The Minister-President of Baden Württemberg, a state in south-west of Germany will lead a 120-member strong delegation to India in January 2017. The Delegation will consist of a large number of companies and representatives of universities particularly in science and technology. This will be the largest delegation in recent times from a German state to India.
This was confirmed in a meeting between the Minister-President and the Ambassador of India to Germany Gurjit Singh.
The Minister-President said that India was a very important country and Baden Württemberg needed to expand its grasp of opportunities in India to a much greater extent. Already a large number of mittlestand companies from the state are in India. They were looking for opportunities in mobility, manufacturing, digital economy, smart cities, water, renewable energy and the like. There are ten companies from Baden Württemberg who have joined the Make in India Mittlestand (MIIM) programme run by the Embassy of India for new companies to invest in India.
Baden Württemberg is a partner state of Maharashtra and its capital Stuttgart is a partner of Mumbai. The city of Karlsruhe has a relationship with Pune. Thus the delegation will visit Mumbai and Pune as well as Bengaluru where they have a participation at the Machine Tools Exhibition IMTEX. The Minister-President will be accompanied by his Minister for the Economy and the Minister for Transport.
Baden Württemberg is the 3rd largest state of Germany as per size and population. Though it lacks natural resources, it is amongst Germany’s most wealthy states with high employment and a large number of big companies including SAP, Bosch, Porche and Daimler. The economy of the state is mainly supported by SMEs who have contributed to its industrialization.
