Jitin Prasada meets top CEOs to accelerate India-Poland ties across sectors

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New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) The Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jitin Prasada held a series of high-level meetings with leading Polish industry leaders in Warsaw, exploring opportunities to deepen India-Poland cooperation across defence technologies, space, information technology, manufacturing and advanced electronics, it was announced on Wednesday.

Sharing details of the engagements on social media platform X, Prasada said he met senior executives of some of Poland’s leading companies and discussed investment opportunities, joint research and development, technology partnerships and deeper industrial collaboration with India.

During his visit to Polish defence and technology major WB Group, the minister met its President Piotr Wojciechowski.

The discussions focused on strengthening innovation and research collaborations and expanding India-Poland cooperation in next-generation defence electronics, unmanned aerial systems, advanced communication technologies, autonomous systems and tactical electronics.

Moreover, the minister also held talks with Gaweł Łopiński, Chief Executive Officer of Billennium — a global IT and cloud services company with an existing presence in Pune.

The discussions centred on prospects for fresh investments and collaboration in India’s digital talent ecosystem, cloud transformation, artificial intelligence and the broader IT sector, the minister wrote on X.

In another meeting, Prasada interacted with Dr. Grzegorz Brona, Co-founder of Polish space technology company Creotech Instruments and Grzegorz Wrochna, the company’s Deputy Chief Executive Officer.

The two sides explored ways to accelerate bilateral cooperation in micro-satellites, space hardware, advanced electronics and quantum technologies, besides discussing opportunities for joint R&D and investment in India’s rapidly expanding space sector.

Apart from that, Prasada also met Adam Holewa, Board Member of Poland’s industrial conglomerate Boryszew Group and CEO of Maflow & BAP Group at the Indian Embassy in Warsaw.

According to Prasada, the talks also covered possibilities for technical cooperation, joint ventures and new investments under the government’s Make in India initiative and the Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) schemes with an emphasis on strengthening global supply chains through closer India-Poland industrial partnerships.

However, the meetings come amid growing efforts by both countries to expand economic and technological cooperation in strategic sectors and encourage greater business-to-business engagement.

–IANS

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He said the policy pays special attention to villages, the poor and daughters. “Schools and colleges will now make sports a part of everyday life,” he said.

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Talking about the biennial World Police and Fire Games, which concluded on July 6 in Birmingham, Alabama, PM Modi said India’s uniformed heroes are making headlines not just in service, but also in sports.

“This time, the tournament was held in America, and India created history in it. India won close to 600 medals. We reached the top three out of 71 countries. The hard work of those uniformed personnel who stand for the country day and night, paid off. These friends of ours are now holding the flag high in the sports field as well. I congratulate all the players and the coaching team,” he said.

The PM also tested the knowledge of the audience by asking, “Do you know which is the biggest sporting event other than the Olympics? The answer is – ‘World Police and Fire Games’… a sports tournament between policemen, fire fighters, security personnel from all over the world.”

By the way, it will also be interesting for you to know that in 2029, these games will be held in India. Players from all over the world will come to our country. We will showcase to them India’s hospitality and introduce them to our sports culture, he said.

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