50th Anni India-Korea Friendship Golf Cup & Business Meet 2023 proposed at historic Naldehra Golf Club in Shimla
Proposed to the Chief Minister, the event aims at enhancing collaboration between Korean and state industries, 2-side tourism activities, and also sending skilled youth to Korea.
SHIMLA: The 50th Anniversary India-Korea Friendship Golf Cup is going places as the part-2 of this event clubbed with an Indo-Korean Business Meet stands proposed to be held at the 119-year-old British era – Naldehra Golf Club at an altitude of 2,200 meters at the Himalayan hills in the north Indian state Himachal Pradesh on September 30-October 1.
A joint delegation of Media Federation of India and Asian Community News (ACN) Network led by Euy Don Park, President of the United Korean Community Associations in India, and Vice President of Korea Chamber of Commerce in India (KOCHAM) called on Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu in Shimla on Friday. During the meeting, the delegation proposed to organize the 50th Anniversary India-Korea Friendship Golf Cup & Business Meet 2023 in Shimla.
Expressing enthusiasm for the proposal, the Chief Minister extended a warm welcome to the delegation and said that the State Government was dedicated to fostering investment within the state and attracting foreign investment.
Aimed at promoting collaboration between Korean and Himachal Pradesh industries (SMEs), inbound and outbound tourism, and also sending skilled manpower to Korea, and offering the participants a unique golfing experience in the hills, the 2-day event was proposed to be organized at the historic Naldehra Golf Club in Shimla as to mark the year 2023 as the 50th Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between India and the Republic of Korea in 1973.
The Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhu said that the State Government was committed to promoting green industries in the state and added that the Government introduced several eco-friendly initiatives in its first budget. The State Government is laying more focus on attracting investments in the tourism and hydropower generation sectors, added the Chief Minister.
Earlier on April 15, the ACN Network had successfully organized part 1 of 50th Anniversary India-Korea Friendship Golf Cup in Gurugram with the support of the Korean Embassy, United Korean Community Association, and Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA), Government of Korea.
The delegation comprising Arun Sharma, President of the Media Federation of India, Sanjeev K Ahuja, Editor-in-Chief & CEO, of Asian Community News (ACN) met the Chief Minister in the presence of Vivek Bhatia, Principal Private Secretary to CM, M Chauhan, Dy Director & Head, CII, HP, and Rajeev Pokhriyal, State Head, Hindustan. Previously, the delegation also met the state Principal Secretary R D Nazeem along with Gagan Kapoor, Chairman, CII, Himachal Pradesh. CII led by Gagan Kapoor has lent its full support to the event.
While explaining the format of the proposed 50th Anniversary India-Korea Friendship Golf Cup & Business Meet 2023, Euy Don Park said that during the 2-day event the Korean and Indian entrepreneurs would not only play golf but also discuss ways and means to strengthen business ties between the two sides and forge business iei-ups and collaboration in various sectors.
Park said, “Already having an export turnover of $3.41 million to South Korea, Himachal Pradesh has its Electric Park, Medical Devices Park, Bulk Drug Park, Electronic Manufacturing cluster, Agro-Food processing facilities, and tourism to offer to South Korea. Himachal enjoys comparative advantages for industries such as power availability, single-window mechanism, self-certification, land bank, online services, Ease of Doing business, and industrial policy support.”
As regards the opportunity of skilled manpower from Himachal Pradesh to Korea, Park said that negotiations between the Korean and Indian governments were underway to sign a pact to allow skilled and semi-skilled Indian manpower to India. “Therefore, Himachal Pradesh stands a good opportunity to send its skilled youths to Korea after Korea opens its doors to India in this sector. So far, Korea has signed this pact with 16 countries but India is not included in this list,” he added.
About Naldehra Golf Club:
The Naldehra Golf Club is an unusual course, perched at an altitude of 2,200 meters; under a thick mane of Himalayan Cedar “Deodar Trees”. It is an 18-hole Golf Course, designed over a long sloping glade, the course is regarded as one of the most challenging in the Country.
The British Old Golf Course”, now more eminently known as the Naldehra Golf Course, celebrated its Centenary year in 2005. What today is less than an hour drive from Shimla, the capital of Himachal Pradesh, was more of a day’s march or a long rickshaw ride to the glade of Naldehra when the town was the ‘Summer Capital’ of British India.
Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, fell in love with the place late in the 19th Century. His enduring romance with the place gave birth to the idea of laying a Golf Course on the slopes of the enormous glade. The ideas took root as the course took shape on a natural topography, which remains unchanged to the present day. Following the Glorious trails of the British Old Golf Courses around the world,
Naldehra Golf Course is an exotic gift of nature, beside the scenic splendour, it exudes ethereal feelings. The people visiting this place invariably experience aura of bonhomie and eternal peace within themselves.
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