BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:[IEDC] Governor Holcomb Attracts New Jobs\, Strengthens Global Relationships in India X-WR-TIMEZONE:Indiana (East) BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260906T081517Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_35122969910673 DTSTART:20171103T040000Z DTEND:20171104T040000Z DESCRIPTION:DELHI (Nov. 3\, 2017) – Governor Eric J. Holcomb concluded a five-day economic development trade mission to India today\, after meeting with government and business leaders in Agra\, Bangalore\, Mysore\, Pune and Delhi to strengthen partnerships between Indiana and India and discuss ing opportunities to advance collaboration in business\, education and wor kforce development initiatives. \n\n“Business moves at the speed of rel ationships\, and our relationship with India is stronger than ever before\ ," Governor Holcomb said. "India and Indiana are a natural match in a numb er of industries and this trade mission has already produced results. I'm thrilled to be the first sitting Indiana governor to visit India\, and I l ook forward to the continued growth of this mutually beneficial partnershi p."\n\nDuring the trip\, Governor Holcomb and Secretary of Commerce Jim Sc hellinger met with executives of India-based companies with Indiana operat ions and Indiana-based companies with India operations\, including: \n\n \ nAXISCADES\, a Bangalore-based provider of product engineering solutions f or engineering solutions to aerospace\, defense\, heavy engineering\, auto motive\, energy\, medical and health care companies announced plans to loc ate its North American headquarters in Indiana\, with plans to launch oper ations in the spring of 2018 and create up to 500 new\, high-wage jobs by the end of 2023.\n \nInfosys\, a provider of technology and next-generatio n services\, that is headquartered in India. In May\, the company announce d plans to establish a tech and innovation hub in central Indiana focused on cutting-edge technology\, including artificial intelligence\, machine l earning\, user experience\, emerging digital technologies\, cloud and big data. The company plans to create up to 2\,000 new jobs over the next five years to support its growth and will also focus on training and workforce development initiatives to help fill the positions.\n\nAs part of that fo cus\, Infosys and Purdue University have established a five-year agreement to propel technology innovation and workforce development\, with Purdue p roviding classes and training for many of the company's new hires as well as lifelong learning opportunities via specialist online courses for exist ing Infosys employees. Governor Holcomb and the Indiana delegation visited the company's headquarters in Bangalore and traveled to its Mysore campus \, a 330-acre operation that supports Infosys' software development and ed ucation center. \n \nCummins\, which is headquartered in Columbus\, Indian a\, and operates on six continents and in more than 190 countries and terr itories around the world. In India\, the company has 20 plants in addition to its Mumbai headquarters and employs more than 10\,000 associates. Memb ers of the delegation visited Cummins' Pune\, India\, operations\, touring the company's new Technical Center and met with professors of the Cummins Women's College of Engineering\, which is dedicated to increasing the num ber of trained and educated women in STEM. \nThe governor and Secretary of Commerce also attended a business round table hosted by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry\, joined by executives of India-ba sed companies\, including Tata Power\, Wipro\, Bharat Forge Ltd.\, and JSW Infrastructure Limited\; Indiana-based companies with India operations\, including ZimmerBiomet and Eli Lilly\; as well as global businesses with o perations in both India and Indiana\, including ArcelorMittal and Lockheed Martin. During the event\, the group discussed opportunities to partner a cross government\, business and industry to advance innovation\, workforce development and foreign direct investment.\n\nDuring the trip\, the Gover nor Holcomb and First Lady Janet Holcomb also met with U.S. and Indian gov ernment officials in Delhi to strengthen partnerships between Indiana and India\, including Sushma Swaraj\, Minister of External Affairs\; CR Chaudh ary\, Minister for Commerce and Secretary\; Dr. S. Jaishakar\, Foreign Sec retary\; and officials of the U.S. Embassy. Earlier in the week\, the gove rnor also met with Karnataka Minister for IT\, BT and Tourism Priyank Khar ge to establish a sister-state relationship between Indiana and Karnataka\ , an Indian state home to Bangalore and growing tech industry.\n\nAnd in B angalore\, Mrs. Holcomb focused on educational ties\, visiting Christel Ho use India - Bangalore\, complementing her visit to Christel House Academy South in Indianapolis last month. Christel House India - Bangalore serves more than 1\,200 students and is one of two schools in the country. The fi rst lady joined the students for art class\, computer lab and learned more about the school's college and career program\, which is designed to prep are K-12 students for life after high school.\n\nIndiana and India share a number of economic\, educational and cultural ties\, and that trend conti nues to grow. Indiana exports to India\, for example\, have increased 117 percent since 2006\, totaling $266.6 million in 2016\, while India-based c ompanies like Infosys\, Appirio (which was acquired by Wipro) and AXISCADE S have made significant job creation plans in recent years. Additionally\, many of Indiana’s higher education institutes share ties to India with more than 3\,600 Indian undergraduate\, graduate and professional students studying at Indiana University and Purdue University alone last year. Pur due University is also home to the largest enrollment of Indian undergradu ate students of any U.S. college or university\, with 881 students in the fall of 2016.\n\nTo learn more about Governor Holcomb's trade mission\, vi sit www.in.gov/gov/india2017. \n\nAbout IEDC\nThe Indiana Economic Develop ment Corporation (IEDC) leads the state of Indiana’s economic developmen t efforts\, helping businesses launch\, grow and locate in the state. Gove rned by a 15-member board chaired by Governor Eric J. Holcomb\, the IEDC m anages many initiatives\, including performance-based tax credits\, workfo rce training grants\, innovation and entrepreneurship resources\, public i nfrastructure assistance\, and talent attraction and retention efforts. Fo r more information about the IEDC\, visit www.iedc.in.gov. \n\n\n\n- 30 - \n \nMedia Contacts: \nAbby Gras (IEDC) – 317.232.8845 or agras@iedc.in. gov LOCATION: SUMMARY:[IEDC] Governor Holcomb Attracts New Jobs\, Strengthens Global Rela tionships in India URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.in.gov/event/iedc-governor-holcomb-attracts-ne w-jobs-strengthens-global-relationships-in-india CATEGORIES:Press Releases END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR