Slides of the study presented by Mr. René Neukirchner during last meeting of GIRT Hamburg on 10th September may be downloaded now.
Study: Innovation strategies of selected German multinationals in India (PDF, 2 MB)
Schlagwort-Archive: GIRT Event
Next meeting of GIRT Hamburg on 10th Sept. 2012
German-Indian Round Table (GIRT) Hamburg takes pleasure in cordially inviting its participants and other interested persons to its next meeting on September 10th, 2012.
On this occasion Mr. René Neukirchner, student at Hamburg University of Technology, will present results of a study of innovation strategies pursued by some of the largest German companies in India, which include BASF, Bosch, Daimler, SAP and Siemens. The study looks at a unique combination of “global innovation” with “open innovation”. It examines which projects are being pursued by those firms and to what extent they are engaged in research collaboration with local Indian partners. The underlying idea is to learn from such strategies and to reduce market risk and technology uncertainty.
Apart from presentation of this study, there will be discussion on current developments in Indo-German context. We will also inform our participants about the initial planning related to India Week 2013. As usual, participants will have enough time to exchange thoughts and ideas, and engage in networking.
The event will take place on Monday, 10th Sept. 2012, at 18:30h in Hotel Baseler Hof (Esplanade 11, 20354 Hamburg).
There is no participation fee. 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, which allows us to do without a participation fee.
Those interested in attending the GIRT meeting may write to tiwari@tuhh.de latest by September 5th, 2012. Confirmation is subject to availability of seats. 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.
With best regards
Rajnish Tiwari
Head, German-Indian Round Table Hamburg
Einladung zum German-Indian Round Table in Hamburg am 10. Sept 2012
Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,
liebe Freunde des German-Indian Round Table Hamburg,
wir laden Sie recht herzlich zum nächsten Treffen des German-Indian Round Table (GIRT) in Hamburg ein. Das erste Treffen nach der Sommerpause findet abweichend nicht am ersten sondern am zweiten Montag, also am 10. September, zur gewöhnlichen Zeit ab 18:30h im Hotel Baseler Hof (Esplanade 11, 20354 Hamburg) statt.
Diesmal wollen wir Ihnen die Ergebnisse einer Studie durch TU Hamburg-Harburg vorstellen, die die Forschungs- und Entwicklungsaktivitäten ausgewählter deutscher Unternehmen in Indien untersucht hat. Herr René Neukirchner hat sich die Innovationsstrategien der Unternehmen BASF, Bosch, Daimler, SAP und Siemens in Bezug auf Indien näher angeschaut. Dabei ist er der Fragestellung nachgegangen, welche Projekte werden von den ausgewählten Großunternehmen vor Ort in Indien verfolgt und in welchem Maße werden lokale Kooperationen eingegangen, um Marktgerechte Produkte zu entwickeln und technologisches Risiko zu reduzieren. Wir freuen uns, dass Herr Neukirchner die Ergebnisse dieser Studie persönlich vorstellen wird.
Neben diesem Vortrag berichten wir über aktuelle Entwicklungen im deutsch-indischen Kontext und auch über die Planungen der India Week 2013. Wie üblich gibt es ausreichend Zeit zur Diskussion und zum Austausch mit anderen Teilnehmern.
Wir würden uns freuen, Sie auf dem GIRT-Treffen begrüßen zu dürfen. Angesichts der begrenzten Raumkapazität ist eine verbindliche Voranmeldung via E-Mail (tiwari@tuhh.de) bis zum 5. September 2012 notwendig. Angenommene Anmeldungen werden von uns einzeln bestätigt. Die Teilnahme ist kostenfrei. Bitte beachten Sie, dass GIRT-Treffen einen „Stammtisch“-Charakter haben. Teilnehmer zahlen ihre Speisen und Getränke selbst. Bei Rückfragen stehen wir Ihnen natürlich gerne zur Verfügung.
Beste Grüße
Rajnish Tiwari
Einladung zum nächsten GIRT am 7.5. in Hamburg
Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,
liebe Freunde des German-Indian Round Table Hamburg,
hiermit laden wir Sie recht herzlich zum nächsten planmäßigen Treffen des GIRT in Hamburg ein. Kurz vor dem Hafengeburtstag und dem Auftakt des „Indien-Jahres“ in Deutschland veranstalten wir am 7. Mai in der HafenCity einen Vortragsabend zum Thema: „Innovationsstandort Indien: Rechtliche, steuerliche und wirtschaftliche Rahmenbedingungen für Investitionen in innovative Industrien in Indien“.
Die Veranstaltung findet in Zusammenarbeit mit den Unternehmen PricewaterhouseCoopers und Taylor Wessing statt. Wir freuen uns, dass wir mit Herrn Bernd Mützelburg (Botschafter a.D. der Bundesrepublik Deutschland in Indien und Sonderbeauftragter a.D. für Afghanistan und Pakistan) einen ausgewiesenen Indienkenner für einen Impulsvortrag gewinnen konnten. Zusätzlich hierzu gibt es Fachvorträge von Herrn Frank Quassowsky und Herrn Björn Delff (beide PwC), Herrn Dr. Philipp Manoj Behrendt (Taylor Wessing) und Herrn Rajnish Tiwari (GIRT/TUHH). Anschließend besteht bei einem Get-Together die Möglichkeit, sich mit den Referenten und anderen Teilnehmern auszutauschen.
Veranstaltungsort: Taylor Wessing, Hanseatic Trade Center, Am Sandtorkai 41, 20457 Hamburg
Datum/Uhrzeit: Montag, 7. Mai 2012, 18:00 bis ca. 20:00 Uhr mit anschließendem Get-Together
Weitere Infos und die Anmeldehinweise entnehmen Sie bitte dem beigefügten PDF-Dokument.
Um eine verbindliche Anmeldung bis zum 3. Mai 2012 wird gebeten. Bitte beachten Sie, dass wir aus Kapazitätsgründen die angenommenen Anmeldungen bestätigen werden.
Wir freuen uns auf Ihr reges Interesse!
Press Release: Grassroot Innovations Open New Avenues for Indo-German Collaboration
GIRT sees the fourth India Week Hamburg as an ideal platform to further boost bilateral relations
Hamburg (11.10.2011): India has emerged as a hotbed for low-cost, frugal innovations. Buoyed by the entrepreneurial spirit of India’s large private sector and a growing middle class, firms of all sizes and nationalities with a base in India have churned out several affordable and innovative products. “Aakash”, the latest tablet PC priced at about € 35, which has been recently launched in India is an excellent example of such ideas and business model innovations emanating from the Subcontinent.
Many local users in India’s rural areas come up with inventions that are not only innovative and useful but also less expensive than the usual solutions available in the market. Another important feature of grassroot innovations is that they are generally environment friendly and in sync with the given infrastructural conditions. Examples of such innovations include water-based cooling systems that do not require electricity, or non-sticky frying pans made of earth.
Interestingly, India’s emergence as “innovation hub” for low-cost, frugal innovations, often directed at the bottom of the economic pyramid have gone hand-in-hand with increasing exports of engineering goods made in India. The volume of India’s export of engineering goods has increased more than 10-fold in the past 15 years, reaching nearly $ 70 billion. Germany alone imported engineering goods worth $ 11 billion from India in the last fiscal year.
“We see India rapidly emerging as a lead market for frugal innovations”, says Rajnish Tiwari, Head of German-Indian Round Table (GIRT) in Hamburg. Tiwari, who in his capacity as leader of “Research Project Global Innovation” at the Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) has done extensive studies on India’s innovative capacities and Indo-German business relations, sees the suitability of India’s frugal technologies extending especially to markets in South Asia, Africa and Latin America, where many countries have similar socio- economic and geographical structures. He advocates German firms’ participation to realize what his colleague Dr. Stephan Buse from TUHH calls is a “win-win proposition”.
TUHH and GIRT have therefore decided to hold a symposium on the theme of “Grassroot Innovations: New Opportunities for Indo-German Cooperation?” to explore the possibility of joint commercialization of innovations coming from India’s both formal and non-formal sectors. Grassroot innovations in India have been supported and popularized by untiring and inspiring efforts of Prof. Anil Gupta of Honey Bee Network. Several renowned experts, including Prof. Gupta, will participate in a symposium on 20th October 2011 at the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce. The symposium is being held as a part of the fourth “India Week Hamburg”. GIRT, along with its partners, is co-organizing the following events during the India Week:
- Current Trends Concerning Business with India (17.10.2011)
- Europe’s Relations with India: New Impulses for the Cooperation of Democratic States (18.10.2011)
- Grassroot Innovations: New Opportunities für Indo-German Cooperation? (20.10.2011)
- Dance with the Tiger – Intercultural Challenges Concerning Business with India (20.10.2011)
We invite all interested persons and firms to participate in these events. The participation is free of charge but requires a prior registration for organizational reasons. All further information can be accessed via:
Download this press release as PDF
About German-Indian Round Table (GIRT)
The German-Indian Round Table (GIRT) was founded by Rudolf Weiler in 2001 and forms a loose federation of businessmen and entrepreneurs with strong ties and interests in India. GIRT’s objective is to inform about India and to strengthen Indo-German business relations. GIRT’s local chapters are organised regularly in Aachen, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Leipzig/Halle, Munich, Nuremberg, Stuttgart in Germany and New Delhi/Gurgaon, Pune and Coimbatore in India. GIRT connects about 3,000 people from the Indo-German business community. The Chairman, as well as the respective heads of local sections, of GIRT work on an honorary basis. Since February 2010 Dr. Andreas Waldraff from Berlin is the chairman of GIRT.
The Hamburg Chapter of GIRT is headed by Mr. Rajnish Tiwari from Hamburg University of Technology (TU Hamburg-Harburg). Mr. Tiwari works there as a Research Associate at the Institute for Technology and Innovation Management and leads the Research Project “Global Innovation” (www.global-innovation.net). He has done extensive research on Indo-German business relations and is a co-initiator of the India Week in Hamburg (www.indiaweek.hamburg.de). Further information about GIRT in Hamburg can be accessed at: www.girt-hamburg.de.
India Week in Hamburg (www.indiaweek.hamburg.de)
Kontakt GIRT Hamburg:
Rajnish Tiwari
GIRT Hamburg
c/o TU Hamburg-Harburg
Institut TIM (W-7)
Schwarzenbergstr. 95
D-21073 Hamburg
Tel. +49 (0)40-42878 3776
Fax +49 (0)40-42878 2869
E-Mail: tiwari@tuhh.de
Pressekontakt GIRT:
Sven Andressen
Redaktion GIRT-Blatt
c/o Indien Aktuell Business Düsseldorf/Bremen
Post: Kaiserswerther Markt 51
D-40489 Düsseldorf, Germany
Tel. +49 (0)421-51660465
Fax +49 (0)421-51660466
Mobile +49 (0)179-60811602
E-Mail: sa@indienaktuell.de
Pressekontakt India Week:
Johannes Freudewald
Büro für Medienarbeit
Post: Osterstr. 58
D-20259 Hamburg, Germany
Tel. +49 (0)40-37420352
Fax +49 (0)40-37420353
Mobile +49 (0)176-43005016
E-Mail: johannes@freudewald.de