India's Domestic Tourism - Challenges and Opportunities in the Changing World Order - 15 Jul 2021

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INDIA'S DOMESTIC TOURISM CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CHANGING WORLD ORDER THURSDAY, JUL 15, 2021 | 6.00 PM DR B CHANDRAMOHAN, IAS

DR M K AJIT KUMAR MENON

ASOKA PUGAL

Principal Secretary to Government Tourism, Culture and Religious Endowments Dept & Chairman,TTDC

SHABIN SARVOTHAM

President and CEO Global Conference Management Group - GCMG

President Emeritus of the Tourist Guides' Federation of India

Senior General Manager, Radisson Blu Temple Bay & President, South India MICE Association (SIMA)

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6:00 PM

Welcome Address

Mr Ravichandran P President, MMA President, Danfoss Industries Pvt Ltd

Keynote Address by the Chief Guest

Dr B Chandramohan, IAS Principal Secretary to Government - Tourism, Culture and Religious Endowments Dept & Chairman, TTDC

Theme

Distinguished Speakers

How Meetings, Incentives, Conferences & Exhibitions (MICE)

Dr M K Ajit Kumar Menon

can Revive Domestic Tourism and Hone Youth Skillsets for

President and CEO

Overcoming the Changing Order in Discovering India.

Global Conference Management Group - GCMG

The Road Map for Domestic Tourism to Revitalise Travel

Mr Asoka Pugal

Trade with Youth Power - Dekho Apna Desh.

President Emeritus of the Tourist Guides' Federation of India

Revamping

Mr Shabin Sarvotham

the

Hospitality

Industry

Placement in the Way Forward.

Q&A Session Concluding Remarks

and

Job

Senior General Manager, Radisson Blu Temple Bay & President, South India MICE Association (SIMA)

Mr Dipankar Ghose Founder and Mentor, PRAKRUTHI

7:45 PM

Vote of Thanks

Gp Capt R Vijayakumar (Retd), VSM Executive Director, MMA

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Overview Where do we go from here and how do we move forward with Lockdowns, Social Distancing and Closed Boundaries?

15 July is World Youth Skills Day. On this occasion , we explore business trails in the new changing world order, with the hope of reviving, revitalising and revamping the travel - tourism - hospitality industry. Nationally renowned experts are brought to tap the Skills of Resilient Youth in this mission.

The nationwide clarion call for Tourism is DEKHO APNA DESH - Discover India! Indians are globe trotters on work and holiday, but very few have taken the Road Less Travelled into the hinterland of our 36 states in the country. This is the time to go off-road in our respective states with Travel Trade, Tourism and Hospitality, which are wrecked by the contagion hitting us in waves.

The turnaround in Domestic Tourism, with people travelling through villages and forests, to archaeological sites like Keeladi and tribal settlements in Ghats, will create opportunities to leverage Skillsets, Stomachsets and Heartsets of the Resilient Youth in smaller cities and towns. Tourism is Everybody's Business and Together We Can Make a Success Story on our Way Forward to Sustainable Development Goals.

Currently serving as the Principal Secretary to Government - Tourism, Culture and Religious Endowments Dept & Chairman, TTDC, Dr B Chandramohan has over 22 years of experience in Governance and administration.

Some Key appointments he served earlier include: Collector of Madurai and Karur Commissioner of Horticulture Commissioner, Greater Chennai Corporation Managing Director, Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board He is a Medical Doctor from Gulbarga University and Holds an MBA from Annamalai University, Post Graduation in Environmental Management and Stustainable Development from University of Manchester Advanced Management Programme in Public Policy from Indian School of Business.

DR B CHANDRAMOHAN, IAS

Principal Secretary to Government Tourism, Culture and Religious Endowments Dept & Chairman,TTDC

Dr. M.K. Ajit Kumar Menon is a multi faceted Tourism Professional, having helmed India's flagship - Indian Tourism Development Corpn in Chennai and ITDC Ashok in Pondicherry, as the GM. Today, he's the person to go to as the face and voice of SOUTH INDIA MICE ASSOCIATION. Ajit is the President and CEO of GLOBAL CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT GROUP-GCMG, handling Destination Marketing & Conference Management, with an extensive clientele that includes ABN Amro Bank, HDFC Bank, Cholamandalam Group, Cardiology Society of India, Dr. Reddy's Labs, Hindustan Lever, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), IIT Madras, Larsen & Toubro, MV Diabetes, Netherlands Business Support Office, Sankara Netralaya, Tourism Malaysia, INKO, Lanson Toyota, etc.

On the flip side, Ajit is the Board Chairman of World Tourism Quiz Pvt Ltd, Member of the Board of Examiners for award of PhD Degree in Cochin University of Science and Technology, and Member of the Doctoral Committee of Dr. MGR Educational and Research Institute & University.

DR M K AJIT KUMAR MENON CEO of Global Conference Management Group (GCMG)

Asoka Pugal, a native of Kayal, Tuticorin, is India's Foremost Guide with extensive knowledge across the Tourism Industry, Travel Trade and Hospitality.

His career spans over 40 years, in which he has led travel groups the world over of the likes like German President Dr. Richard Von Weizacker, during his visit to India, Dr. Konrad Adenauer’s son and his friends from Germany, through South India, Round the World American Express Concorde Group, etc.

Asoka travels on cruise liners like Cunard Lines and Hapag Lloyd, assigned to give lectures aboard the ships. He is now a privileged Guest Lecturer for the Martin Randall Travel, U. K. Asoka worked for ZDF on a 6-part television documentary on the Himalayas, with the great mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary and on a documentary, titled, Temples, Palaces & Houses of India as well as being their (ZDF) Reporter in India from 1987 to 1992. His contribution to tourism is recognised at the national level and he was the President of the Tourist Guides’ Federation of India (TGFI) for 9 years and still continues as President Emeritus. He also served as Member on the Select Committee on Travel and Tourism in the Planning Commission of India.

ASOKA PUGAL President Emeritus of the Tourist Guides' Federation of India

Asoka received the Best Tourist Guide Award in 2006, the first time a national award was given for guides, by the Govt. of India. He was also the Member, Board of studies in Ancient History and Archaeology at the University of Madras. His travel and tourism are documented by the wonderful photography he does and by being an Oenophilia - a connoisseur of wine.

Shabin Sarvotham is relocated from the West Coast to the East Coast, as a thorough professional in the Hospitality Industry.

After graduating in Hotel Management out of Mumbai, he worked for the Oberois, Carlton in Kodai and Sinclairs in Ooty, to settle down in the Heritage Town of Mamallapuram. There, he converted the sandy beach of Radisson Temple Bay, into the lovely woods along the Bay. Shabin's 35 years in the industry has seen him holding various responsible positions in social organisations and other hospitality boards. He is currently Sr. General Manager, Radisson Temple Bay as well as President SKAL International - Chennai & South India MICE Association.

Shabin's profession and passion being the same, he enjoys his travels with culinary skills and photography. His retirement plan is to be an earth saviour and leave something for our future generation as a farmer.

SHABIN SARVOTHAM Senior General Manager, Radisson Blu Temple Bay & President, South India MICE Association (SIMA)

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