Aura Chairman & CEO Mr. Niraj Sharan Joins Government Leaders, Policy Makers and Business Executives at Horasis Global India Business Meeting 2009 in Munich, Germany

"Mr. Sharan to discuss trends in entrepreneurship at the premier forum of over 200 top decision makers from businesses and governments from India, Europe and rest of the world"

June 29, 2009, New Delhi, Milano and Los Angeles: - Aura, Inc., the global leader in  Manufacturing, Technology  consulting and  Energy efficient Systems,   announced today that its Chairman and CEO, Mr. Niraj Sharan, will be a featured speaker at the inaugural Global India Business Meeting of Horasis to be held in Munich, Germany on 28-29 June 2009. The meet is an influential gathering of government, academic and business leaders hosted by Horasis, The Global Visions Community that is the world's leading strategic advisory on long-term scenarios related to globalization, systemic risk and Asian business.

Prominent figures participating at the event include Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General, UNCTAD, Switzerland; Anand Sharma, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Government of India; Arun Shourie, Former Minister of Disinvestment, Communication and Information Technology, India; B. S. Yeddyurappa, Chief Minister, State of Karnataka, India; Martin Zeil, Deputy Prime Minister, Free State of Bavaria, Germany and several other policy makers and chief executives from some of the region’s largest global corporations.

Founded and led by Frank-Jürgen Richter, former Director of the World Economic Forum in charge of Asian affairs and a world authority in international affairs and global business, Geneva-based Horasis guides corporations that envisage growing into global and sustainable organizations. The Horasis Visions Council comprises Jagdish Bhagwati, Professor at Columbia University; Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, former Prime Minister of Malaysia and Jenny Shipley, former Prime Minister of New Zealand, among others luminaries, and provides invaluable insights into future directed strategies on a variety of issues - from the value of systemic risk assessment toward world problems, to ways to foster globalization, to the need for understanding Asia’s future role in the world economy.

Horasis already hosts the annual Global China Business Meeting of which the fourth edition was held in Barcelona, Spain in November 2008 which also featured Mr. Sinha along with other chief executives to discuss risk management, governance, global competitiveness and the changing financial climate in the context of the financial crisis and the shifting global economic dynamics.

Several topics ranging from Economic Outlook, Entrepreneurship, Overseas Investments, Global Trade and Investments, Mergers and Acquisitions, Innovation, Sustainability and Technology will be discussed in the meet that aims to be the foremost annual gathering of Indian business leaders and their global counterparts. Mr. Sharan will join a Boardroom Dialogue session on the topic “Rise of Entrepreneurship in India” and will share his insights on innovation and strategy for Indian entrepreneurs - particularly focusing on what Indian entrepreneurs must do to learn from their global counterparts and vice-versa.

The event is being co-hosted by the State of Bavaria and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and co-chairs include:

1. Prince Abdullah bin Mosa'ad, Chairman, Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co, Saudi Arabia
2. Rahul Bajaj, Member of Parliament and Chairman, Bajaj Auto, India
3. Peter Bauer, Chief Executive Officer, Infineon, Germany
4. Pramod Bhasin, Chief Executive Officer, Genpact, India
5. Gerhard Cromme, Chairman, Siemens and ThyssenKrupp, Germany
6. Tony Fernandes, Chairman, AirAsia, Malaysia
7. Jim Goodnight, Chief Executive Officer, SAS, USA
8. Kris Gopalakrishnan, Chief Executive Officer, Infosys, India
9. Alan Hassenfeld, Chairman of the Executive Committee, Hasbro, USA
10. Liu Jiren, Chairman, Neusoft, China
11. Anand Mahindra, Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mahindra & Mahindra, India
12. Nasser Munjee, Chairman, Development Credit Bank, India
13. Denis Ranque, Chairman, Thales, France
14. G V Krishna Reddy, Chairman, GVK Power & Infrastructure, India
15. Dhruv M. Sawhney, Chairman, Triveni Engineering & Industries, India
16. Harshpati Singhania, Managing Director, JK Paper; President, FICCI, India

Mr. Sharan will join a remarkable line-up of distinguished business leaders speaking at the event including:

1. Sanjiv Sidhu, Founder and Chairman Emeritus, i2, USA
2. Akhil Gupta, Managing Director, Bharti Enterprises, India
3. Alan Rosling, Executive Director, Tata Sons, India
4. Gerhard Cromme, Chairman, Siemens and ThyssenKrupp, Germany
5. Tom Schick, Executive Vice President, American Express, USA
6. Claude Beglé, Chairman, Swiss Post, Switzerland
7. Ravi Uppal, President, Global Markets, ABB, Switzerland
8. Harsh Mariwala, Chairman, Marico, India
9. Sanjiv Bajaj, Managing Director, Bajaj Financial Services, India
10. Vinod Mittal, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Ispat Industries, India
11. Som Mittal, President, NASSCOM, India
12. Girish Paranjpe, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Wipro, India

Mr. Sharan serves as Chairman and CEO of Aura Inc, an organization dedicated to manufacturing process control Instrumentation  fittings, Process Technology Consulting, Engineering &  System Integration services across India, USA and Italy  to the Oil and Gas, Power and other related Industry Vericals.

Speaking on his participation at the event as a featured speaker, Mr. Sharan  said "It is my privilege to be a part of this influential forum and share my insights and experience with Industry Leaders and Entrepreneurs. This is specially relevant as Aura is headquartered in India and has operations in the US and Italy and has been servicing global Energy markets since 1990”.  More information on Aura is available at: www.aurainc.com