Minister of Commerce & Industry meets Ireland’s Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Anand Sharma, Minister of Commerce & Industry, Government of India recently met Minister Richard Bruton TD, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Ireland during his five-day visit to India this week. The two Ministers held talks on trade and commercial ties between the two countries and the deepening Indian-Ireland relationship as well as the EU-India FTA negotiations and other issues on international trade. They agreed to work together to further improve bilateral trade and commercial links.

Minister Bruton cited Bangalore-based Synowledge, a global provider of drug safety, regulatory affairs, biometrics, clinical, and IT related solutions as one of two recent business wins bagged by IDA Ireland, Ireland’s government agency responsible for inward FDI. The second company, is another homegrown Bangalore-based company, Aditi Technologies, a cloud computing technology services company.

12 to 15 Indian companies already have operations in Ireland and the Minister indicated that they have a healthy pipeline with a few more Indian companies across various sectors, including financial services and medical devices, scheduled to join in early next year.

The Irish delegation comprised more than 42 companies and Universities. This includes 25 Irish technology and international service companies, such as TaxBack Group, PM Group, etc. and 17 higher education institutes and universities. Brian Conroy, Director, Asia Pacific, IDA Ireland and Terence O’Rourke, Chairman, Enterprise Ireland were also a part of the delegation.

EP News Bureau – Mumbai