US trade mission to visit India next month

Washington, Oct 7 (PTI) The India-US World Affairs
Institute will lead a certified trade mission to India in
collaboration with the US Department of Commerce later this
year.
The trade mission will visit Hyderabad, Mumbai and New
Delhi between November 26 and December 3, a media release
announced.
It will offer US companies in several high technology
sectors the opportunity to experience the substantial
opportunities that exist in India first-hand.
The mission will focus on sectors such as aerospace,
defence and homeland security, civil aviation, energy, higher
education, information and communications technologies and
life sciences and food technology, among others.
The institute has also been selected by the State of
Maryland as their official partner for the first-ever
gubernatorial trade delegation to India, to be led by Governor
Martin O'Malley in late November.
"America's and India's fortunes in the 21st century seem
irrevocably tied together and it is in the interests of both
nations to continue working together in business, defence,
homeland security, foreign affairs and other spheres," said
Raj Davé, the chairman of the India-US World Affairs
Institute.
"America's exports to India have been growing at up to 30
per cent a year for over six years, faster than our exports to
almost any other major country in the world, and with India's
growing middle class, there are opportunities for exports for
American companies from practically all industrial and
services sectors," said Vinod Jain, the President and CEO of
the India-US World Affairs Institute. PTI LKJ
MNS