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Anishaa Kumar After months of preparation, Hyderabad was abuzz with activity as it is opened its doors to welcome guests from around the world for the Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2107. While one of the main attractions for this year’s Summit was a visit by First Daughter and Advisor to the President of the United States, Ivanka Trump, the summit at its roots was a platform to promote the spirit of entrepreneurship and the importance of supporting start-ups to develop economies. This year, the event is focused on promoting women entrepreneurship with the theme “Women First, Prosperity for all.” Now in its 8th year, the summit has over the years, across countries and continents been an important platform for entrepreneurs to showcase their ...

Anishaa Kumar Ivanka Trump, First Daughter and Advisor to the President of the United States, stressed on the importance of empowering women and societies through mentorship, government support in terms of removing regulations that acted as barriers, access to finance and a change in social perspectives. Congratulating Prime Minister Narendra Modi on bringing transformation in India, Ivanka reinstated US President Donald Trump’s focus on strengthening bonds with the Indian subcontinent. “This is the first time India has hosted the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES). It is a symbol of the strengthened friendship between our two peoples, and the growing economic and security partnership between our two nations,” she said at opening session of the GES 2017 on Tuesday. She added that US too has been ...

The Dollar Business Bureau Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) 2017 in Hyderabad, in the presence of Ivanka Trump, Adviser to the President of the United States. Addressing the gathering at the event, Modi called upon global entrepreneurs to “come, make in India, invest in India, for India and for the world.” “I invite each one of you to become a partner in India’s growth story... assure you of wholehearted support,” he said while addressing the gathering of delegates participating from around 150 countries. Modi further said Indian Government clearly understand that for entrepreneurship to flourish in the country, an environment of transparent policies and laws providing a level playing field are important. Speaking the event, Ivanka said that India ...

Anishaa Kumar On the eve of the inauguration of the eighth edition of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES), set to be inaugurated by the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and First Daughter and Special Advisor to President of the United States, Ivanka Trump, newly appointed US Ambassador to India, Kenneth L Juster highlighted the importance of encouraging entrepreneurs and the US and India ties. The GES will be Juster’s first major event since his confirmation as US Ambassador to India. Speaking to the media a day before the three-day (November 28-30) event to be held in Hyderabad, Juster said, “This is the most dynamic region of the world and the India and US are major democracies playing an important role in the ...

By Ahmad Shariq Khan Hyderabad has been chosen to be the venue for the Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017 (28-30 November) at a time when US-India entrepreneurial bonds have been growing stronger. This is the first time that the GES will be hosted in South Asia, and the event is aimed at highlighting India’s rapidly evolving environment for innovation and entrepreneurship. In a run up to the marquee event, The Dollar Business spoke to Katherine B. Hadda, the US Consul General in Hyderabad on a wide range of topics – from the GES 2017 to strengthening Indo-US ties. TDB: How would you define current status of US-India ties? Katherine B. Hadda (KBH): During his recent visit to New Delhi, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson described ...

By Kanchi Batra The 3rd edition of Global Exhibition of Services (GES) was off to a bright start on Monday with ‘best of the global services” on display at the India Expo Mart & Centre in Greater Noida. Intensifying in its scale and scope by bringing three new services areas – environmental services, space, and sports services – and more exhibitors to its fold, GES 2017 is set to open new doors for services sector in India and prove to be a real game changer. The services sector of India is not only the leading sector contributing to India’s GDP, it has also garnered momentous foreign investment flows and contributed to exports. This sector contributed about 61% to India's GDP, rising strongly ...

The Dollar Business Bureau The bio-services sector which is currently valued at US$ 5-6 billion is set to increase to US$ 50 billion soon and we should be prepared to meet this growth. V K Subburaj, Secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilisers, made the above statement at a round-table meeting on ‘Unleashing Opportunities in Bio-Services Including Contract Research & Manufacturing’, in New Delhi, on Friday. Stating that India makes pharmaceutical products worth US$ 30 billion every year and is a leading producer of generics, the Secretary expressed hope that the bio-pharmaceuticals will take over the sector in future. Speaking at the meet, the Secretary further stated that the conducive atmosphere for growth has been missing in ...

The Dollar Business Bureau Days after mooting a Customs Clearance Facilitation Committee (CCFC) at every major customs seaport and airport, by the Customs Board, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has come up with amendments in the Foreign Trade (Regulation) Rules, 1993, and it said that the rules may be called as Foreign Trade (Regulation) (Amendment) Rules, 2015. One of the key amendments is the inclusion of services and technology on the list of exporter/importer of goods. Earlier, the importer/exporter has been defined as the one who exports/imports goods and holds a valid Importer-exporter code number. In the new amendment, the licencing authority is the Director General (DG) to grant or renew a licence, certificate, scrip or any instrument ...