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India wants quick resolution of EU crisis: Montek

Worried over slow global economic recovery, India has made a case for quick resolution of the sovereign debt problems of Europe to remove uncertainty in financial markets and promote investor confidence.

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'India grew at 9% with same policies'

Dismissing concerns about policy paralysis in the Indian government, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia has said the country has grown in the past at over 9 per cent with the same set of policies.

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Connect: NIBM 2010

For the fifth-time running, the Netherlands India Business Meet enlightened and encouraged Dutch companies with ambitions to do business in India. This time, however, the NIBM went one step further in highlighting how Dutch companies could benefit from the growing global ambitions of Indian companies.

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VK Banen: Meer Indiase bedrijven naar Nederland

Het aantal Indiase kennismigranten neemt toe. Indiase bedrijven komen vaker naar Nederland, vanwege de gunstige ligging in Europa en het belastingklimaat.

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Connect: Lifetime of Commitment - R.L. Lakhina

Connect: Lifetime of Commitment - R.L. Lakhina
After achieving tremendous success in his career and business in the Netherlands, Ram L Lakhina went on to initiate and nurture several successful organisations that have consolidated the efforts of the Indian Diaspora in the Netherlands to give back to their homeland. Today, he is an iconic figure whose lifelong work has cemented Indo-Dutch relations in the cultural, economic and political spheres. As Executive President of the Netherlands India Chamber for Commerce and Trade (NICCT), Mr Lakhina continues to contribute to the growing relations between the two countries. For his several contributions to the society within the Netherlands, as entrepreneur and community leader, he was made a Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau on 24th September, 2009. The Connect Team spent an afternoon with Mr Lakhina a day before he received this prestigious Royal Honour.


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The Netherlands beckons Indian companies

The Netherlands beckons Indian companies
CHENNAI: The Netherlands offers Indian firms excellent business opportunities in several fields, Rutger Koopmans, chairman of the Netherlands-India Chamber of Commerce and Trade, said here on Wednesday.

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Webcast Taste of Diversity - the future of INDIA

Webcast Taste of Diversity - the future of INDIA
http://www.webcastingstudio.eu
Organised by the Club of Amsterdam, July 3rd 2008
http://www.clubofamsterdam.com



"India is in my eyes far more important than China" Rutger Koopmans Chairman NICCT

Interview with Rutger Koopmans (October 2007) in AD (Algemeen Dagblad) regarding the many opportunities which India currently offers in comparison with China.

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"India offers multiple opportunities, also for the Dutch automotive sector".

"India offers multiple opportunities, also for the Dutch automotive sector".
A recent article published in the magazine Automobiel Management talks of the recent Quick Scan done by NICCT, KPMG and ING:
The Indian automotive sector offers multiple opportunities. Making use of these opportunities is however being hampered by lack of knowledge and lack of the right attitude and behaviour towards India. In the Quick scan, Dutch entrepreneurs express their opinion on trade with India. 8 of the 42 companies interviewed represented the Dutch automotive sector.


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"Dutch companies are missing out on opportunities in India" film clip on NICCT event with interview with Chairman of NICCT Mr. Koopmans

"Dutch companies are missing out on opportunities in India", say Dutch entrepreneurs in a survey recently conducted by the NICCT, ING and KPMG.  

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Netherlands Automotive Trade Mission to India

Er komt in maart 2008 een speciale automotive handelsmissie naar India voor Nederlandse bedrijven.

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"Indians are good purchasers"

"Indians are good purchasers...." NICCT Executive President Mr. Ram. L. Lakhina says in an interview at the Holland Marine Equipment Symposium on 7 July in the Hague. The Indian ambassador HE Mrs. N.D. Sabharwal praised Dutch companies investing in India, "You are willing to share knowledge and not just focus on quick profits..."  

publ 07072007 Schuttevaer.pdf

BNR: Doing business with India

Doing business with India: How does it work, doing business with India? BNR interviewed Rutger Koopmans, chairman of the Dutch-Indian Chamber of Commerce. And Cees Derksen, manager with Logica CMG, responsible there for contacts with India.

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India offers many opportunities to the logistics sector

Interview with Rutger Koopmans (June 2006) in Logistics and on http://www.logistiek.nl/ regarding the many opportunities which India currently offers in the logistic sector in the Netherlands.

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