India is available – but are WE capable?

Here is the paradox – Indian growth means there is demand for almost every product and service – but Australian business is not over there selling hard.

Perhaps we Aussies do not have an export mentality?

This was one possible reason canvassed today when I met with Leigh Howard, CEO of Asialink Business.

We agreed that there is still a need to sell the vision of exporting to India.

Asialink Business is really about building “Asia capability” and is keen to do more for the SME sector. You can sign up for an online “Doing Business with India” session this coming Wednesday here – https://asialink.unimelb.edu.au/business/course/academy-intro-india/

We also discussed how our universities could be paving the way for the rest of us to make it in India – their presence is now “bricks and mortar” and both Melbourne University and Deakin University are showing the way.

So, are you capable? Sign up now.

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Author: Stephen Manallack

Former President, Australia India Business Council, Victoria and Author, You Can Communicate; Riding the Elephant; Soft Skills for a Flat World (published by Tata McGraw-Hill INDIA); Communicating Your Personal Brand. Director, EastWest Academy Pty Ltd and Trainer/Speaker/Mentor in Leadership, Communication and Cross Cultural Communication. Passionate campaigner for closer western relations with India. Stephen Manallack is a specialist on “Doing Business with India” and advisor/trainer on “Cross-Cultural Understanding”. He is a Director of EastWest Academy Pty Ltd which provides strategic advice and counsel regarding business relations with India. A regular speaker in India on leadership and global communication, his most recent speaking tour included a speech to students of the elite Indian university, Amity University, in Noida. He also spoke at a major Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) global summit, the PR Consultants Association of India in Delhi, the Symbiosis University in Pune and Cross-Cultural Training for Sundaram Business Services in Chennai. He has visited India on business missions on 10 occasions and led three major trade missions there. He provides cross-cultural training – Asia and the west.

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