4-day NE fest in Delhi from Apr 9
Source: The Sangai Express / Press Trust of India
New Delhi, January 21 2015:
A four-day festival of the North East will be held in New Delhi beginning April 9 to showcase the vast resources, rich culture and potential of the region.
Exhibitions, displays, traditional North East cuisines, exclusive stalls of books, art pieces and photographs, archive collections based on freedom struggle in North East, screening of films in various North Eastern languages and a wide variety of cultural programmes will be the highlight of the festival.
The festival is being organised following the initiative of the Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Jitendra Singh.
Singh today held a detailed meeting with Delhi-based Resident Commissioners of all the eight North Eastern States as well as senior representatives from the Union Ministries of Tourism, Textiles, Commerce, Food Processing, Culture, Information and Broadcasting, Agriculture; Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) and Skill Development.
They discussed the modalities for smooth coordination of the event, an official release said.
In order to make the festival professionally oriented, Singh said that a series of business summits and discussions on investment opportunities in North East will also be held at which entrepreneurs from the region as well as from other parts of the country will have an opportunity to interact with each other.
The Associated Chambers of Commerce of India (ASSOCHAM) will also participate in the business summits.
On the fourth and the last day of the festival, a gala cultural programme will be held, the hallmark of which will be fusion music of the eight North Eastern States.
Meanwhile, the DoNER is also looking for a potential "Brand Ambassador" for the region and the name that is being finalised will be disclosed after the formal consent is received.