WASITRAC Launches its Trade Elegation to India at BUILDING BRIDGES Luncheon on J

une 27th in Seattle

Official launch of WASITRAC trade delegation to India at the BUILDING BRIDGES AC
ROSS THE NATION AWARD luncheon on June 27th at the Space Needle, Seattle center.
Seattle, WA, June 21, 2010 -- Washington State India Trade Relations Action Comm
ittee:
What: Building Bridges across the Nations Award Luncheon and Official Launch of
the WASITRAC Trade delegation to India November 12-24, 2010
When: Sunday, June 27 at 12:00 PM
Where: Space Needle, Seattle Center
Website Information: www.wasitrac.org and www.teamorissa.org
Event Type: Invitation Only
The Washington State India Trade Relations Action Committee (WASITRAC) is honori
ng Legendary Filmmaker from India Prashanta Nanda and the Northwest Asian Weekly
publisher Assunta Ng with its first Building Bridges across the Nations Award.
This is to recognize their lifetime contributions and dedication in their respec
tive fields of work at a very special invitation-only luncheon event on Sunday,
June 27 at the Space Needle, Seattle Center. While Nanda is still making films e
ven after 50 years of active and continuous involvement with every department of
filmmaking, Ng has become an icon in Seattle as a publisher of two local newspa
pers for more than three decades and as an activist for Asian leadership in the
community. Nanda s latest award-winning film The Living Ghost will be screened at t
e SIFF auditorium at the Seattle Center after the luncheon on June 27. This film
got Nanda his fourth national award in films in India and many accolades from a
ll over the world.
A high-level Government and Business delegation from Orissa (India) under the le
adership of Honorable Minister of Revenue and Disaster Management Mr. Surya Nara
yan Patro will attend this event to mark the official launch of the WASITRAC tra
de delegation to India in November this year. Mr. Patro will also be the keynote
speaker. The visiting delegation includes Honorable Minister for Higher Educati
on, Tourism and Culture Mr. Debi Mishra; Mr. Saurabh Garg, the Secretary of Indu
stries; Mr. Satyabrata Sahoo, Secretary of Commerce and Transport; and Mr. Madhu
sudan Padhee, the Secretary of Higher Education in the State of Orissa. While in
Seattle during June 28-29, the delegation is scheduled to visit Microsoft, Boei
ng, University of Washington and Port of Seattle besides having a business meeti
ng at the City Hall of Bellevue on June 28 at 1:30 PM. The delegation will leave
for San Francisco afterwards to participate in "Invest Bhubaneswar" expo in the
Bay Area.
As mentioned earlier, the WASITRAC trade delegation will visit the State of Oris
sa in India November 12-24 this year under the leadership of Seattle Congressman
Jim McDermott, Washington State Lt. Governor Brad Owen and Port of Seattle CEO
Tay Yoshitani. WASITRAC invites Washington State businesses in the areas of Agri
culture and Agro-based manufacturing and Food processing, Biotechnology, Clean E
nergy, Disaster Management, Higher Education, Health Care and Infrastructure Dev
elopment to join the November delegation exploring the possibility of setting up
sister city and sister port opportunities leading to a Sister-State relation be
tween Washington State and Orissa. The delegation has plans to attend the India
International Trade Fair in New Delhi as well.
The Co-Chairs of WASITRAC are Debadutta Dash and Habib M. Habib.
WASITRAC, Debadutta Dash, 206-330-8512, dash.wasitrac@gmail.com
Contact:
Debadutta Dash
Washington State and India Trade Relations Action Committee (WASITRAC)
Seattle, WA
206-330-8512
dash.wasitrac@gmail.com
http://www.wasitrac.org