14/01/2013
The twin cities of Mumbai and Stuttgart- the state capital of Baden Wurttemberg, Germany have had an intensive cooperation since the last 44 years. “Stuttgart meets Mumbai”- a two day wine festival was organized at Taj Lands End, Mumbai on the 11th and 12th of January by the Indian Honorary Consulate and Lapp Group. The event serves as a meeting point for partners from politics, Business, film & media, tourism and the wine industries from both the countries.
Participants from PGCIM-ESB program and representatives from our partner Institution ESB, Reutlingen were part of this event and organized an education workshop covering the following topics:
--Doing Business in India: Quality or Price? Meeting the market needs in India.
--The German Way of Doing Business in India: Challenges for young Indian Professionals.
-- Panel Discussion: Challenges in Indo-German Business – The Clash of Cultures.
The key speakers present at the workshop were:
-- Mr.Sharad Bairathi, Managing Partner, Embitel, Pune/India
-- Mr. Carsten Bauer, General Manager Product Management Mercedes-Benz, Pune/India
-- Dr. Nicholas Matten, Sales Director Western Asia / Japan / Oceania Hansgrohe SE, Schiltach/Germany.
Ms. Svetha Krishnamurthy, PGCIM student (SPJIMR Mumbai /ESB Business School Reutlingen) was also a part of the panel which was moderated by Prof. Dr. Dennis A. De, professor for Entrepreneurship at ESB Business School and founding director of CIEBS – Centre for Indo-European Business Studies Reutlingen-Mumbai.
The workshop was followed by a wine festival in the evening, which served as a platform for PGCIM participants to network and interact with various business professionals from across the cultures and boundaries.