WTC Navi Mumbai, DYPUSM Interactive Session

WTC Navi Mumbai and D Y Patil University School of Management (DYPUSM) jointly organized a special session on “Current Trends in International Trade and Investment” on January 13, 2023 at the DYPUSM. The session was attended by the MBA and BBA management students besides special invitees from industry and business.

Mr. Jayant Ghate of the WTC Navi Mumbai welcomed the participants. He also made few observations about the session theme. “India is on signing spree for Free Trade Agreements and countries such as Australia, UAE have already signed such agreements with India” he said and added that UK, EU and USA are also in the pipeline. He also referred to important developments such as Rupee Trade, Launch of E Rupee, E Commerce application in India’s foreign trade.

Dr. R Gopal Director of DYPUSM made a detailed presentation on India’s trade and markets composition. He also touched upon foreign investment in India and how it is helping the domestic industry and services sector. He made a comparison between China and India and their policies. Mr. Harshwadan Parikh explained the Practical Aspects of Export and Import of India and gave several examples especially in the area of electrical industry.

Mr. Abhishek Bhattacharya Consultant to India’s WTO Mission at Geneva explained Indian policy measures at the WTO and their effectiveness in the WTO Agreements. He also described the negotiation processes at the WTO and how India evolves its policy approaches. Mr. Akshay Chaskar of Hills N Dell spoke about India’s Exports of IT Services and expressed optimism of its future growth.

Mr. Jitendra Sakpal WTC Member Associate coordinated the Q & A session and proposed vote of thanks. He expressed that the session was very useful to all the participants.