Released on: August 4, 2008, 5:06 am

Press Release Author: Informa India

Industry: Marketing

Press Release Summary: The first Indian chapter of the world's largest and most
respected series of leadership events will take place in Mumbai, between 4th-6th
December. Other speakers at the elite Indo-International leadership forum include
Donald Trump Jr., Steve Forbes, Shashi Tharoor and Adi Godrej.

Press Release Body: Mumbai, August '08: Informa, the owners of information
super-brands including Lloyd\'s List, Taylor & Francis and Datamonitor, this month
confirmed that Indian Test Cricket captain Anil Kumble will be speaking at Leaders
in India Business Forum 2008, in Mumbai. Kumble will be speaking in a special panel
session on how business can learn from sports, chaired by highly respected cricket
commentator and journalist Peter Roebuck. Key partners and sponsors of Leaders in
India include Time Magazine, Radio City 91.1 FM, NewsX and the Trump Organisation.

Fresh from his team's emphatic series-leveling victory over Sri Lanka in Galle,
Kumble said that \"What makes the role of a captain so exciting for me is the
constant learning that takes place by leading a talented and resilient team, and
converting this into a winning formula. A great leader not only inspires the people
he leads, but is inspired by them. I am delighted to be participating in Leaders in
India, where we will attempt to build a bridge between two worlds that may seem very
different, but are made of the same substance - the worlds of sports and business.\"

Abhaey Singh, Managing Director of Informa India acknowledged that 'Anil Kumble is
amongst those men whose ability as a professional and inspiration as a leader serves
as a point of reference to many of us in our individual spheres of activity -
including within the business context. He is a legend in his own right and
undoubtedly one of the finest ambassadors of modern India. It is with great
pleasure, therefore, that we welcome Anil to Leaders in India, and I am sure that he
will add a unique and much valued perspective to the event.'

Leaders business fora command audiences of 1000s of top corporate executives every
year, with past speakers most recently including Kofi Annan, CK Prahalad, Philip
Kotler, Stephen Covey and Richard Branson. According to Peter Rigby, Chairman of
Informa plc. 'Leaders in India is a fantastic opportunity for participants to meet
and mingle with their professional counterparts from both India and abroad. Similar
forums in Dubai and London have become 'must attend' events over the past few years
- attendees have found them extremely worthwhile, interesting and stimulating, and
we anticipate that Leaders in India will be exactly the same'.

Leaders in India is a three day forum dedicated entirely to the business community,
and is expected to be India's largest single meeting point of global and Indian
corporate leaders. In addition to providing an excellent opportunity for
peer-to-peer networking, the 'Leaders' team prides itself on providing the most
thoroughly researched and solution-focused points of discussion in its series of
interactive audience Q&As with key business leaders.

'Inspiration is the underlying essence of Leaders in India. And that comes from the
precedent and words of some of the greatest business leaders of our generation' says
Singh. 'It is difficult, otherwise, to stimulate the minds and passions of so many
highly intelligent, motivated and time-poor corporate executives' adds Singh,
referring to the audience of CXOs that typically attend 'Leaders' Business Forums.

On why Informa has decided to bring 'Leaders' to India, Singh adds that 'Indians are
ideas people - we love inspiration, and Leaders in India will be three days packed
with the proverbial tingles down your spine.'

'But more than just that, our country is gradually positioning itself at the fore of
the 21st century knowledge economy. From our legendary IITs & IIMs, to our booming
media and information industry; and from complex analyses performed for global firms
in our KPO centres, to continual advances in indigenous rocket science - India's
inherent knowledge resources are now being more comprehensively harnessed by and
interconnected with Indian and global business. So we think it's an excellent time
to leverage the hugely respected Leaders brand into this very exciting country.'

Featuring many of the biggest names in Indian and global business, the event will
also host the most coveted new awards for the country's business leadership, as well
as a unique, televised evening debate conducted in the British Speaking Union's
parliamentary style of debating.

To learn more about Leaders in India, visit www.leaders-india.com.
About Informa:
Informa plc, the world's largest professional media company, provides specialist
information to the global academic & scientific, professional and commercial
communities through mediums including publishing, events, distance learning and
performance improvement.

With hundreds of highly respected companies including some of the world's biggest
information brands - Lloyd's List, Routledge, Taylor & Francis, Datamonitor, IIR,
IBC, Euroforum, Huthwaite, Washington Policy & Analysis, Monaco Yacht Show and many
others - Informa is present in over 70 countries and publishes over 45,000 book
titles and publications; delivers over 2,000 subscription-based services and
produces over 12,000 events every year.

Informa's exhibitions include global B2B and B2C mega-shows such as 3GSM, Cityscape,
IPEX and The Bride Show, and its high-level summits include the world's largest
series of business leadership events, recent speakers at which have included Kofi
Annan, Richard Branson, Steve Forbes and Philip Kotler.

Informa India is dedicated to providing the most meaningful and relevant platforms
and media for information exchange and strategic business development for the Indian
and international professional communities that it serves.

For more information on Informa, its companies and its brands, please visit
www.informa.com

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