International Trade Prospers at WTC Pune Events

Mar 14, 2019

WTC Pune in its endeavour to increase bilateral trade opportunities with State of Indiana, USA hosted back-to-back visits of Congressman Todd Rokita Ex-Secretary of State – Indiana, USAand Mr. Raju Chinthala, Founder President of Indiana India Business Council.

Mutual opportunities and bi-lateral visit plans were discussed with Mr. Sagar Chordia MD of WTC Pune.

EDGE Masterclass 2019 on “Conflict Resolution & People Management” conducted in Pune by Cube Route Bangalore in association with WTC Pune was a success. Ms. Suhasini Rao, Mr. Jaideep Chowdhary – Master Trainers conducted the two day class.

WTC Pune joined hands with Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), the premier Trade Promotion Body of Hong Kong to conduct a very well attended seminar to “Explore International Business Opportunities through Hong Kong”. Mr. Rajesh Bhagat of HKTDC South Asia Office alongwith Mr. H P Srivastava and Mr. Nikhil Oswal of World Trade Center Pune interacted with 100+ Pune Trade participants.

Top Leadership of WTCs from Australia, Cyprus, China, San Marino, Taiwan and many from India prominently interacted at the WTCA Asia Pacific Regional Meet (APRM) hosted by WTC Mumbai on the occasion of its flagship event Global Economic Summit (GES) 2019.

WTC Pune and WTC Mumbai organised in Pune a curtain raiser to the GES 2019 with a very lively talk by Mr. Siddhartha Rastogi MD - Ambit, Mr. A. O. Kuruvila – WTC Mumbai, Mr. Aspy Bharucha - Ahmedabad and Mr. Tukaram Gaikwad - EXIM Chamber of Commerce and Allied Industries. They deliberated on Service Sector – Impact on International Trade.

many Reciprocity MoUs were signed by WTC Pune to increase specific co-operation on trade events at the Mumbai APRM in presence of dignitaries like WTCA CEO Mr. Scott Ferguson, VP Mr. Scott Wang and WTCA Board of Director Members - Mr. Mehran Eftekhar (WTC Cyprus) and Mr. Vijay Kalantri (WTC Mumbai)

WTC Pune Reciprocity MoU partners now additionally include WTC Kochi, Bhubaneswar, Goa and Jaipur. Similar Trade Promotion MoUs were inked earlier with Indiana India Business Council, EXIM Integrated Club, Pune and Global India Business Forum.

The International Trade Facilitation Center and the Business Advisory Clinics of WTC Pune are seeing unique footfalls for availing international trade services. Stream of high profile dignitaries recently visiting the marquee WTC Pune included Congressman Tod Rokita – Indiana (USA), Mr. Girish Misra of Mastercard, Mr. Siddhartha Rastogi MD of Ambit, Dr. Jitendra Joshi – Global President-GIBF, Mr. Raju Chinthala of Indiana India Business Council, Mr. Laxman Jagtap of Tetrapak, Mr. Jacob George of Thermax, Mr. Welber Wang of Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), Dr. Girish Joshi of Medline Inc USA and Mr.Anand Bidarkar – Institute of Global e-Commerce.