New Delhi, 8th January, 2008: New Global Indian, an initiative of iPremm Inc, a US based (Boston) corporation, and ICONS Media, a Delhi based initiative, today unveiled an online portal ( www.newglobalindian.com) and an offline magazine (New Global Indian) for forward-thinking Indians living all across the globe on the occasion of Pravasi Bhartiya Divas being held between 7th to 9th January at Vigyan Bhavan.

The New Global Indian, a multimedia platform, will play an interactive role and aims to extend knowledge sharing among Indians living abroad and with us in India, for social networking, business and educational networking, and betterment of their lives, thereby further strengthening of India's positioning in the global arena. It is a platform for Indians across the world to express their concerns, views and issues.

"The 30-million Indian expatriates can very positively impact their motherland if they have a chance to find ways to do things in India, with India and also in the countries they are now residing in. There is a great need for the Indians worldwide to take advantage of the globalization process. Through informal and intimate networking using latest technology, ordinary Indians across the world would be able to connect via our various NGI media initiates. Our forum will enable the NGIs to connect, meet, build relationships, share ideas and resources, and improve their own lives and of their families as well as all other Indians," noted Kanchan Banerjee, the Editor-in-Chief of the media initiatives and the CEO of iPremm, now in Boston for the last three decades.

Speaking at the launch of New Global Indian magazine and portal, Prof.Ujjwal Chowdhury, co-founder New Global Indian, and also the Dean of Pune-based Symbiosis International University, said, "With the launch of NGI we aim to create a financially viable multimedia initiative towards the provision of interactive forums as a consistent medium that would bring together Indians living across the globe besides showcasing a wide range of topics that would be of interest to the expatriate Indian audience. The portal in particular has been envisaged on the plank of Web 2.0 as a platform for Indians abroad expressing their views and highlighting their concerns."

"With over 50 million internet users in India and nearly 142 million English daily readers, the market for NGI media in India is as vast as the 31 Million Indians the world over", he added.

Mr. Kanchan Banerjee is the CEO of iPremm Inc, a US-based PR and media company. He is a prominent member of the Indian Communication in USA. Kanchan, originally an IT professional, is an adjunct Professor at Quincy College. He has been involved in starting and running many cultural and social organizations in the U.S.A. Prof Ujjwal Chowdhury has been earlier working for The Times of India group and Zee Telefilms among other media organizations, and has been the Media Adviser of various bodies and organizations, like the Textiles Ministry, Government of India, World Health Organization, and The Nippon Foundation of Japan.

The NGI media through NGI magazine and portal will allow members the opportunity to trade and share all the necessary elements involved in the making of these entities by enabling informative exchange with forums created both online and offline. It plans to embark upon global networking events for NGIs across the world, make films focusing on the lives and times of NGIs, and create other initiatives with the same mission. Thus, NGI media, targeted to serve the Global Indians in the territory of India and the world-over, will soon move into other communication platforms like on-ground events for NGIs in different countries, audio-visual media including cinema, etc.