A 26-member Indian business and science delegation from Coimbatore visited Thuringia from May 7th to 10th – following three Thuringian delegations to the southern Indian state in recent years Tamil Nadu The visits were conducted. The aim of the reciprocal visits is to further intensify bilateral relations in the areas of economics, science, education/youth, and intercultural exchange. The Indian delegation was appointed by GIRT Coimbatore and led by the German Consul General in India Michaela Küchler .
A multi-track program was organized for the business and scientific representatives from India – for example, a meeting took place on Tuesday as part of the international trade fair rapid.tech 3D A meeting of the German Indian Roundtable (GIRT) Thuringia instead. Here the delegation and GIRT-Participation welcomed by Minister of Economic Affairs Wolfgang Tiefensee, the Indian ambassador Parvathaneni Harish and by Consul General Michaela KüchlerDuring a guided tour on the rapid.tech 3D The role of startups and innovations in the German-Indian context was discussed.
This was followed by numerous company visits to innovative Thuringian companies and research institutions. On Wednesday morning, for example, the group traveled to Neuhaus am Rennweg to visit the company.. GBneuhaus GmbHHere, the guests were shown the production areas for dip and spray coating, and also discussed current business challenges such as the shortage of skilled workers. Afterwards, they signed the Golden Book in the town church – one of the largest wooden churches in Thuringia. For the scientific representatives, visits to, among other things, the following were also on the agenda: Friedrich Schiller University, the Ernst Abbe University, the Erfurt University of Applied Sciences and the Ilmenau University of Technology on the agenda.
Part of the program also included the preparation of an Indian-Thuringian student exchange between the Satchidananda Jothi Nikethan International School in Coimbatore and the Queen Louise High School in Erfurt.
