Doing Business in India

Join Automation Alley for a Doing Business in India event featuring an update on India's economy from the Consul General of India, and a panel discussion with trade mission participants on how to successfully enter India's market. Understanding India's new role in supply chains and the world at large will be crucial to positioning your business in manufacturing's global future. Earlier this year, India surpassed China to become the world’s largest population of 1.425 billion. This includes a growing middle-class of 350 million consumers with a high demand for the following U.S.-made products, services, and technologies across industries, including: 

• ‍Industry 4.0 and Advanced Manufacturing
• Design and Engineering Services
• Automotive
• Machinery and Equipment
• Cleantech
• IT/ICT software
• Medical Equipment
• Aerospace
• Defense

In addition to being home to the world’s fourth largest automotive industry, India has a young, skilled, and low-cost labor force. Recent business and economic reforms have ushered the nation’s integration into the global economy at a time when Western companies are reconfiguring their supply chains away from China. As the world’s sixth-largest economy with a GDP of $3.5 trillion, Moody’s projects that India’s GDP growth will reach 6.8% in 2023.

Agenda

MEETING AGENDA

8:30 a.m.
Welcome and Introductions
Mr. Noel Nevshehir, Director of International Business Services and Global Strategic Partnerships, Automation Alley-Troy, Michigan                  

8:45 a.m.
Overview and Update on India’s Economy 
His Excellency Ambassador Somnath Ghosh, Consul General, Consulate General of India-Chicago, Illinois 

9:15 a.m.
Panel Discussion and Case Studies on How to Successfully Enter India’s Market 
Mr. Joe Gibbs, President, Gibbs Machinery-Warren, Michigan
Mr. Robert Ruffini, President, Fluxtrol-Auburn Hills, Michigan
Mr. Rophin Paul, Wipro PARI North America-Auburn Hills, Michigan

10:00 a.m.
Support for Michigan Companies Through the Michigan State Expansion Program (MI-STEP)
Mr. Chris Bosio, International Trade Development Manager, Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), State of Michigan-Lansing, Michigan

10:05 a.m.
Open Discussion and Questions & Answers

10:30 a.m.
Conference Adjourns