Schlagwort-Archive: GIRT Hamburg

Nächster GIRT-Termin in Hamburg: 19. März 2012

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Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,
liebe Freunde des German-Indian Round Table (GIRT) Hamburg,

hiermit lade ich Sie recht herzlich zum nächsten Treffen des GIRT Hamburg am 19.3. ein. Diesmal haben wir die Freude, den Vorstand der Hamburger Stiftung Asien-Brücke, Herrn Helge Adolphsen, Frau Dr. Mirjam Freytag und Herrn Karl Fasbender, bei uns als Referenten begrüßen zu dürfen.

Die Hamburger Stiftung Asien-Brücke wurde 2006 vom Senat und der Bürgerschaft der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg  ins Leben gerufen. Sie hat bisher 33 Projekte mit Hamburg-Bezug in Asien unterstützt. Ein Schwerpunkt ist die Verhinderung von missbräuchlicher Kinderarbeit. Dazu hat sie einen „Runden Tisch“ mit großen Hamburger Unternehmen und Organisationen aus der Zivilgesellschaft gegründet. Ziel: Schulbildungs- und Ausbildungsprojekte in Indien zu fördern. Weitere Mitmachende aus dem Mittelstand (KMU) können sich beteiligen.

Darüber hinaus gibt es natürlich wieder Neuigkeiten aus der deutsch-indischen Szene und genug Zeit, um sich auszutauschen.

Der GIRT-Stammtisch findet – wie üblich – ab 18:30h im Hotel Baseler Hof (Esplanade 11, 20354  Hamburg) statt. Aus Planungs- und Kapazitätsgründen bitte ich um verbindliche Anmeldungen bis zum 14. März 2012. Ich freue mich auf Ihr reges Interesse und ein Wiedersehen.

Beste Grüße
Rajnish Tiwari

„Indo German Etiquette: Explicitness of communication in Germany“

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Source: http://www.indiadayshannover.com/?page_id=177

The advice of the week 7 / 2012

Explicitness of communication in Germany

With intensifying Indo-German economic relations there is an increasing number of Indian visitors to Germany and while there is considerable literature preparing Germans to visit India, there is some lack of socio-cultural information to prepare Indian professionals visiting Germany.

Rajnish Tiwari GIRT Hamburg

One of the foremost important things, apart from punctuality of time, which I would recommend to take into account while visiting Germany, is to make use of explicit communication as far as possible. For example, in India it is sometimes considered superficial to say by words “thank you” and “sorry” for small things. The reason is mostly not arrogance. Rather, many Indians believe that emotions such as gratefulness are best conveyed by one’s gestures and not by mere words. On the other hand, in a society like Germany, where people are traditionally used to explicit communication, saying “thank you” and “sorry” is considered polite and even necessary as unequivocal recognition of the other person’s efforts or the (inadvertent) trouble caused to him.

Explicit communication is also useful in culinary matters as your German hosts would generally assume that your “no” to more food is really meant as a “no” and would refrain from what they think would be unwarranted insistence. In short, don’t be overformal and convey your feelings, wherever feasible, in a direct manner.

The Hindu Business Line recommends reading „GIRT“ article

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In an article titled „The horizon vocabulary“ journalist D. Murali of The Hindu Business Line, a renowned newspaper from India, recommends reading an article („Investment Destination Germany: Chances & Challenges for Indian Firms„) written by Rajnish Tiwari, Head of German-Indian Round Table in Hamburg:

Investment opportunities in Germany

In a significant contrast to their Chinese counterparts, Indian firms have so far tended to prefer developed Western countries for their investments, notes Rajnish Tiwari, Head of the German-Indian Round Table (GIRT) in Hamburg. Germany, along with the US and the UK, has emerged as a primary target for Indian FDI, he adds, in Investment destination Germany: Chances & challenges for Indian firms (www.ssrn.com). “With its established technological prowess, high-quality infrastructure and reliable institutional set-up, Germany is regarded as an excellent investment target by many Indian firms in their pursuit of newest technologies and commercially viable cutting-edge innovations,” Tiwari reasons.

The paper concedes that, since many Indian companies prefer to channelise their FDI projects to Germany through their existing domestic subsidiaries or through their daughter concerns in other European countries, the official data fail to capture the true extent of Indian engagement in Germany.

Tiwari urges Indian firms, therefore, to take advantage of Germany’s excellent physical infrastructure and technological know-how, including in the eastern part, while combining it with their own strengths in production, marketing, low-cost engineering, and business model innovations. Provides pointers that you may like to explore in detail.

Source: The Hindu Business Line, 11.02.2012

Direct link to the paper in question:
http://www.global-innovation.net/team/tiwari/PDF/Tiwari_BusinessGuide_2011.pdf

Invitation to Next meeting of GIRT Hamburg on 9th Jan. 2012

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With Sylvester approaching a year is coming to an end, which has been very active from the perspective of German-Indian Round Table (GIRT). In its pursuit to contribute to Indo-German economic relations GIRT this year has initiated several new chapters in Germany and India. In Hamburg – apart from its regular bi-monthly meetings and collaborations with institutional partners – GIRT successfully co-organized an “India Week” for the fourth time in a row. The India Week in Hamburg attracted some 12,000 visitors and witnessed several events from socio-economic and cultural spheres that received very positive feedback from their respective audiences.

This upswing in Indo-German and Indo-Hamburg relations is set continue the next year when India will celebrate an “India Year” (May 2012 – March 2013) in Germany to mark 60 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries. As a matter of great pleasure the “India Year” will be inaugurated at the 823rd Port Anniversary Festival (“Hafengeburtstag”) in Hamburg in May 2012, where India will be the partner country.

German-Indian Round Table (GIRT) Hamburg takes pleasure in inviting its participants and other interested persons to its next meeting on January 9th, 2012 where Mr. Michael Wendt will share with us the planning of the upcoming festival. Mr. Wendt has been appointed by the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg to organize the country presentation at the Hamburg Port Anniversary Festival. The meeting will also provide a good opportunity to our participants to discuss with him the possibility of organizing some other (business-related) India events during the Port Anniversary Festival.

In addition, we will of course also dedicate some time to other current issues related to Indo-German relations, to share thoughts and do “networking”.

The event will take place on Monday, 9th Jan. 2011, at 18:30h in Hotel Baseler Hof (Esplanade 11, 20354 Hamburg).

As usual, the meeting takes place in the form of a “Stammtisch”, whereby each participant is expected to consume his or her evening meal at the meeting and pay for own consumption of food and beverages. This is a part of the arrangement with the event venue that allows us to do without a participation fee.

Those interested in attending the GIRT meeting on 9th January may write to tiwari@tuhh.de latest by January 5th, 2012. Since seating capacity is limited we require binding registration and will send the confirmed participants a written affirmation of the registration prior to the event.

Wishing all our participants a very merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous year ahead!

With best regards

Rajnish Tiwari
Head, German-Indian Round Table Hamburg

Einladung zum German-Indian Round Table am 9.1.2012 in Hamburg

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Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,
liebe Freunde des German-Indian Round Table Hamburg,

ein aus der Sicht des German-Indian Round Table (GIRT) besonders aktives Jahr neigt sich dem Ende entgegen. So konnten im laufenden Jahr z.B. mehrere neue Zepter des GIRT in Deutschland wie in Indien ins Leben gerufen werden. Auch in Hamburg konnte mit GIRT-Beteiligung neben den regulären GIRT-Treffen zum vierten Mal in Folge eine „India Week“ organisiert werden, in dessen Rahmen mehrere Veranstaltungen zur Intensivierung von deutsch-indischen Beziehungen (hier natürlich mit einem besonderen Fokus auf die Hansestadt Hamburg) erfolgreich und mit starkem positivem Feedback ausgerichtet wurden.

Eine Fortsetzung wird natürlich folgen und die bilateralen Beziehungen zwischen den beiden Ländern werden auch im nächsten Jahr weiter an Fahrt gewinnen, wenn in Deutschland das „Indien-Jahr“ (Mai 2012 – März 2013) stattfindet. Die Auftaktveranstaltung hierzu findet erfreulicherweise zum Hafengeburtstag in Hamburg im Mai 2012 statt. In diesem Zusammenhang laden wir Sie recht herzlich zum nächsten Treffen des GIRT Hamburg ein, auf dem Herr Michael Wendt – im Auftrag der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg für die Ausrichtung der Länderpräsentationen beim Hafengeburtstag zuständig – die Planungen vorstellen wird. Dies wäre auch eine ideale Gelegenheit, mit ihm die Möglichkeit zur Organisation einer eigenen Indien-Veranstaltung im Rahmen des Hafengeburtstages zu besprechen. Darüber hinaus wird es natürlich wieder ausreichend Zeit zum Austausch und Netzwerken geben.

Der GIRT-Stammtisch findet – wie üblich – ab 18:30h im Hotel Baseler Hof (Esplanade 11, 20354  Hamburg) statt. Aus Planungs- und Kapazitätsgrenzen bitte ich um verbindliche Anmeldungen bis zum 5. Januar 2012. Ich freue mich auf Ihr reges Interesse und ein Wiedersehen.

GIRT Hamburg wünscht allen „Mitgliedern“ und „Freunden“ frohe Feiertage, „Merry Christmas“ und einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr!

Beste Grüße
Rajnish Tiwari