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Press Release No.12

  JAPANESE HONOUR FOR DR. AMIT MITRA, SECRETARY-GENERAL, FEDERATION OF INDIAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY

NEW DELHI: April 29, 2006
    The Government of Japan officially announced, on Saturday, April 29, 2006, that it would honour Dr.Amit Mitra, Secretary-General, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, with the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, in recognition of his outstanding contribution towards the promotion of friendly relations between Japan and India. The decoration is conferred upon Dr. Mitra by His Majesty AKIHITO, Emperor of Japan.
    Dr. Mitra has served in the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry as Secretary-General for more than ten years. He has been making tremendous contributions to promote economic ties and friendly relations between Japan and India.