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Doing Business in India
Overview
With vibrant growth of more than 6% annually, improvement and stabilization of relations with neighboring countries and record setting heights of its stock indices, India continues to grab headlines. The country is seen as a destination of opportunity with its high-potential workforce and burgeoning middle class and as an increasingly dynamic competitor. Business dealings in India can be complex and U.S. firms must plan on dealing with a diversity of cultures and languages, constantly changing policies and uncertainties about infrastructure and economic stability. Speakers for this program will focus on topics most critical to doing business in India, including an economic, political and social overview, how companies should assess potential benefits and costs, common market entry strategies and forms of organization, and practical corporate experiences and lessons.
Please register early, as this program is limited to 50 participants.
Schedule:
| 2:00-2:30 | Registration and Reception | |
| 2:30-2:50 | Welcome and Overview Aseema Sinha, assistant professor, UW-Madison Department of Political Science | |
| 2:50-3:20 | Strategies for market entry and legal aspects of doing business in India Anand Desai, managing partner, DSK Legal, Mumbai, India | |
| 3:20-3:50 | Exporting to India, operational issues and real-life challenges Asha Nath, managing director, Asha Nath (Warehousing) Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi | |
| 3:50-4:20 | BOSS International's experience in India Chris Maeder, president and chief engineer, BOSS International | |
| 4:20-4:45 | Q&A |
Date(s)
11/17/2005
Time
2:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Location
Madison Hilton Hotel
9 E. Wilson Street
Madison, WI 53703
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Parking
Hourly parking is available in the Hilton’s underground lot on a space available basis. Additional parking is available at the Monona Terrace and city parking lots.
Cost
$25 for members of the Madison International Trade Association
$35 for non-members
Registration
To register, please send an e-mail to Jill Carmichael, membership director for MITA, at jcarmichael@johnsonbank.com by Wednesday, November 9. Please include full contact information and your name as you would like it to appear on a nametag. Payment, cash or check, will be accepted at the door.
Cancellation Policy:
To cancel your registration without penalty, contact Jill Carmichael prior to the registration deadline. Jill can be reached by phone at 608-240-1951. Substitutions are permitted after the registration deadline.
Target Audience
Business Community
Open to Others
Yes
Sponsors
UW-Madison Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER)
UW-Madison Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE)
Madison International Trade Association (MITA)
Co-sponsors
UW-Madison Center for South Asia
South Central Wisconsin World Trade Association
Contact Information
Sachin Tuli (608) 265-4938 tuli@bus.wisc.edu
Speaker Biographies
Aseema Sinha
Aseema Sinha is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is also affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy and the Center for South Asia. Dr. Sinha's area of specialization is South Asia and her principal research focuses on the linkages between politics and economics, globalization, business-government relations and comparative federalism. She is the author of a book titled, "The Regional Roots of Developmental Politics in India: A Divided Leviathan (2005)." Dr. Sinha has just returned from a year in Washington, D.C. where she served as a Woodrow Wilson Fellow and worked on "Negotiating Global Trade Regimes: Private Interests, Public Purpose, and Global Linkages in India." She has a PhD in political science from Cornell University.
Anand Desai
Anand Desai is the managing partner of DSK Legal, a law firm with offices in Mumbai and Delhi that is a former member of Andersen Legal. Mr. Desai has extensive experience in the fields of banking and financial services law, real estate, intellectual property rights, media and entertainment, e-business and business process outsourcing issues. He has also conducted litigation and arbitration before the High Court, Mumbai, the Supreme Court of India and the International Chamber of Commerce, London, and has consulted on WTO compliance issues. Mr. Desai graduated with an LLB from the Government Law College at Bombay University and completed his LLM in international law with distinction from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Asha Nath
Asha Nath is the managing director of Asha Nath (Warehousing) Pvt. Ltd. (ANWPL), a food and beverage import and distribution company with offices in New Delhi, Goa and Belgaum. The company's clients include hotels, restaurants, catering and hospitality services providers and select retail outlets. In addition to establishing ANWPL, Ms. Nath has also consulted on business promotion for European companies interested in India and has served as a translator and interpreter for the Austrian, French and German embassies in New Delhi for top-level policy and trade negotiations. Ms. Nath has a BA from the Elphinstone College at Bombay University and a postgraduate degree from the FAS Institute for Interpreters and Translators, Germersheim, Germany.
Chris Maeder
Chris Maeder is the president and chief engineer of Boss International, a recognized global leader in the field of advanced civil and environmental engineering software, which is headquartered in Madison. The company also has offices in the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Australia and India. Mr. Maeder is the principal developer of BOSS International software and manages the software engineering staff. He is also the chief engineer and has consulted on complex engineering projects around the world. Mr. Maeder also is an experienced instructor in advanced engineering software products. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil and environmental engineering from the University of Wisconsin- Madison; he minored in computer science during his graduate studies.