A high-level delegation led by Karnataka Chief Secretary Kaushik Mukherjee has met Dr Beate Merk, Minister for European Affairs and Regional Relations of Bavaria at the Bavarian State Chancellery.
According to Ratna Prabha, Additional Chief Secretary, Karnataka Commerce and Industries Department, the delegation is in Germany to promote investment opportunities in Karnataka and to discuss further avenues for growth in trade.
The delegation also met Dr Johann Schachtner, Head, Department of Industry and Internationalisation, and Deputy Chief of Administration at Bavarian Ministry of Economy, Media, Energy and Technology.
Speaking at a meeting with Indian CEOs based in Bavaria and Baden-Wuerttemberg, Kaushik Mukherjee invited companies to invest in India and particularly in Karnataka in view of the vast potential of the State.
The delegation also held a series of roundtable meetings with German business captains in Munich. Many Indian companies based in Bavaria and Wuettemberg attended the meeting.
Prominent companies which took part at the meetings include EniT GmbH, Ensprit GmbH; HCL; Indian Business Forum South e.V; Indian Forum Institute of Ayurveda and Yoga; InfoQuest GmbH; JM Consultant; NGX Technologies; Powersem GmbH, and Ratakonda Energy Systems UG.
Others include Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Media, Energy & Technology; Bavarian State Ministry of Environment & Consumer Protection; Bavarian State Ministry Economic Development; City of Munich CNC Communications & Network; Darco Europe GmbH; Data M GmbH; Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH; EXMI Technology GmbH; GDW Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH; Hecht Technologie GmbH; HypoVereinsbank - Member of UniCredit Bank AG; Invest in Bavaria; Koba Treuhand GmbH; Logos! Informatik GmbH; Osram GmbH; Siemens AG, Studiosus and Taurus Investment Holding GmbH.