India to market ‘Make in India’ at Hannover Messe 2015 industrial fair in Germany

 The Dollar Business Bureau India is all set to market the main vehicle of its growth story, ‘Make in India’ in one of the leading industrial fairs of the world – Hannover Messe 2015 (Germany) as a Partner Country this year. The fair scheduled to open on April 12, 2015 will have Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi as part of the opening ceremony, where the India Pavilion will be jointly inaugurated by him and the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, the following day. Six Indian States - Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh have scheduled seminars to highlight investment and infrastructure opportunities in their respective regions. Government of India's Ministries and Departments will present 6 seminars involving panel discussions led by Indian and German CEOs, and top officials of the Department of Commerce, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), Department of Heavy Industry, Ministry of Urban Development and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy among others, said a PIB release. The release also added that discussions will include Indo-German collaboration across sectors ranging from renewable energy, electronics to heavy engineering and automation. Seminars such as Smart Cities – the Urban Challenge, Towards a Strategy Skilling India, Collaboration on Digital India among others will focus on avenues for partnering and utilizing German technology for various initiatives by the Indian government as well as investment facilitation, the release said.    

This article was published on April 8, 2015.