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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Laurier School of Business
& Economics [mailto:mkalimipalli@wlu.ca] <BR><B>Sent:</B> August 7, 2007
2:02 PM<BR><B>To:</B> bsmith@uwaterloo.ca<BR><B>Subject:</B> Recent Economic
Progress in India and China<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<TD width=660><FONT face=Georgia color=#053d56 size=5><STRONG>We
invite you to join us on Friday morning...</STRONG></FONT><BR><FONT
color=#990000><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=3><EM>Recent Economic
Progress in India and China & Its Implications for
Canada</EM></FONT></STRONG></FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial color=#333333
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color=#333333 size=2>We invite you to a guest lecture by <STRONG>Dr.
Subramanian Swamy, Professor, <BR>Harvard
University</STRONG>.<BR> <BR><STRONG>Date</STRONG>: Friday,
August 10, 2007<BR><STRONG>Time</STRONG>: 10:00 -
11:30am<BR><STRONG>Location</STRONG>: <A
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Chambers</A><BR><BR><EM>Please RSVP your attendance to <A
href="mailto:mkalimipalli@wlu.ca">Dr. </A><A
href="mailto:mkalimipalli@wlu.ca">Madhu Kalimipalli</A> (Director,
Laurier Financial Services Research Centre) at 519-884-0710
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size=4><STRONG>More about Dr. Swamy</STRONG></FONT><FONT face=Arial
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size=2>Dr. Swamy received his graduate degree in
statistics from the Indian Statistical Institute Calcutta, and
PhD in Economics from Harvard University (in 1965). At Harvard, Dr.
Swamy conducted his graduate work under the guidance of Nobel
Laureates Simon Kuznets and Paul A.Samuelson, who was at MIT. Dr.
Swamy held academic positions at Harvard University,
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and Delhi School of
Economics. Currently he teaches in the Summer School at Harvard
University. Dr. Swamy is an authority on the Economic
Development in India and East Asia. He is also well-versed in the
Mandarin Chinese (Hanyu) language.<BR><BR>Dr. Swamy has held a
number of public roles as well. He was a Member of the Indian
Parliament (1974-99), a Cabinet Minister of Commerce and Law &
Justice (1990-1991), and Chairman of the Commission on Labour
Standards and International Trade (equivalent to the rank of a
cabinet minister) (1994 -1996). Dr. Swamy was one of the founding
members of the Janata Party and has been its president since 1990.
He is known for his efforts in normalizing relations with China and
Israel; in 1981 he persuaded Deng Xiaoping to open the Kailash
Mansarovar in Tibet to Hindu pilgrims from
India.<BR><BR></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#053d56
size=3><STRONG>Please join us on Friday, August 10th to learn more
from Dr. Subramanian Swamy.</STRONG></FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial
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