Ms. Asha Luthra,
President
Indo-Canada chamber of Chamber of Commerce
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Asha Luthra is the Head of Business Travel Network (BTN). She has been in the Travel and Hospitality Business for more than two decades and has successfully promoted travel and trade between both Canada and India. She has a strong Business ethics and is open to new ideas and innovation to promote Tourism which is multi million dollar business between the two countries.Along with a sharp Business mind she also brings in a lot of comradeship in here interaction with people and has herself traveled extensively.

Before she moved to Canada she lived in Mumbai, India. She was with Air India Bombay for 14years. She has always come forward to contribute her time and commitment in the community not only in Canada but also in India. She has been a strong advocate for issues concerning women and was a faculty for the Indian Junior Chamber for a number of years. She was the first lady state President for Maharashtra of the widely know organization called Jaycees. She has been a member of various voluntary organizations.

Asha has been with the Indo Canada Chamber for last many years and this year she was elected as the 31st President and also the first lady President in the Chamber’s history. In her role as President of ICCC all the events held so far have been not only great in attendance but also a huge success.

Her aim this year is to create a much stronger bonding in the India-Canada trade corridor and to that extent she is working towards a big delegation for the PBD 2009.She has also planned a round Table in Chennai along with CII where the focus will be on topics concerning both the countries.

She did her postgraduate in English and Economics and was a lecturer in Economics at the MV and LU College in Andheri


Distinguished Speakers


Master of Ceremonies
     Mr. Glenn Sergius    
Ms. Kelly Meloche

Her Excellency, The Consul General of India,
Mrs. Preeti Saran

Dr. Narottam Puri
President, Medical Strategy & Quality at Fortis Healthcare Limited

Mr. Ronjon Lahiri,
Director, India Tourism, Toronto

Dr. Vasanthi Srinivasan
Director, Health System Planning & Research Branch
Ontario Ministry of Health

Ms. Ann Kaplan
President & CEO,
Medicard Finance

Mr. Nadeem Ismail,
Director, Health System Performance Studies & Manager of the Alberta Policy Research Centre at the Fraser Institute.

Ms. Janet Walker,
Adjunct Professor, UBC
Writer / Author

Mr.Pradeep Thukral,
Executive Director,
Indian Medical Travel Association®

Ms. Kelly Meloche,CEO
International Health Care Providers Inc.

Ms. Yasmeen Sayeed,
President & CEO
Surgical Tourism Canada Inc.
Surgical Tourism USA Inc.

Ms. Tracy H. Simons
President and Principal
Custom Assurance Placements, Ltd. (CAP)

Mr. Frank Mesich,
Principal,
Mesich Media Advertising

Prof. K. Ganapathy
M.Ch. (Neuro), FACS, FICS, FAMS Ph.D
President, Apollo Telemedicine Networking Foundation

Ms. Asha Luthra
President
Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce

Mr. Hari Boolchandani
Head, International Patient Services,
Max Healthcare, India

Mrs. Suja Isaac
Co-Founder & Executive Director
Soukya  International Health Centre

Dr. K . Ravindranath
M.S., FRCS (Glasgow) FRCS (Edin.)
Chairman & Managing Director
Global Hospitals, India

Dr. Sajan K Hegde
M.S. (Ortho), Fellowship in Spine Surgery,
Fellow Spine Surgeon (France), Fellow Spine Surgeon (Germany) Fellow Spine Surgeon (Switzerland)
Consultant Spine Surgeon Apollo Hospitals, India
Medical Advisory board member:
Surgical Tourism Canada