International Profile: India
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India and Victoria enjoy lucrative business links and in the lead up to the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games, these links will provide great opportunities to forge new networks.
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Victoria is home to leaders of the Indian ICT industry including Birlasoft, Firepro, HCL, iGate, Infosys, NIIT, Mahindra Satyam, TCS and Wipro. These companies have offices in Melbourne and employ over 2000 people.
Many have alliances with Victorian Universities providing internships and collaboration on R&D projects.
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The Victorian Government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the State of Karnataka in 2005. The MoU has helped to establish stronger links in the areas of education, tourism, ICT, manufacturing and biotechnology.
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A significant number of Australian companies have investments and partnerships in India. Telstra - Australia's largest telecommunications carrier - is involved in telecommunications infrastructure in India through its subsidiary, Managed Industrial Networks (MIN). Smaller ICT companies such as Victoria's Business Intelligence Technologies have opened offices in India.
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