Ambassador Roemer
Embassy Programs and Events
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Embassy Events
September-November 2009 U.S.Trade Representative Ron Kirk in Delhi; human trafficking; Carrie Newcomer performs; Amb. Roemer plants trees to commemorate 9/11; Assist. Secretary Robert Blake DJs on Big FM 92.7; Hon. Minister Kapil Sibal and Under Secretary Burns; Burns, External Affairs Minister Krishna and Foreign Secretary Rao; Volunteering with Habitat for Humanity.
America Days 2009: Jaipur, Lucknow and Amritsar.
September 2009 American diplomats interacted with students and faculty at Amity, Poddard, JIMS, State Inst. of Public Admn; schools like Neerja Modi, Rehmani Sec. School and other educational institutions. Presentations on the visa process, education & Indo-U.S. economic relations; a discussion with the editorial board of Rajasthan Patrika were some highlights.
America Days 2009: Erode District in Tamil Nadu, Tirunelveli and Ahmedabad.
September 2009 The traveling Americans interacted with students and other groups. An enthusiastic audience demonstrated commitment to volunteerism at the Ahmedabad Management Association. While in Erode, American diplomats presented awards to top ranking students at a government school.
America Days 2009. Photos from Thrissur, Kerala and Lucknow.
September 2009 Over 30 diplomats from the U.S. Embassy are traveling to 20 cities throughout India September 8 to 18 for the annual America Days event. The Americans interact with universities, Rotary Clubs, and other groups on U.S.-India relations, the environment, education and other topics of mutual interest.
Embassy Events
August 2009 U.S. Ambassador Timothy J. Roemer presents his letter of credence to the President of India Pratibha Patil; Ambassador meets Nobel Laureate Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri in New Delhi; Ambassador conducts first press conference in New Delhi.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Official Meetings in New Delhi
July 20, 2009 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh welcomed Secretary Clinton at his residence. She also met with the leader of the opposition L.K. Advani, and Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi. Secretary Clinton and Minister of External Affairs S.M. Krishna spoke to reporters after the signing of a bilateral science and technology agreement
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in New Delhi
July 19-21, 2009 Secretary Clinton met with entrepreneurs, scientists, and youth in New Delhi. She and U.S. Ambassador-Designate Timothy J. Roemer visited the ITC Green Centre in Gurgaon and ICAR's Indian Agricultural Research Institute in Pusa. At the University of Delhi she had an interactive session with 700 students, faculty and guests
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in Mumbai
July 17-19, 2009 In Mumbai she met with a broad cross section of Indian society and remembered the victims of the November 26, 2008 Mumbai attacks. She was at Hansiba, SEWA’s retail store where she talked and heard stories of economic self-sufficiency from women artisans. She discussed community service with Aamir Khan while at St. Xavier’s College
American Independence Celebrated at the American Center
July 4, 2009 Hundreds of Indians celebrated America’s 233rd Independence Day at the American Center with a live concert of rock & roll music; pizza and birthday cake. The American Center building was not illuminated for this year’s July 4 celebrations, as part of the commitment to energy conservation
The United States vs India, on the Polo Field
July 4, 2009 The America’s Polo World Cup Championships is an invitational event in which the U.S. and the visiting country compete annually in the spring. The United States invites India to its first America’s Polo Cup in the spring of 2010 in Washington D.C., it was announced at the American Center
President Obama addresses the Muslim world from Cairo University
June 4, 2009 "So let there be no doubt: Islam is a part of America." - President Obama. Audience at the American Center watching President Obama address the Muslim world, live from Cairo, Egypt
New Delhi, New York students join in exchange of musical cultures
May 13, 2009 In this Carnegie Hall Cultural Exchange event, World renowned and Grammy winning tabla player Zakir Hussain performed from New York while Robin Eubanks, another Grammy winner, was joined by his band in New Delhi to entertain and educate students in India and the United States
Embassy Events
April - July 2009 IPR event; Ambassador Peter Burleigh at Kanpur, Hyderabad; and at Delhi in a polio eradication campaign; Malaria elimination grant; Andre Jeanpierre Fanthome's exhibit 32 Degrees Fahrenheit; AMCHAM address; Members of Congress at a USAID Maternal and Child Health Fair, Ambassador-designate Roemer greets embassy staff
Embassy Events
January-April 16, 2009 Solar Energy Trade Mission; Aahar 2009; FBI Director Mueller, Special Representative Richard Holbrooke, Admiral Mike Mullen in New Delhi; Book releases; President Barack Obama's collection of inspirational photos; CM Sheila Dikshit at Embassy's 50th anniversary; USAID Maternal and Child Health Fair; American Center Logo contest award ceremony
Commemoration of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1959 India Journey
February 2009 American civil rights leader Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. and his wife Coretta Scott King came to India in 1959. He called the visit "a pilgrimage," to study the life and work of Mohandas K. Gandhi in India's freedom struggle. Fifty years later, Martin Luther King III and delegation, met with counterparts in India and attended various events
Election 2008: Celebration at the American Center
November 5, 2008 Hundreds of guests gathered at the American Center in New Delhi to celebrate the election of the 44th President of the United States, November 5, 2008
Embassy Events
September-December 2008 Grants related to infectious and chronic diseases; Gujarat coal to liquids project; CII grant. U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) office inauguration at Fulbright House, U.S. Consulate in Hyderabad; Marrying Anita book release; Comedian Azhar Usman; Special Olympics Torch
Embassy Events
July-August 2008 Independence Day at the American Center, "The Whiffenpoofs" performance at the American Center July 3, 2008; "Building Islam in Detroit" multimedia exhibit
Grammy Award-winning Latin hip-hop rock band Ozomatli
Grammy Award-winning Latin hip-hop rock band Ozomatli on a February 12-22 tour of India and Nepal sponsored by the U.S. Government. They performed for children at the Arya Anathalaya orphanage in Delhi on February 13, 2007
