From Western Australia to India: Delhi Diaries
19 July 2022
Advised the Western Australia Government on its largest-ever India mission (110 members, 75 businesses), driving key business outcomes and enhancing market visibility.
India is like a kaleidoscope. Every time you turn it, you get a different perspective – enticing, different, and real.
A vanadium miner’s inquisitive questions on Delhi’s history and spices; a space company CEO’s love for Hindi music; a suave CEO of a Western Australia (WA) innovation company ignoring his tested comfort food to relish Delhi’s quintessential naan, roti, kadhai paneer, malai kulfi and paan; a hardworking Western Australian government team busy updating itineraries and synergising companies with aspirations; a set of dedicated sectoral WhatsApp groups to keep delegates informed of venues and meeting schedules; lots of insights, photos, experience nuggets and scrumptious offers for Bukhara (world famous restaurant in Delhi) to get to know each other better; an enthusiastic address by the Western Australian Deputy Premier and Minister for State Development, Jobs and Trade; Tourism; Commerce; Science, Roger Cook showcasing WA’s intent for its India relationship; WA seafood companies highly focused on exports, volumes, costs, and duties with India’s leading seafood companies; a passionate discussion around aligning technology and investment with leading mining and energy groups; a terrific conversation identifying specific opportunities for WA companies around India’s environment and sustainability priorities using hydrogen and critical minerals; an productive discussion between TATA Group and Perth Airport to make direct connectivity between WA and India; an investment announcement of US$9.9 million by Woodside Energy Group in India’s greenhouse gases recycling firm String Bio’s technology to recycle methane; series of multisectoral roundtables and one-on-one sessions to consolidate gains across innovation & smart cities, primary industries, international education & skilled migration, energy, mining & METS and tourism followed by exchanging notes, contacts and dinner invitations; signing of industry to industry MOUs on manufacturing lithium-ion batteries components, green energy and education; a creative discussion around tourism and hospitality; and the list goes on.
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