Düsseldorf and India: Strengthen economic relationships for the future!

Veröffentlicht:

Von:

Düsseldorf strengthens cooperations with India: IKD promotes business relationships and exchange of skilled workers for innovative future markets.
Düsseldorf strengthens cooperations with India: IKD promotes business relationships and exchange of skilled workers for innovative future markets. (Symbolbild/ANAG)

Economic relationships between Germany and India have taken another crucial step: Düsseldorf has opened an India competence center (IKD) to support companies from the region in their India business. According to RP Online is India The third-largest economy as a more promising Future market for investments.

The new IKD is located in the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK) Düsseldorf and provides companies not only to help with expansion, but also Indian companies that are interested in Düsseldorf. Mayor Stephan Keller emphasizes the importance of India as an economic partner and emphasizes that the IKD should also contribute to the profit of Indian specialists.

fields of action of the new center

The India competence center will concentrate on several fields of action. These include:

  • Building and expansion of the India business of companies from North Rhine-Westphalia.
  • settlement of other Indian companies in the region.
  • recruitment of Indian specialists for Düsseldorf.
  • use of trade fairs in Düsseldorf and India to promote business development.

Andreas Schmitz, President of the IHK Düsseldorf, emphasizes the support of the member companies by the IKD. Wolfram Diener, Managing Director of Messe Düsseldorf, sees a central role as a market opener in trade fairs.

deepening of the cooperation with Karnataka

Economic relationships are consolidated by the cooperation agreement with the Indian state of Karnataka, which was signed on February 15, 2025, as düsseldorf.de . Start-ups are to be supported in mutual support via the “Karnataka-Düsseldorf Innovation Corridor”, especially in the areas of Industry 4.0, Digital Health and Sustainability.

KARNATAKA, and especially the capital Bengaluru, is known as a leading tech location in India. Here are over 40 unicorns and more than 4,000 start-ups. First discussions between Düsseldorf and Karnataka took place in 2019. This agreement is therefore the result of extensive diplomatic efforts and linking the startup ecosystems of both regions.

The cooperation is supplemented by a planned market session program for start-ups from the Indian state that wants to promote Düsseldorf.

outlook on future developments

An important part of this cooperation will be the planned return visit of a delegation from Düsseldorf in November. This delegation is made by Mayor Dr. Stephan Keller headed and should further deepen the business relationships.

The India Desk of the City of Düsseldorf will also actively contribute to the care of Indian companies. This commitment is supported by the economic authorities in North Rhine-Westphalia and the Ministry of Economics, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy. In order to intensify the exchange, events such as the Digital Demo Day are planned on August 17 in Düsseldorf, in which startups from Karnataka will also take part.

Overall, it turns out that the city of Düsseldorf, together with the Indian state of Karnataka, is working to expand its economic cooperation and to promote innovative business models in order to benefit from the opportunities of the Indian market.

Details
Quellen