Mr. Thumbay Moideen conferred with NGI Excellence Award at GIBM Meet 2012, New York, USA

With time, business scenarios change and so do strategies. Not only does modern business requires new ideas to keep the wheel churning but it also requires a strong vision. Today, business leaders, entrepreneurs, investors and knowledge experts need inroads into global networking forums and a definite edge over the competition.

Global Indian Business Meet 2012 was one such platform where businessmen got ample opportunities to discover the edge. NGI Foundation applauded and felicitated those Global achievers of Indian origin for their contribution towards bringing about positive changes across the world.  The awards were to celebrate their success and also inspire others to make such exceptional behavior in their norm.

Mr. Thumbay Moideen, Founder President of Thumbay Group and Board of Governors of Gulf Medical University, U.A.E. is on a winning streak with awards. After being listed in “The Influentials”, a special report by Gulf News Focus Team on the eve of India’s 65^th Independence Day where 65 of the UAE’s most influential Indians were honored, Mr. Moideen walked away on the 19^th of September, 2012 with the coveted “CEO of the Year-Education” Award at the CEO Middle East Awards 2012 hosted by ITP Publishing Group, U.A.E. 

On the 22nd of September, 2012  Mr. Moideen added yet another trophy to his collection by bagging the prestigious NGI Excellence Award at the Global Indian Business Meet (GIBM) which was held from the 20th to 23rd of  September,  2012 at Marriott Marquis, Times Square, Manhattan, NYC.  This special award was conferred on Mr. Moideen in recognition for Educational Leadership.

Mr. Moideen also delivered a special talk on the topic of “Creating Trendsetting Brands” at the GIBM Meet, 2012.

Awards categories and winners included Swami Vivekananda Memorial Award in Entrepreneurship Philanthropy to Dr Gururaj Deshpande (USA), Communication Leadership  to Mr. Atul Gupta (South Africa), Community Initiatives to Mr. Ramesh Kalicharan (Guyana), Indian Diaspora Leadership to GOPIO President Mr. Ashok Ramsaran (USA), Community Leadership to Dr Dasarath Chetty (South Africa), Finance and Banking Leadership to Mr. Rajen Pillay (South Africa) and last but  not the least Business Leadership to Dato Dr. Vijay Eswaran (Malaysia).

The Nano Holdings CEO, Justin Hall-Tipping, outlined futuristic nano-technologies creating solutions for protecting water, disposing garbage, and securing sustainable housing.  The last session of the opening day had an engaging debate between the Bombay Stock Exchange Deputy CEO Mr. Ashish Chauhan and the founder of Quantum Fund management firm, Ajit Dayal, on the ethics of stock-broking and small investors’ protection practices in India.

Special appeal to invest in the Caribbean nations was made by the Industries & Tourism Minister of Guyana, Md. Irfaan Ali, and the Chairman of Mediterranean Shipping Corporation, Nicola Arena, highlighting the geo-strategic importance and natural resources of the region.

On the subsequent days, the distinguished Economist of Indian origin, from London School of Economics, Lord Meghnad Desai noted that one on every rupee earned in India goes into external debt interest payment and to manage this the government is taking resort to “irresponsible fiscal policy” pumping currency in the economy and devaluating rupee furthermore. He lamented that while entrepreneurship induced dynamism is there in the Indian economy, there is hardly any government policy induced dynamism.

Global Indian Business Meet 2012 was organized by the New Global Indian (NGI) Foundation in partnership and with the support of many East Indian CEOs, MDs, trade bodies and associations.