WTC Navi Mumbai organised a Seminar and Interactive Session on “ Doing Business with Pennsylvania “ with Mr. Joseph Burke , Dy. Secretary of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as Chief Guest on March 27 , 2017. Organised in cooperation with IMC Navi Mumbai and DYPUSM , the event was highly successful in terms of participation , networking and deliberations. Mr. Burke was leading the Delegation of government officials and business persons to India.
While welcoming the guests and participants , Mr. Jayant Ghate WTC Advisor highlighted importance of Indo - US trade and economic relations and how WTCs are playing a crucial role in developing these. He explained how WTC Navi Mumbai can help promote region’s trade and investment with Pennsylvania.
In his theme presentation , Mr. Joseph Burke provided an insight into growth of the State of Pennsylvania , its economic sectors ,and business environments . He also focussed upon conducive state policies and offered every assistance to the business people interested in doing business with the State. He also mentioned “ Many Indian companies are successfully operating in Pennsylvania “ and mentioned their names like TCS , GENPACT , Reliance Life Sciences , WNS etc. that have found markets in the State and USA .
Dr. R Gopal , Director of DYPUSM made opening remarks and provided overall perspective of the topic. Mr. R K Jain , Chairman of IMC Navi Mumbai explained evolution of Navi Mumbai in terms of industry , city , infrastructure and services like education , IT and shipping and logistics .
Other Guest Speakers on this occasion were Mr. Neeraj Bansal ,Dy. Chairman JNPT Port and Mr. Lalit Kanodia , Chairman of Datamatics Corpn. They highlighted India’s competitiveness and competencies in port logistics and IT sectors respectively.
The Session was followed by discussions and networking for business development. Total 100 delegates from industry / business , academia and services sector participated and benefited from this important Seminar.
