The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), is taking a 10-member deleggation of chief executive officers (CEO) to Germany Nov 11-14 to showcase India's new economic agenda.
The delegation will be led by FICCI president Sidharth Birla.
"The visit is expected to open newer vistas for Indian businesses to proactively raise their presence in the country.
"With its highly developed market providing world-class services and infrastructure, the visit would provide an ideal opportunity to FICCI delegation to further assess the market and opportunities for Indian goods and services to reach rest of the region and beyond," a statement issued by the chamber said here Saturday.
The delegation will participate in the 3rd Indo-German Investment Summit, jointly being organised by Indian Embassy in Germany with other German associations on Nov 12.
The delegation comprises three past presidents of FICCI - K.K. Modi, Harshpati Singhania and R.V Kanoria. They would be interacting with German policy makers, BDI (Federation of German Industries) industry leaders, think-tanks, intelligentsia and some of the important trade and investment promotion agencies in Berlin and Frankfurt.
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FICCI CEOs will also meet Wolfgang Schäuble, Federal Minister of Finance, Germany, Matthias Machnig, State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Stephan Steinlein, State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office, Peter Ramsauer, Chairman of the German Parliamentary Committee on Economics and Energy, Helen Winter, Director General for International Economic Policies, Federal Chancellery and Philipp MißYfelder, Member of German Parliament in Berlin.
In Frankfurt Nov 13, FICCI, jointly with Indian Consulate General, Frankfurt will organise a business session on 'Make in India' and a panel discussion on 'Doing business with India: A CEOs perspective'.
The visit would also afford the top Indian CEOs an opportunity to showcase and highlight the new policy measures recently announced by Indian Government, namely, the 'Make in India' initiative and steps taken for enhancing ease of doing business in India, the statement added.