On 9 April State Bank of India (SBI), India’s largest bank, celebrated 50 years of its branch office in Frankfurt and used the opportunity to launch its yono app in Germany. The banks’s Chairman Dinesh Khara and the Managing Director for International Banking, Global Markets and Technology, Challa Sreenivasulu Setty both attended the event. Deputy … Read more
2024 – the “Super Election” Year. Research has estimated that, this year, more than 60 countries will hold elections, totalling for around 2 billion voters. Included here is India, who will vote between April and June, and elections for a new European parliament in June. Although there is a general census that Narendra Modi’s government … Read more
On 15 March 2024, the Indo-German Centre for Business Excellence and the Consulate General of India in Frankfurt hosted around sixty members of the Indian business community in Germany for a meeting of the India Business Forum at Frankfurt School. IGC Deputy Chairman and Executive Director Matthias Catón and Indian Consul General B.S. Mubarak addressed … Read more
The first Indo-German Business Talk of 2024 took place on 31 January 2024, where three expert panellists analysed the nexus between textile consumption and production and advancing the circular economy. The textile industry has long-faced scrutiny for its detrimental environmental and social impact, with practices in “fast” fashion and “fast” production often criticised for their … Read more
To round up the year of insightful, monthly Webinars for our Indo-German Business Talk series, the November installment, our last of 2023, looked back on Indo-German relations in 2023 and insights for 2024. This year, we saw significant milestones in the Indo-German, and wider Indo-European, partnership in economic, political and social topics. On 29 November, … Read more
Indo-German digital cooperation has made significant progress, with increased interest from EU businesses to invest in India and the digital entreprenuership mindset of many Indians. Continuous efforts are underway to align regulatory frameworks and explore areas such as digital governance and interoperability. However, there are challenges that remain, including topics of data protection, regulating emerging … Read more
Our 3rd Annual Conference took place on 13 October 2023. It’s overarching topic was manufacturing under the theme „Rethinking Manufacturing in India and Germany: Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Growth“. Bringing the Annual Conference to India It was a first for us: after two instalments that we ran at Frankfurt School in Germany, we now … Read more
The nexus between international security and business is not as far-fetched as one may think. How our global order, international relations and conflict develop and emerge is crucial for business leaders to understand how to operate and succeed in their chosen environments. This narrative becomes clearer and clearer with events such as the global pandemic, … Read more
Late last year, when India took over the presidency of the G20 group of nations, I had the honor of being appointed Co-Chair of one of the Think20 task forces, namely the one dealing with Purpose & Performance: Reassessing the Global Financial Order. T20, or Think20, is one of the G20 engagement groups. It consists … Read more
Education plays a vital role in the economic development and migration of recipient and sender countries. The former being a country that attracts talented individuals from foreign countries and the latter being countries that have a significant percentage of their population moving overseas. The International Organisation for Migration’s 2022 World Migration Report states that ‘with … Read more