The Indian embassy in Argentinian capital Buenos Aires, in collaboration with the Economic Commission for the Latin America and Caribbean (ECLAC) based in Santiago (Chile), is organising a seminar as part of the Fourth Festival of India, to be held from December 3 to 13.
?What are the new complementarities and synergies (between Latin America and India)? How can they be leveraged for mutual growth? What should be the strategies? What could they learn from each other from their successes, failures and best practices? What makes Indians and Latin Americans bond with each other? These will be discussed and analysed by economists, policy makers, businessmen and intellectuals from India as well as Latin America at the proposed seminar, which is the first event of its kind to look at all aspects comprehensively,? said R Viswanathan, ambassador of India to Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay.
Viswanathan said the Festival of India would also include performances by Indian classical music and dance groups, Bollywood dance by Argentinians, food festival, yoga and meditation sessions, film festival, tourism workshops, painting and photo exhibitions, cultural seminars, handicraft exhibition by 50 Indian companies and India Cup golf tournament.
Trade between India and Latin America was worth $23 billion in 2010 with the former investing $12 billion in the region in IT, pharmaceuticals, agro-chemicals, energy, mining, steel and manufacturing, employing 35,000 Latin Americans.