"This presentation on issues relating to scientific, educational, cultural, academic and social exchanges among BCIM countries has three interrelated themes: (1) First, it considers means to enhance the public visibility of BCIM as a regional economic initiative. (2) Second, it considers means for enhancing the public visibility of the Overland Car Rally, Kunming to Kolkata, projected for November 2007. (3) Third, in the context of the overall under-development of countries in the BCIM region, it emphasizes the need for enhanced cooperation beyond the purely economic realm, especially in fields connected with human and social development..."