2010
February 18
The Delhi Committee co-sponsored a Public Luncheon with The Chicago Council on Global Affairs featuring The Honorable Robert O. Blake, Jr., Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, United States Department of State.
2009
February 19
Delhi Committee Chair and President & CEO of SPAAN Tech., Inc. Smita N. Shah, joined distinguishing panelists including the Honorable Forrest Claypool, Cook County commissioner, District 12 and Phillippe Shailee, Vice President of Marketing, Strategy and Research and Development, Sara Lee Corporation, at the Executives' Club "New Leaders Circle" discussion and reception.
June
"Focus on India" series, presented by the Delhi Committee and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
October
Co-sponsor of "The Next Phase in U.S India Relations: Her Excellency Meera Shankar, Ambassador of India to the United States" program.
December
Dance Ambassador from the Indian Council for Cultural Relations in Delhi held a closed Advanced Master Dance Workshop for Gallery 37 students.
2008
April 18
Focus: Business
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs in collaboration with the Delhi Committee hosted an India Roundtable about Engaging the Indian Retail Sector: Product Innovation and Localization with Vikram Bakshi, joint venture partner and managing director of McDonald's India and Sherif Mityas, partner and North American industry and service practice leader at A.T. Kearney, Inc.
Focus: Trade
The Delhi Committee hosted a luncheon at the Drake Hotel in Chicago to welcome a trade delegation from Gujarat, India.
October 24
The Chicago Council and the Confederation of Indian Industry held a luncheon on "India: The Emergence of an Innovative Economy." They hosted The Honorable Dr. Sam Pitroda Chairman of India's Knowledgable Commission and Founder and CEO or C SAM.
November 27
Focus: Health
The Delhi Committee hosted a dinner in support of AACTION Autism, and organization sending an AACTION team of volunteer medical and educational autism professionals to New Delhi and Bangalore. This team provided much needed training and consultation to Indian professionals and families struggling with Autism.
2007
July 3
Focus: Delegation Visit
The Delhi Committee of Chicago Sister Cities International Program in cooperation with the Chicago World Trade Center hosted a luncheon at the Metropolitan Club of the Sears Tower to honor the Chief Minister of Maharastra, India, Vilasrao Deshmukh and his delegation.
July 11
Focus: Culture & Education
The Delhi Committee of Chicago Sister Cities International Program in cooperation with the University of Illinois at Chicago hosted a special guest lecture in honor of Dr. Chandrakant Mehta to talk about “The Implications of Mahatma Gandhi's Philosophy in the Modern World.”
July 19
Focus: Culture & Education
Author Robyn Meredith, a foreign correspondent for Forbes who lives in Hong Kong and covers India and China, spoke at the Union League Club for a special book event and signing sponsored by the Club and the Delhi Committee of Chicago Sister Cities. Meredith’s book, The Elephant and the Dragon, discusses Asian giants India and China and the potential effect their rising economies may have on the rest of the world.
July 21
Focus: Arts
The Department of Cultural Affairs hosted an opening reception to celebrate the installation of the first exhibition in the United States featuring works of the 21st century created in India – Contemporary Indian Art Exhibit: New Narratives: Contemporary Art from India, which was held at the Cultural Center.
November 26
Smita Shah, Delhi Committee Chair, was featured in an article in Crains's chicago Business Focus on Minority Owned Business: "From India to Chicago" on Monday, November 26, 2007.
November 27
Focus: Fundraising
The Committee cosponsored a fundraising dinner for AACTION Autism. The fundraising efforts supports Dr. Tom Owley and Christopher Flint’s, two of AACTION’s members, trip to Delhi as they will be Keynote Speakers at the South Asian Regional Conference on Autism: Building Bridges in New Delhi, India and Autism: The future undefined in Bangalore, India. In addition members of AACTION will provide a Post Conference Workshop: Training in Structured Teaching in Delhi at the National Center for Autism and in Bangalore at the Asha for Autism.
2006
March 28
Focus: Culture
“Sita Ram,” a fundraiser organized by the Delhi Committee in order to build awareness of the depth and richness of the South Asian arts within the greater Chicago community. “Sita Ram” was held in the Lookingglass Theatre.
October 25
Focus: Culture & Education
The Delhi Committee of the Chicago Sister Cities International Program assisted DePaul University's Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Program in promoting awareness of "One Book, One Chicago" Special Event that featured the novel Interpreter of Maladies and a panel discussion with the author Jhumpa Lahiri.
2002
January 17
Focus: Culture
The City 2000 photo exhibit on Chicago opened in Delhi.
2001
Focus: Signing
Mayor Richard M. Daley and Delhi's Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit signed Chicago's 23rd sister cities agreement.
2000
Focus: Fundraiser
Dr. Deepak Chopra, one of the world’s most celebrated advocates of mind-body medicine, gave a lecture to benefit the Chicago Sister Cities International Program. The event was attended by nearly 400 people and was followed by a reception in Chopra’s honor.
Focus: Medical & Social Service
CSCIP assisted Brother to Brother in collecting a truckload of general medical supplies, which was sent to assist a United Airlines' Project Airlift India, Earthquake Relief.
