World Hindu Economic Forum

It describes itself as an independent international organization committed to the prosperity of Hindu society through the creation and sharing of surplus wealth.

[1] Dr. Sriprakash Kothari was named as the chairperson of the second World Hindu Congress[2] The WHEF seeks to bring together financially successful individuals from the Hindu Society, such as traders, bankers, technocrats, investors, industrialists, businessmen, professionals, economists, and thinkers under one roof so that each group can share their business knowledge, experience, and expertise with their fellow brethren to make them understand the principles of surplus wealth generation to make society prosperous.

Majumdar, Dr. G. Visvanthan, Prof. Kapil Kapoor, filmmakers Priyadarshan and Major Ravi, Popular film actress from South Smt.

[7] The conference was inaugurated by Shri D. Devadas, Member Organising Committee WHEF Bangkok, 2013; Shri Susheel Saraff, Chairman, Organising Committee WHEF 2013, Bangkok; Shri Arun Kumar Bajaj, Convener, WHEF Steering Committee; Dr. Gautam Sen, Member, WHEF Steering Committee, Retired Lecturer of London School of Economics & Political Science; H. E. Shri Anil Wadhwa, Ambassador of Bharat of Thailand; H. E. Dr. Olarn Chaipravat, President of the Thailand Trade Representative & Former Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand.

H. E. Dr. Olarn Chaipravat welcomed all the delegates on behalf of the Prime Minister of Thailand and the Royal Thai Government.

Amit Srivastava presented the report at the World Hindu and Student Conference organized in Bali in 2012.

The conference united most of the influential personalities in the field of economy and business and led to a lot of knowledge exchange.

The World Hindu Economic Forum for South East Asia was conducted in Hong Kong, in the year 2012.

Over 250 prominent businesspersons, industrialists, economists, bankers, international traders, and business association leaders attended the meeting from different countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Pacific region.

All that is crucial for a progressive economy ranging from Infrastructure, Transport, and Natural Resources, Global Challenges and opportunities, Development of Aerospace Technology & Economic Opportunity, research & development in the field of science & technology, and social entrepreneurship were discussed.

The World Hindu Economic Forum for North America took place on 28 April 2013 in Dallas, Texas, known as the financial hub of Southern USA.

WHEF looks forward to expanding and integrating more and more Hindu entrepreneurs in the North American Regional chapter into its global fold and plans to conduct more conferences within the US and Canada in the near future.

Other key people who presented papers at this Forum included the Vice-chancellor of Fiji National University, Dr. Ganesh Chand, Chairperson of Fiji Commerce Commission, Dr. Mahendra Reddy, Chair of the Oceania Development Network and Professor of Economics at the University of South Pacific, Prof. Biman Prasad.

Workshops on the following topics were organized at the forum: Shri Noel Lal and Prof Guna Magesan chaired these sessions.