In Mumbai the Czech delegation attended the opening ceremony of the prestigious trade fair in the field of engineering supply titled "India Engineering Sourcing Show - 2015". The Czechs were given a privileged status and the Czech Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Jiri Koliba appeared as the only foreign participant at the opening ceremony of the fair.

In Mumbai, also the 3rd session of the Joint Czech-Indian Working Group for Cooperation in the Field of Heavy Engineering has been organized. Heavy Industries Secretary Mr. Rajan S. Katoch has been co-chair of the group on behalf of the Indian side. The working group is a special forum in which representatives of both governments and industrialists of both countries are discussing concrete projects of mutual cooperation.

At Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand,  the mission had  specific discussions about corporate involvement in the modernization of the local metallurgical plant HEC Ranchi, where the Czech technology has been used. The Czech delegation has been warmly received also by the Chief Minister of Jharkhand Mr Raghubar Das as well as by the Secretary responsible for infrastructure development Mr. Arun Singh.  The possibilities  of cooperation in different areas, especially in aviation, public transport and municipal economy have been discussed.
 

In Delhi, the delegation assessed the possibility of joint financing of the Czech-Indian economic projects.
 
On this occasion the Czech Ambassador Milan Hovorka expressed his happiness that the Czech companies had a professional approach, expressed their inventiveness and creativity in finding new projects. He assured them that they can fully rely on the work of the Czech Embassy in Delhi. Ambassador appreciated that apart from the state of Maharashtra, in which the Czech companies are already well settled, the companies are looking for new markets in other Indian states. He believes that this is the way how to do more business in India. And the state of Jharkhand is for the Czech companies very interesting. Today, in principle, India is showing the competitive federalism, in which individual states are more than ever before interested in a business facilitation, implementation of new projects and foreign direct investment inflows. In Jharkand the Czech Republic has something on which it may build on and, secondly, this State has recently made considerable progress in use of its economic potential, as documented by the latest World Bank Report evaluating the business environment in different states of India, according to which Jharkhand has been shifted from one of the last to one of the foremost positions.