India at MSV Brno 9-13 October, 2017, Brno, Czech Republic EEPC INDIA Vanijya Bhavan (1st Floor) International Trade Facilitation Centre 1/1 Wood Street, Kolkata-700 016 Tel. : 91-33-22890651/52/53 Fax : 91-33-22890654 E-mail :
[email protected] Website: www.eepcindia.com CIN : U51900WB1955NPL022644 Foreword India was honoured to be the Partner Country for the second time at the 59th edition of the International Engineering Fair (MSV). This year Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Minister, Mr C R Chaudhary led a team of 90 Indians representing Industrial Machinery, Iron and Steel, Industrial Design and General Engineering. Delegations from Indian States of Jharkhand led by Mr Raghubar Das, Chief Minister of Jharkhand and from Karnataka led by Mr R V Deshpande, Minister of Medium and Large Industries, Government of Karnataka and National Institute of Design were worth mentioning. India-centric talks with Bilateral Round Table on Indo-Czech Cooperation in Advanced Manufacturing, Czech-Indian Business Summit and exclusive session on Opportunities in Indian States provided the appropriate forum to showcase Indian Talent in Engineering .In order to add value to India’s participation during the fair, a host of parallel activities were also undertaken. An effort was made to ensure India’s representation at the highest and most relevant level at the various parallel sessions during MSV 2017. India was the Partner Country in the global fair in 2012 and returned here for the second time during October 9 -13 this year with much strengthened prowess in engineering and technology, with an aim to find new markets for the country's entrepreneurs , encouraging them to rope in joint ventures for flagship programmes like 'Make in India'.