lunch reception for Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, 11th President of India, at the Chateau Laurier hotel in Ottawa. The reception was sponsored by Dr. V.I. Lakshmanan, CIF Charter Member and Vice-Chairman and CEO of Process Research ORTECH. Dr. Kalam was in Ottawa to deliver the inaugural Budh Singh Dhahan and Kashmir Kaur Dhahan lecture at the Canada India Centre for of Excellence. CIF Charter Members present at the event were Mr. Barj S. Dhahan (Chair), Mr. Rahul Shastri (National Convenor), Dr. Atul Tolia (Secretary to the Board), Dr. V.I. Lakshmanan, Mr. Ramesh Chotai, Mr. Sudhir Handa and Mr. Laj Prasher.

India’s Acting High Commissioner in Canada, Mrs. Narinder Chauhan and Canada’s Minister for Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, Hon. Jason Kenney led the special guests who joined CIF and Dr. Kalam at the reception. Minister of State, Hon. Bal Gosal. Minister for Democratic reform, Hon. Tim Uppal, MP’s Patrick Brown, Devinder Shory, Joyce Murray, Kyle Seeback, Parm Gill, Helene Leblanc, Lysane Blanchette-Lamoth were other dignitaries from the Canadian parliament who attended.