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2017 List of Summits & Conferences (Jan – Dec)
| January | ||
| Summits& Conferences | Hosts | Notes |
| International Conference on “Yoga for Diabetes” | New Delhi | Aim:To generate discussions on the role of Yoga in the prevention and management of Diabetes |
| All India Conference of Waqf Boards | New Delhi | To review of progress of financial assistance for computerisation of waqf properties |
| 2017 National conference “Jal Manthan-III” | New Delhi | Discussions on Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana, River Basin Management, |
| Second Raisina Dialogue | New Delhi | Theme: “The New Normal: Multilateralism in a multipolar world”. |
| 58th edition of India International Garment Fair (IIGF) | New Delhi | Asia’s largest apparel Fair providing a platform for the overseas buyers to source |
| 20th National Conference for e- Governance | Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh | Theme:
Internet of Things and e-Governance |
| International Conference & Exhibition on Reinforced Plastics (ICERP) | Mumbai | To provide an ideal opportunity for the Global Composites Industry to focus its attention to India. |
| International conference on Disability Communication ICDC- 2017 | Mumbai | To build a foundation for the master’s degree in Disability communication |
| International Conference & Exhibition on Reinforced Plastics (ICERP) | Mumbai | To provide an ideal opportunity for the Global Composites Industry to focus its attention to India. |
| 8th Edition of Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit 2017 | Gandhinagar, Gujarat | Theme: “Vibrant Gujarat: Connecting India to the World”
MoUs worth Rs. 8,835 crore signed in textile sector. |
| 2017 World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting | Davos, Switzerland | Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) was launched at World Economic Forum (WEF) Davos with $460- million funding |
| First Strategic Dialogue Between India UAE | New Delhi | The meeting was co-chaired by Minister of State for External Affairs M J Akbar and MoS in Ministry of Foreign Affairs of UAE Anwar Gargash |
| Combined Commanders Conference | Uttarakhand | Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurate the Combined Commanders Conference. |
| 29th Kerala Science Congress | Thiruvalla, Kerala | Theme of the congress is ‘Genomics in health and disease’. |
| First Edition of the North East Investors Summit | Shillong, Meghalaya. | Theme: Exploring Opportunities in North East Region. |
| February | |||
| Summits& Conferences | Hosts | Notes | |
| SAARC Programming Committee Meeting | Kathmandu, Nepal | The main area of discussion revolved around Budget allocation for the management of SAARC. | |
| 17th session of the senior officials’ meeting of
the BIMSTEC |
Kathmandu, Nepal | The session of the BIMSTEC-SOM was chaired by Shanker Das Bairagi,. India was led by Secretary (East) Ms. Preeti Saran. | |
| High-Level Consultations on Counter-Terrorism Held Between India & Russia | New Delhi | To share views on threats posed by terrorism. | |
| Digital Radio Round Table Conference | New Delhi | To stimulate the interests of the key Indian stakeholders in the public phase launch of the project to digitise radio in India | |
| Implementation and Assessment Group Meeting of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) | New Delhi | To prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and technology and promote
cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and global nuclear non- proliferation. |
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| 2017 National Women’s Parliament | Andhra Pradesh | Theme: ‘Empowering Women — Strengthening Democracy’. | |
| Second edition of International Spice Conference | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala | Theme: 21st Century Spic Industry-Disrupt or be Disrupted | |
| Counter-Radicalisation Conference | India with ASEAN
to share experiences and ideas from the member countries on preventing radicalization and promoting deradicalisation. |
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| 2nd Gateway of India Geoeconomic Dialogue | Mumbai | Theme: Where Geopolitics meets Business | |
| Aero India 2017 | Bangalore | Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEW&C)
was the handing over to the Indian Air Force by the DRDO 1.Alpha Design Enters $30 million deal with Elbit to Upgrade IAF’s MI-17 Helicopter 2.Reliance Aerostructure Limited Forms JV with Dassault Reliance Aerospace Ltd |
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| International Coin Fair | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala | Showcase more than 2,500 coins from around 500 regions including those from the time of empires and princely states | |
| 2017 Indian Seed Congress | Kolkata, WB | Theme: Seed of Joy | |
| International Conference on NexGen Technologies for Mining and Fuel Industries-NxGnMiFu- 2017 | New Delhi | To innovate new techniques, technologies and applications for clean, safe, symbiotic sustenance of society, environment and industries in post-2020 era. | |
| Day ‘Momentum Jharkhand’ Global Investor Summit 2017 | Ranchi, Jharkhand | Mascot: Flying Red Elephant
Jharkhand Signs 209 MoU with different companies at Concluding Day of GlobalInvestors Submit |
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| South Asian Speakers’ Summit | Indore, Madhya Pradesh | Speakers of six countries
includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Nepal attended the meeting to deliberate on ways to achieve sustainabledevelopment goals. |
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| National Biodiversity Congress | Thiruvananthapuram,
Kerala |
Theme: “Mainstreaming Biodiversity for
Sustainable Development” with four sub- themes. |
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| BRICS summit’s 1st Sherpas Meeting | China | Theme : “Stronger Partnership for a Brighter Future | |
| first India-China Strategic Dialogue | Beijing, China | To reinforce bilateral ties amid hectic meetings to resolve differences over Beijing’s reluctance to support India’s NSG bidas well as a UN ban on JeM chief Masood Azhar. | |
| 2017 Mobile World Congress
(MWC) |
Barcelona | To get participate in new smartphone
launches, VR and AR developments, chipsets and wearables. |
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| March | ||
| Summits& Conferences | Hosts | Notes |
| 13th Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Summit | Islamabad, Pakistan | Theme: Connectivity for Regional Prosperity.
Islamabad Declaration 2017 adopted to focus on connectivity of energy, infrastructure, transport, and trade for regional prosperity. |
| Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Summit | Jakarta, Indonesia | Theme: ‘Strengthening Maritime Cooperation for a Peaceful, Stable and Prosperous Indian Ocean’ |
| G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meet | Baden, Germany | To focus on strengthening economic resilience in finance, digitalization and promote investment in Africa. |
| Make In India Conference | Houston | Theme:
“Make in India- The Inside Story” |
| India-UAE Conference On Globalisation | Dubai, UAE | |
| Global Millennium Summit | Dubai, UAE | |
| The 9th edition of the World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC) | Vancouver, Canada | Theme: Culture Environment: Weaving New Connections |
| United Nations Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, Leading Towards their Total Elimination | New York, USA | For the first time, India is not participating in the conference |
| International Yoga Festival | Rishikesh, Uttarakhand | |
| Maiden regional conference of Eastern States | Gangtok, Sikkim | Theme: Enhancing steel consumption in India |
| Mobile World Congress 2017 | India | |
| Destination North East 2017 Festival | Chandigarh | The main focus of the event was the ‘3 H Mission’ that is Horticulture, Handicraft and Handlooms |
| First-Ever Haryana Sahitya Sangam Began | Panchkula in Haryana | To highlight the contribution of Haryana in the field of literature and culture and to provide a platform for young and budding writers to get genuine and wide range of guidance. |
| 2017 International Buddhist Conference | Rajgir, Bihar | Theme:
Buddhism in the 21st Century – Perspectives and Responses to Global Challenges and Crises. 41-volume of the Pali Tripitaka Released |
| 18th edition of Asia’s largest convention on the business of media and entertainment “FICCI Frames-2017” | Mumbai | Theme: ‘Digital: Divide or dividend’ |
| 2017 International Diamond Conference | Mumbai | Theme: Mines to Market 2017 |
| 2017 National Theatre Festival (NTF) | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala | |
| 105th Indian Science Congress – 2018 | Osmania University (OU), Hyderabad | |
| Third G-20 framework working group meet | Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh | To counter the important development challenges. |
| World Conference On Environment | New Delhi | To urging the importance for the sustainable development balancing |
| 23rd Conference of Auditors General of Commonwealth Countries and British Overseas Territories | New Delhi | Theme: “Fostering Partnerships for Capacity Development in Public Audit |
| International Vision Zero Conference on Occupational, Safety and Health | New Delhi | To focus on the Occupational Safety and Health issues and challenges in the Manufacturing, Construction and Mining sector |
| Krishi Unnati Mela | New Delhi | To provide information on new farm schemes and technologies and other welfare scheme that will help to double the farmer’s incomes by 2022. |
| 12th CII-Exim bank conclave on India Africa Project
Partnership |
New Delhi | |
| National conference on Jal Kranti Abhiyan | New Delhi | Organized by Ministry of Water
Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. |
| 10th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV 2017) | New Delhi | Theme: Building Knowledge Societies: From Digital Government to Digital Empowerment |
| ICEGOV 2018 | Galway, Ireland | |
| April | ||
| Summits& Conferences | Hosts | Notes |
| Mega-conference of World Parliamentarians | Bangladesh | A commemorative postage stamp and launch Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) web television released |
| G-7 Foreign Ministers meeting | Lucca, Italy | |
| Ministerial conference of G20 ministers in charge of digitalisation | Dusseldorf, Germany | Issued a declaration on ‘Shaping Digitalisation for an Interconnected World’ |
| First India, Indonesia Energy Forum’ | Jakarta, Indonesia | MoU signed forcooperation in the field of Oil and Gas was signed at the energy
forum. |
| 24th Arabian Travel Market | Dubai | To focus on the latest industry trend of experiential travel |
| Global Mobile Internet Conference(GMIC) | Beijing, China | |
| South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) Finance Ministers’ Meeting | New Delhi | The objective is to generate $70 billion incremental GDP and create 20 million jobs by year 2025. |
| National conference on Communicating India New Delhi | New Delhi | Theme:
1.Telling India’s story to the world 2.Communicating via Journalism and 3.Dialogue with Diaspora |
| India and UK Economic and Financial Dialogue | New Delhi | India and the UK has decided to set up Green Growth Equity Fund to finance clean energy projects |
| 11th Standing Committee Meet of
Interstate Council |
New Delhi | Chaired by Union Home Minister, Shri
Rajnath Singh |
| Global Exhibition on Services (GES 2017) | New Delhi. | To highlight India’s potential to boost its services exports across sectors |
| International Conference on Dara
Shikoh |
New Delhi | To highlight Dara Shikoh’s contributions. |
| 19th commonwealth forestry conference | Uttarakhand | To discuss about issues affecting climate change and green cover. |
| National TB Summit | Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh | To bring together Central & State Ministers, Members of Parliament (MPs), celebrities, bureaucrats, donors, corporate partners, health experts and organisations working to eradicate TB |
| BRICS special envoys on Middle- East meet | Vishakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh | To discuss the implementation of the UN Security Council resolutions to check terrorism |
| India Steel 2017 | Mumbai | Thrust areas have been summed up asPRIDE
P – Production and Productivity Increase R – Research and Development I – Indian-Made steel concept D – Demand boost for steel E – Excellence in Quality and Efficiency |
| Textiles India 2017 | Gandhinagar | To provide a platform to connect and collaborate with global manufacturers, investors and buyers in the textiles sector. |
| 18th World Road Meeting | Theme :‘Safe Roads and Smart Mobility: The Enginesof Economic Growth’. | |
| May | ||
| Summits& Conferences | Hosts | Notes |
| 43rd G7 summit | Taormina, Sicily, Italy. | Theme: Building the foundations of renewed trust.”
Deadlocked on climate change adopted |
| 2nd India-OPEC Institutional Dialogue | Vienna Austria | |
| 3rd Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Inter-sessional Ministerial Meeting | Hanoi, Vietnam. | |
| Startup India Summit | Abu Dhabi, UAE | to provide a shared platform for the Startup eco system in both, India and UAE for greater collaboration |
| 2017 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit | Belgium | The top agenda of the meeting was terrorism
The 2018 NATO summit will be held in Istanbul, Turkey. |
| ‘India-Pacific Islands Sustainable Development Conference’ | Suva, Fiji | India will contribute US$ 1 million to Fiji’s Trust Fund for their Presidency of COP-23 to be held in November 2017 |
| Stockholm Conventions | Geneva | Theme: “A future detoxified: sound management of chemicals |
| 2017 Arctic Energy Summit (AES) | Helsinki, Finland | focus on a diverse set of topics, including: oil and gas; geothermal, solar, wind, hydroand tidal energy; utilities; microgrids; energy policy and regulation; community
impacts; |
| One Belt One Road Summit | Beijing, China | India boycotted the two-day conference on China’s “One Belt One Road” (OBOR) initiative |
| 70th World Health Assembly (WHA70) | Geneva, Switzerland | World Health Assembly approved the organization’s proposed programme budget of US$4421.5 million for the biennium. |
| G20 Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meet | Bad Neuenahr, Germany | Theme “Towards an Inclusive Future – Shaping the World of Work”. |
| Indian Mobile Congress | New Delhi | G20 Labour and Employment
Ministerial Declaration was adopted |
| India Integrated Transport and Logistics Summit 2017 | New Delhi. | 34 MoUs worth Rs 2 lakh crore were signed |
| 4th National Standards Conclave | New Delhi | to bring awareness and prepare Industries, Central Government on the growing importance of “Standards” in the changing |
| International Conference on “Yoga for Diabetes” | New Delhi | Aim:To generate discussions on the role of Yoga in the prevention and management of Diabetes |
| All India Conference of Waqf Boards | New Delhi | To review of progress of financial assistance for computerisation of waqf properties |
| 2nd NPDRR meeting | New Delhi | Theme: Disaster Risk Reduction for Sustainable Development: Making India resilient by 2030. |
| 8th conference of head of missions | New Delhi | To discuss major developments globally and how India should mould its policy to deal with them. |
| First Videsh Sampark | Hyderabad Telangana | To involve State Governments in creating awareness on the schemes |
| 13th International Permaculture Convergence (IPC) experts | Hyderabad | Theme: ‘Towards healthy societies’ |
| 52nd Annual Meetings of the African
Development Bank (AfDB) |
Gandhinagar, Gujarat | 3rd International Solar Alliance launched
Nauru, Djibouti, Comoros, Cote d’Ivoire, Somalia and Ghana signed the International Solar Alliance (ISA) framework agreement |
| June | ||
| Summits& Conferences | Hosts | Notes |
| BRICS Media Forum | Beijing, China | One Million Dollar fund established |
| Second Mission Innovation(MI) Ministerial | Beijing, China | To share knowledge and collaborate on priorities for clean energy innovation. |
| BRICS Foreign Ministers Meeting
Beijing, China |
Beijing, China | |
| SCO summit | Astana, Kazakhstan | Theme : “Future Energy”
India, Pakistan become members of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation |
| G7 environment ministers meeting | Bologna, Italy | ‘5-year Bologna Roadmap’ was adopted |
| 2017 Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) International Convention | San Diego, US | Indian Pavilion at BIO International Convention & Exhibition 2017inaugurated by the Minister of State for S&T and Earth Sciences, Y S Chowdary. |
| International Labour Conference in Geneva | Geneva, Switzerland | India ratified two important core conventions on childlabour – pertaining to minimum age for admission to
employment and worst forms ofchild labour |
| World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2017 | Geneva, Switzerland. | To facilitating the implementation of the WSIS Action Lines for advancing sustainable development. |
| 6th Joint Trade Committee Meeting between India and Myanmar | New Delhi | Cooperation of the Myanmar side in actively pursuing enhanced road, sea and air connectivity between the two countries |
| National level conference
on “Capacity Building of SDRF- 2017 |
New Delhi | To develop a synergy and to strengthen the response capabilities of State Disaster Response Forces (SDRF). |
| First HR Round Table conference | New Delhi | Themes:
(i)Stakeholders Expectations from HR (ii)The Future of Work – HR Role (iii)Creativity Within Constraints |
| 2nd National Health Editors’ Conference on Yoga | New Delhi | Theme: “Yoga for Health and Harmony”. |
| 16th North East Region Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (NERCPA) Conference | Imphal | Themes :’North East and Look East Policy’ |
| July | ||
| Summits& Conferences | Hosts | Notes |
| BRICS Education Ministers |
Beijing, China |
Creation of institutional mechanism in the form of BRICS Network
University and BRICS Think Tank Council |
| First International Aviation Security Seminar | Manesar, Haryana | 26th highest Monumental Flagpole in the NSG campus was unfurled |
| First Edition of WINGS 2017 – “Sab Uden, Sab Juden” |
New Delhi |
Civil Aviation Ministry hosted |
| 12th meeting of G20 | Hamburg, Germany | Theme –“Shaping an Inter-connected World”
G20 leaders adopted a World Bank funding plan of up to USD 1 billion for women entrepreneurs |
| Informal BRICS Leaders meeting | Hamburg, Germany | The leaders had discussed preparations and
priorities for the forthcoming Xiamen |
| 9th BRICS Summit | Xiamen, China | This will be held in September month |
| UNESCO World Heritage Committee | Krakow, Poland | Ahmedabad, Gujarat declared India’s first World Heritage City by UNESCO |
| World Petroleum Congress (WPC) International Conference | Istanbul in Turkey | Theme “Bridges To Our energy Future” |
| Model United Nations (MUN) Regional Conference | Kathmandu, Nepal | It is an educational simulation activity in which students can
learnabout diplomacy, international relations,&United Nations The event is organised by the US Embassy in partnership with the Youth Thinker’s |
| Conference on Crowd Management | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala | The conference was organised by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA). |
| EU-India Summit | Brussels | European Union (EU) andIndia announced the establishment of an Investment Facilitation Mechanism (IFM) forEU Investments in India |
| Indian Road Congress (IRC) | Udaipur, Rajasthan | The Indian Road Congress is the apex body of highway engineers in the country |
| SAARC Ministers of Law and Order (Interior/Home Affairs ) | Colombo, Sri Lanka | Issues related to SAARC countries including the development and implementation
of SAARC Visa Exemption Stickers Scheme in order to ease visa processing for citizens of member nations while travelling within SAARC countries |
| Cultrue of Cruise | Dal lake, Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu and Kashmir has launched o bring artists from various fields on one stage |
| Global business meet | Kolkata | It will focus on sustainable business practices in various areas,including power and energy |
| Global Conference on Cyber
Space 2017 |
Aero City, New Delhi | World’s Largest Conference on Cyber Space |
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North East Connectivity Summit- |
Arunachal Pradesh | The summit organised by the FICCI is one of the most important forums for action oriented contemplations on sub-regional economic integration and connectivity between North East India and South East
Asia |
| International meet on social justice | Bengaluru | A three-day international conference ‘Quest for equity – reclaiming social justice, revisiting Ambedker was held.
The event will focus on universal principles of democracy and importance of social justice in the current global environment. |
|
BRICS Youth Forum |
Beijing, China | Theme -Enhance BRICS Partnership, Promote Youth Development |
| BRICS Labour & Employment Ministers’ Meet | Chonqging, China | China is the chair for the BRICS Labour & Employment Ministers’ Meet for the year 2017.
The meeting concluded with the adoption of the BRICS Labour and Employment |
| BRICS Summit, | Xiamen, China | This will be held on September |
| BRICS National Security Advisors (NSAs) meeting | Beijing, China. | National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval represented India
To discuss and conduct cooperation in politics and security fields |
| SAARC Artists Camp & Exhibition of Paintings | Kathmandu, Nepal | This event provides platform to artists to exchange ideas with fellow artists and help in creating special bonding among them and 40 artists from SAARC member countries except Afghanistan taking part in the 4 day |
| August | ||
| Summits& Conferences | Hosts | Notes |
| RCEP trade negotiating Committee meeting | Hyderabad, India | Meetings were held by the three main Working Groups on Trade in Goods, Trade in Services and Investment, including their respective
Sub-Working Groups |
| Japan-India Coordination Forum (JICF) | New Delhi | To enhance Assistance by JICA and also promote B2B and people to people contacts. |
| BRICS trade ministers | Shanghai, China | i. Measures to expand e-commerce cooperation BRICS were discussed
ii. Economic and technological cooperation was included in the agenda for the first time |
| Southeast Asian diplomats , 50th Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN) Regional Forum (ARF) |
Manila,Phillipines | Southeast Asia’s top diplomats have opened their annual meeting at a convention and theater complex by Manila Bay. |
| Regional Technical Group on Trade, Commerce and Investment CBM of the Heart of Asia – Istanbul | New Delhi | To promote transit and trade and realizing reliable and robust connectivity, with Afghanistan as the hub |
| Foreign Ministers of BIMSTEC countries | Kathmandu, Nepal | Progress and achievements in the 14 identified areas of cooperation was reviewed India will host the first BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise in October 2017 |
| 17th meeting of FSDC | New Delhi | FSDC was formed to bring greater coordination among financial market regulators |
| 9th meeting of Heads of Governments of SCO | Kyrgyz Republic | To deal with prevention and elimination of emergency situation |
| First Synergy Conference on Defence Pension | New Delhi | To obtain feedback from the pensioners that would help the department to serve them better with constantly improving systems and procedures |
| Bilateral Meeting between India
and Uzbekistan |
New Delhi | Discussions on deepening trade and
economic ties between India and Uzbekistan. |
| India-European Union Counter Terrorism Dialogue & India-EU Cyber Dialogue | New Delhi | Both sides had exchanged views and assessments on prevailing terrorist threats in their respective regionsincluding state- sponsored, cross-border terrorism in the Af- Pak region |
| Sankalp Se Siddhi Program | Coimbatore,Tamilnadu | The participants took the New India Pledge for building a New India by 2022, a Clean India, a Poverty-free India, a Corruption- free India, a Terrorism-free India, a Communalism-free India, and a Casteism- free India |
| India-Turkmenistan Inter- Governmental Commission (IGC) | New Delhi | Trade, Economic, Scientific & Technological Cooperation was discussed |
| Namaskar Africa’ trade show | Ghana | M.J. Akbar handed over a symbolic cheque of US$1 million as grant assistance towards rehabilitation of the Presidential residence of Flagstaff House built earlier with a GOI concessional Line of Credit |
| Foreign and Security Policy Consultations between India and the EU | New Delhi | The two sides exchanged views on regional and global issues of mutual interest and restate their respective commitments
to promoting and protecting a rules-based international order. |
| Fourth Session of the India- Tanzania Joint Trade Committee meeting | New Delhi | India and Tanzania agreed to enhance sectoral co-operation based on respective needs and comparative advantage for mutual benefit
Tanzania is among the top 5 investment destinations for India. |
| September | ||
| Summits& Conferences | Hosts | Notes |
| 9th BRICS summit | Xiamen, China | Theme – BRICS: Stronger Partnership for a Brighter Future”.
China announced $80 million funding plan for BRICS |
| International Hindu Conference | Kathmandu,Nepal | Theme- ‘Emerging spiritualism: Renaissance of Hinduism’. The aim of the conference is to make Kathmandu the global capital of Hinduism. |
| Indian Ocean Conference | Colombo, Srilanka | Theme of the conference is peace, progress
and prosperity |
| Eastern Economic Forum | Vladivostok, Russia | The Eastern Economic Forum is considered as the biggest international communication platform for co – operation
between businesses leaders and senior government representatives |
| 10th Medical Technology Conference | New Delhi | i.The Government is committed to support the industry which help in providing affordable healthcare to masses and also help India to become a major manufacturing hub. ii.The Commerce Ministry is also supporting the Health Ministry is setting up medical devices manufacturing units |
| Fifth EAS Economic Ministers’ Meeting | Pasay City, Philippines. | Members of ASEAN were congratulated on the 50th Founding Anniversary of ASEAN, by other EAS ministers. |
| First National Canine Seminar | Manesar (Gurugram), Haryana | i.The theme of the two days National Canine Seminar is ”Canine as Tactical Weapon in Fight against Terrorism”. ii.Its main objective is to discuss and
deliberate on the techniques of dog training and strategies of deploying the dogs in Counter Terrorism and Counter Insurgency scenario |
| coastal shipping and waterways summit | Kochi | 1. The summit will be an initiative to explore the potential of coastal shipping and waterways.
2. It will also help to build a shared commitment and decode the role that each stakeholder will have to play in integrating the coastal and waterways transport infrastructure. |
| World Congress of Optometry | Hyderabad | The aim of the congress is to give unique
opportunity for anyone in the eye health sector including community and hospital practitioners, researchers, academics and students. |
| State Startup Conference | New Delhi. | Issues regarding incubation facilities in India, role of State Government in arranging funds and making regulations easier for Startups
were discussed. |
| First National Conference on “Uniformed Women in Prison Administration” | NewDelhi | Bangkok Rules , Gender Neutrality , flexibility of working hours were discussed |
| Good Governance and Replication
of Best Practices |
Goa | i. Good governance is an aid to ensure
speedy delivery of services to the people. So bureaucracy must change its mindset for effective good governance. ii. To encourage the works of bureaucrats civil service day is celebrated that gives recognition to best bureaucrats in the country . |
| India–Kuwait Joint Ministerial Commission for Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technological
Cooperation |
Kuwait | Mr.M.J.Akbar, Minister of State for External Affairs would lead an Indian delegation for the Meeting in Kuwait. |
| Mission Mode to address Under- Nutrition’ held in New Delhi | New Delhi | The conference was inaugurated by the Minster of Women & Child Development, Ms.Maneka Gandhi.
ii. The focus of the conference was ‘Mission Malnutrition Free India-2022’ |
| October | ||
| Summits& Conferences | Hosts | Notes |
| Global Entrepreneurship Summit | Hyderabad | A high-level delegation from Government of India and the United States met at NITI
Aayog to plan the 2017 Global Entrepreneurship |
| IMTechCon 2017 | CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH), in | The aim ‘IMTechCon 2017’ is to engage industry and academic leaders to discuss current unmet medical needs at global level |
| World Government Summit | Dubai | Honorary guests from India will attend the World Government Summit 2017 to showcase India’s economic growth, valuable knowledge, skills, capabilities and unique culture. |
| 2017 Technology Summit | New Delhi | India’s largest knowledge
and technology conference and exhibition.The theme of this summit will be ‘Advanced |
| G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) | Washington D.C | The Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Arun Jaitley participated in the G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors |
| 14th India-EU summit | New Delhi | President of the European Council, Donald Franciszek Tusk, President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker and EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, Federica Mogherini |
| India-Australia Joint Steering Committee | New Delhi | First Meeting of India-Australia Joint Steering Committee |
| 22nd GST council meeting | New Delhi | The council reduced GST rates on specific items and also eased the compliance requirement for
Small and Medium Businesses. |
| 9th World Dental Show 2017 | Mumbai | Opened Bandra-Kurla Complex in Mumbai.It is
an integral part of Asia’s biggest dental event |
| UN wildlife summit 2020 | India | India will host the thirteenth session of United Nations’ global wildlife conference on migratory species (CMS COP13) in 2020. The Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS COP) is held once in three years. |
| 11th Trade Policy Forum (TPF) between India & US | Washington D.C | Discussions were held on issues related
to bilateral trade between India and US, areas of mutual cooperation, market access in agriculture, non-agricultural goods and services and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). |
| 11th World Congress on Adolescent Health | New Delhi | Theme – ‘Investing in Adolescent Health—the Future is Now’ |
| International Conference on Yoga | New Delhi | Theme ‘Yoga for Wellness’ |
| Blockchain Business Conference | Visakhapatnam | The International Blockchain Business Conference is hosted by Fintech Valley Vizag. It is hosted with the support from Ministry of |
| Annual National Conference of Association of Physiologists and Pharmacologists of India APPICON 2017 | Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), in
Puducherry. |
APPICON 2017:Theme of APPICON 2017 was
‘Physiology beyond Academics in the Era of Translational Research’. |
| 48th Conference of Governors | Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi | Sessions on ‘Infrastructure for New India 2022’, ‘Public Services for New India 2022’ and ‘Higher Education in States and Skill Development’ were also held during this two- day conference |
| International Conference on Green Initiatives and Railway Electrification | New Delhi | Union Railway Minister, Piyush Goyal launched railway’s first set of solar plants with a total capacity of 5 megawatt peak (MWp) installed on the roof tops of Hazrat Nizamuddin, New Delhi, Anand Vihar and Delhi railway stations |
| International Conference on Dialogue of Civilizations | New Delhi | Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in collaboration with National Geographic Society is hosting an international conference on “Dialogue of Civilizations – IV” from 8th – 15th October, 2017 at Delhi, Gandhinagar (in Gujarat) and Dholavira (in Gujarat). |
| International Peace Conference | Imphal, Manipur | International Peace Conference in Imphal was held with an objective to promote peace and harmony in the North Eastern region of India. |
| 8th SAARC Speaker, Parliamentarians conference | Sri lanka | Theme of this conference is ‘Association of the SAARC Speakers and Parliamentarians’: a platform for the Parliamentarians of South Asia to work together to reach the 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development. |
| World Congress on Marxism 2018 | Beijing | Theme of 2nd World Congress on Marxism will be “Marxism and the current world and China”. |
| 3rd Global Investors’ India Forum | New Delhi. | The event was organized by Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM). |
| Int’l Conference on Consumer Protection | New Delhi. | Theme of this conference is ‘Empowering Consumers in New Markets’ |
| 4th ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting (ADMM) | Clark, Philippines | Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman represented India. This is her first foreign visit after taking charge as Defence Minister |
| 14th South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation in Law Conference | Colombo, Sri Lanka | Theme of 14th SAARCLAW Conference
is “Emerging Legal Trends in SAARC Countries |
| November | ||
| Summits &Conferences | Hosts | Notes |
| Global Entrepreneurship Summit | Hyderabad | GES is the annual entrepreneurship gathering which serves as meeting point for emerging entrepreneurs and investors from around the world.Theme – “Women First, Prosperity for All”. |
| Standing Committee of Inter-State Council (ISC) | New Delhi | Rajnath Singh said that, Volumes-I & II were discussed during the eleventh meeting of the Standing Committee in April 2017 and Volumes-VI and VII will be discussed during the next meeting of the Standing Committee. He said that the recommendations of the Standing Committee on Punchhi Commissions report will then be placed before the Inter-State Council. |
| First edition of INSPIRE 2017 | Jaipur | Organized by Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) in partnership with The World Bank, and Alliance for an Energy Efficient Economy (AEEE) |
| India-New Zealand Cyber Dialogue | New Delhi | The Indian Delegation was led by Mr. Sanjay Kumar Verma, Additional Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs. The New Zealand
delegation was led by Mr. Paul Ash. |
| Inter-Governmental Meeting of Asia and Pacific Decade for Persons with Disabilities | Beijing ,china | Incheon Strategy (that was adopted at Incheon, South Korea in 2012) to achieve the goals mentioned in UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities. |
| 7th Asia Ministerial Energy
Roundtable |
Bangkok | Theme for AMER7 was ‘Global Energy
Markets in Transition: From Vision to Action’. |
| COP23 climate change | Bonn,Germany | India’s theme for COP 23 is ‘Conserving Now, Preserving Future’ |
| 4th JWGACTC | India | JWGACTC was constituted under the auspices of the Indo – US Defence Trade and Technology Initiative. |
| India-US Ocean Dialogue | Goa | Council of Scientific and Industrial Research- National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR- NIO) in Goa. |
| Global Clubfoot Conference | New Delhi | Clubfoot is one of the most common orthopaedic birth defects that affect the child’s mobility. It can cause permanent disability if not treated early. |
| Ramayan Circuit and Mithila- Awadh Relations” | Janakpur,Nepal | First is to boost social, cultural and religious ties between Mithila and Awadh and developing connectivity between Janakpur and Ayodhya. |
| FIPSPHYSIOCON 2017 | University of Delhi | Objective to update the scientific community
about most latest advances in human Physiology in extreme environments, Sport Physiology, Yoga, Neuroscience, and translational research. 16 sessions and 118 lectures were conducted on these subjects. |
| 31st ASEAN Summit
And 12th East Asia Summit in Manila |
Manila, Philippines | ASEAN ministers inked free trade and investment pacts with Hong Kong. These agreements are expected to come into effect by January 2019. Theme:‘Partnering for Change, Engaging the World’. |
| Organic World Congress | Noida | 1,400 representatives from 110 countries, and 2000 delegates from India participated in the Organic World Congress – 2017. The goal is to move from organic India to the organic world. |
| International Energy Agency (IEA) Ministerial meeting | Paris, France | Energy security, clean energy technology and government-industry dialogue on investment and digitalization were the key focus areas for this meeting. |
| Second Meeting of Economic Advisory Council | New Delhi | In the meeting road map towards skill development, job creation, enhanced resource investment in the social sector– including for Health and Education and for boosting Infrastructure financing were discussed. |
| ‘India Disaster Response Summit’ | New Delhi | This Summit was jointly organised by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and social networking site Facebook. India has become the first country to partner with Facebook on disaster response. |
| Asia-Pacific Economic Co- operation (APEC) summit | Vietnam | Theme of this meeting was ‘Creating New Dynamism, Fostering a Shared Future’. |
| Asian Bankers Association summit | Mumbai | The Asian Bankers Association (ABA) summit will be hosted by State Bank. The theme for this year’s summit is ‘Asia’s turn to transform’. |
| UN hosts first talks on use of ‘killer robots’ | Geneva | The meeting is chaired by Indian ambassador on disarmament, Amandeep Gill. He said
that, anything resembling a ban, or even a treaty, is unlikely to be imposed on killer robots. |
| Asia Pacific Computer Emergency Response Team (APCERT) | Delhi | The conference theme is “Building Trust in the Digital Economy”. The open session including industry, academia, civil society and
Government stakeholders. |
| 37th International Trade Fair (ITTF) | New Delhi | The theme for ITTF 2017 is “Startup India: Stand Up India”. Jharkhand is the partner state for the fair and Vietnam is the partner country. |
| International Lavi Fair | Himachal Pradesh | The fair was inaugurated by Himachal Pradesh Governor, Acharya Dev Vrat. The governor also inaugurated the ‘Kinnauri market’ and exhibition put up by various Government departments. Lavi Fair has been an important point of trade between India and Tibet for centuries. |
| 4th India-Canada Annual Ministerial Dialogue | New Delhi | Canadian delegation was led by the Canadian International Trade Minister, François-Philippe Champagne, whereas Union Commerce and Industry Minister, Suresh Prabhu led the Indian side. |
| International Solar Alliance (ISA) | Bonn, Germany | A Curtain Raiser Event for the Founding
Ceremony of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) was held at Bonn, Germany. |
| South Asia Economic Summit | Kathmandu, Nepal | Theme of this summit: “Deepening Economic Integration for Inclusive and Sustainable Development in South Asia”. |
| Tribal Entrepreneurship Summit | Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh. | The Summit was organised by NITI Aayog in association with Government of United States of America. |
| International meet on buffaloes | Nepal | The symposium “Increase in buffalo production for food and economic growth” is being held in Nepal for the first time. |
| UN Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial conference | Vancouver, Canada | This conference was the largest gathering of Defence ministers of countries who support UN Peacekeeping operations. |
| AgTech Summit 2017 | Visakhapatnam | Chief Guest –Bill Gates. This
summitis organised by the Andhra Pradesh Government in association with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Dalberg Advisors. |
| North East Business Summit | New Delhi | The summit aims to explore the scope for business opportunities in the North-Eastern region of India. Focus areas are Infrastructure and Connectivity with Public Private Partnerships, Skill Development, Financial Inclusion, Services Sector Development- Particularly in Tourism, Hospitality & Food Processing. |
| Global Conference on Sustained Eradication of Child Labour | Argentina | While delivering the country statement at this conference, Union Minister of Women and Child Development, Maneka Gandhi stated that Indian Government is fully committed to continue working to eliminate child labour. |
| SARTTAC Steering Committee | New Delhi | The SARTTAC Steering Committee meeting was held to assess the Center’s activities and to review the Fiscal Year 2018 Work Plan. |
| Asia Pacific Regional Space Agency (APRSAF-24) | Bengaluru | The theme for the 24th Session of the Asia- Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF-24) was ‘Space Technology for Enhanced Governance and Development’. |
| 12th International Conference of Society of Petroleum Geophysicists | Jaipur | Theme of the conference was “Energy trough Synergy”.Mr. Pradhan also released a special issue of SPG’s half yearly
journal, ‘GEOHORIZON’. |
| 13th Asia-Europe Foreign Ministers’ Meeting | Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar | The meeting was inaugurated by Aung San Suu Kyi, the de facto leader of Myanmar. |
| Eastern Air Command commanders’ | Shillong | Mrs. Kamalpreet Dhanoa, President of Air Force Wives Welfare Association (AFWWA) also participated. A ceremonial Guard of Honour was also presented to the CAS on his arrival at Shillong. |
| International Seminar on Indian Space Programme | New Delhi | The seminar was jointly organised by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Antrix Corporation Limited (the commercial arm of ISRO) and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). |
| Northeast development | Manipur | NEDS 2017 was jointly organised by Manipur State Government in collaboration with Union Commerce Ministry and India Foundation. |
| Asia meet | Kolkata, West Bengal | This event will be organised in partnership with West Bengal State Government.Over 350 business leaders from across 65 countries are expected to attend this event |
| Global Conference On Cyber Space | New Delhi | Goal of 5th GCCS: “to promote an inclusive Cyber Spacewith focus on policies and frameworks for inclusivity, sustainability, development, security, safety &
freedom, technology and partnerships for upholding digital democracy, maximizing collaboration for strengthening security and safety and advocating dialogue for digital diplomacy”. |
| International Congress of Military Medicine | New Delhi | Theme of the 42nd World Congress of ICMM is “Military Medicine in Transition: Looking Ahead”. |
| WHO Global Ministerial
Conference |
Russia | This conference aimed to
accelerate implementation of the WHO End TB Strategyin order to reach the End TB targets set by the World Health Assemblyand the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). |
| National Law Day | New Delhi | This conference is organised by the Law Commission and the Niti Aayog to mark the National Law Day. The National Law Day is celebrated on November 26, the day on which the Constitution of India was adopted by the Constituent Assembly in 1949. |
| International Ambedkar Conclave | New Delhi | Organised by the Forum of SC and ST Legislators and Parliamentarians, in New Delhi. |
| International Geological Congress
(IGC) |
Delhi | The International Geological Congress is held
under the control of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS). |
| December | ||
| Summits &Conferences | Hosts | Notes |
| World Trade Organisation’s (WTO’s) 11th Ministerial Conference (MC11) | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Union Commerce and Industry Minister, Suresh Prabhu attended for India |
| Centenary conference of the Indian Economic Association | Guntur, Andhra Pradesh | Theme was ‘India’s Development Experience’ .President Ram Nath Govind
Inaugurated |
| Regional Conference on Governance and Replication of Best Practices | Guwahati, Assam | |
| Global Entrepreneurship Summit – 2017 | Hyderabad
,Telengana |
3 initiatives for women entrepreneurs including setting up ‘We-Hub’ on the lines of T-Hub and also to create Rs 15 crore
fund. |
| World Conference on Vedas, “Vishwa Ved Sammelan” | Indira Gandhi National Centre for
Arts (IGNCA) in New Delhi |
Vice-President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the World Conference on Vedas |
| International conference on climate
change |
Kathmandu, Nepal | V K Saraswat is leading the Indian
delegation |
| World Telugu Conference (WTC) | Lal Bahadur Stadium, Hyderabad at Telengana | Vice President M.Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the five-day World Telugu Conference (WTC) |
| Second UNWTO/UNESCO World Conference on Tourism and Culture | Muscat, Oman | United Nations has declared 2017 as the
International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development. |
| Hindustan Times Leadership Summit (HTLS) 2017 | New Delhi | Inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi with the theme “The Irreversible Rise of India” |
| Shared Value Summit 2017 | New Delhi | Suresh Prabhu, Minister of Industry and Commerce, chief guest with theme – “Equity and Empowerment” |
| 49th Annual Conference of the Society of Nuclear Medicine | New Delhi | Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Minister of State for Defence inaugurated the
conference |
| First SAICON 2017, an International Conference on Sports Medicine & Sports Sciences | New Delhi | Theme -‘Scoring Goals in Sports with Science and Technology’ |
| 11th Annual MedTech Summit | New Delhi | to develop innovative and affordable
medical devices as per unmet clinical needs of India |
| Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) – India Connectivity Summit | New Delhi | Theme – Powering Digital and Physical Linkages for Asia in the 21st Century’. |
| (AICS) | ||
| 14th Inclusive Finance India Summit | New Delhi | A book ‘Talking financial inclusion in liberalized India: Conversations with Governors of the RBI’, edited by Prof. MS Sriram was released |
| Global Partnership Summit (GPS) 2017 | New Delhi | to bring about socio-economic
development in India |
| International conference on Ground water 2017 | New Delhi | Theme – “Ground water Vision 2030- Water Security, Challenges and Climate Change Adaptation”. |
| First International exhibition and Conference on AYUSH -‘AROGYA 2017’ | New Delhi | Theme -‘Enhancing the global potential of Ayush’. |
| Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit 2017 | Sochi,Russia | Union External Affairs Minister, Sushma Swaraj attended |
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