Sharing Success - World Tamil Leaders Conference in Sydney Australia
A three-day World Tamils Economic Conference will be held in Sydney, Australia, in November 2007.
The conference aims to bring all Tamilians from across the world on a common platform to enhance their economic activities through the exchange of information, organiser and industrialist Bala Balendran told the media on Wednesday. Convenor V.R.S. Sampath said the meet would aim to form a Tamil Chamber of Commerce.
Extracts from World Tamil Business Leaders Conference Official website;
Conference Founders:
Dr.V.R.S. Sampath, on a visit to Sydney mooted out the idea of arranging a forum for Tamil Business Community. Later this was followed by a preliminary meeting of the conference held on Sept. 27th 2006 at Hotel Savera, Chennai. Several people from different walks of life appreciated the fact that Dr. V.R.S. Sampath had come up with the idea of such a conference, since it was a gap that needed to be bridged, for the economic development of the Tamils world wide. All of them pledged full support and were ready to do whatever was required of them for the success of the conference.
Mr. Bala Balendra, is an eminent Tamilian settled in Sydney, Australia and is a former Deputy Mayor of Auburn Council in the city of Sydney. He has taken on the organization of the conference, to be held in Sydney between 2nd and 4th of November, 2007. He was nominated as the Conference Convener and Dr. V.R.S. Sampath, the President of Madras Development Society (The Co-ordinating organization) would be the conference Co-ordinator. An important decision taken at this preliminary meeting was to start a World Tamils Business Leaders Forum in Chennai, and later in various other cities in the world and create a Federation of the World Tamils Business Leaders Forum. These would later become Tamil Chambers of Commerce.
About Tamils
Tamil is one of the classical languages like Latin, Sanskrit, Hebrew, Chinese and Arabic and the oldest spoken Indian language. The Tamil community is one of the oldest in the world and they are spread out all over the world.
Tamil Nadu (or the land of the Tamils) is one of the southern states of India, having always enjoyed a pride of place in India, be it before independence or after. The Tamils have looked beyond the state for opportunities and have traveled to distant places to improve their lifestyle, some settling down in their new homes. Before Indian independence, they went mostly as workers, but after 1947, they have been traveling for higher education, white collar jobs and resettlement. In nearby Sri Lanka there are Tamils who have migrated from India as well as Sri Lankan Tamils. Thus we find a large population of Tamils in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Fiji, South Africa, Mauritius, and even France. The past 20 years have also seen a large influx of Sri Lankan Tamils into Western Europe and North America, because of ethnic problems there. The Tamils have been so predominant in countries like Sri Lanka, Singapore & Malaysia that Tamil has been recognized as one of the official languages in these countries.
Though the Tamil population in several countries earlier consisted mostly of a working class, several Tamils have now established themselves as professionals and entrepreneurs, but the numbers of these are still low. The main aim of this conference is to bring the Tamils of the world together, so that they can provide support and guidance to one another and utilize the potential that is waiting to be tapped.
The aims of this conference are -
* To promote dialogue and foster closer cooperation and partnerships among the Tamil business community
* To provide a forum for Tamil entrepreneurs to meet and have joint business ventures in emerging markets around the world
* To establish Tamil Chamber of Commerce in every major city in the World
* To provide a platform for Tamils from various countries to interact and as a consequence help if possible
* To make Tamils aware of what their own people are achieving and what their grievances are
* To make Tamils aware of educational, employment, and business opportunities in various countries
* To motivate the Tamils (individuals and groups) to initiate co-operative and community development
* To bring together Government and leaders from all walks of life to discuss ideas brainstorm issues and develop solutions for the betterment of the world in general and the Tamil community in particular.
* Lessons from Tamil Women in Business leadership
World Tamil Business Leaders Conference would address many issues that are of interest to tamil community world over. This includes -
* educational opportunities
* employment opportunities
* professional opportunities
* business opportunities
* joint ventures
* IT
* entertainment business
* printing and publishing
* real estate
* imports and exports
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