Showcase the Netherlands

World Trade Center Chennai is collaborating with SAS Partners in Chennai to organise a series of webinars which will present the business prospects of foreign countries to Indian companies. The first session in the series was done together with Consulate General of Netherlands in Bengaluru. Speakers: Mr. Heine Lageveen, Deputy Consul General, Netherlands ; Mr. Balaji Venkatraman, Area Director(South), Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency(NFIA); Mr. Reinier W. L. Russel, Managing Partner, Russel Advocaten, Netherlands; R. Parthasarathy, Founder and MD-iSolve Technologies. Mr. Lageveen spoke about the sector agnostic services offered by the consulate particularly to companies in both countries. Mr. Balaji explained the support services offered by NFIA to those looking for collaborations and said that Netherlands is also the digital gateway to Europe. Mr. Russel explained the legal services offered by their firm for Indian companies looking towards European markets. Mr. Parthasarathy spoke about his experiences on setting up offices in Amsterdam. He commended on the ease of doing business, the transparency and professionalism demonstrated by the Government. Dr. Bose Nair, VP-WTC and Mr. Alex Koshy, Partner-SAS Partners also spoke at the programme. Mr. Vijay Kumar, Advisor to Netherlands Consulate General moderated the discussions. Over 150 companies from IT & ITeS, Consulting, Manufacturing, Educational institutions, Engineering & Automation, Pharma & Biotechnology, Food & Agro products as well as Electronics sectors participated.