Join the World Trade Club of Seattle and the City of Bellevue for a discussion of business connections and trade between India and Washington State. Learn about the relationship between trade and economic development, and the implications for India’s approach to trading with the U.S. and Washington State.

Date: Wednesday, August 26th  
Time: 5:30 - 8:00pm  

Bellevue City Hall
450 110th Ave. NE 
Bellevue, WA 98004

Speakers

Susmita Gongulee Thomas
Consul General of India, San Francisco

Mrs. Thomas joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1976, as one of the youngest senior bureaucrats in India. She has served in Spain, Japan, and Washington, DC, from 1990 to 1993 as the Counselor Political. She subsequently has served as the Indian Ambassador to Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia before being named Indian Ambassador to Chile.

Prabhu Pingali
Deputy Director for Agricultural Policy and Statistics, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Dr. Pingali has authored nine books and over ninety referred journal articles and book chapters on food policy, technological change, productivity growth, and resource management in the developing world. 

 George Paulose
President and Founder of Ames International

Mr. Paulose is a native of Kerala, India. His company, Ames International, imports nuts and teas from India, sold under the brand names Emily ’s and Teaosophy in retail outlets.

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