Unlocking the Indo-Australian Business Potential

Every successful journey begins from a starting point. That is where all the excitement and expectations, the euphoria and the momentum start building up.

I am now at that special moment. I take pride in describing myself as an irrepressible Indo Australian. Fifteen years of my professional life were wholly spent in identifying, pursuing and promoting Indo- Australian business opportunities. I made twelve business visits to Australia, Interacted with over 2000 Australian companies spread across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.

I had the opportunity to hand hold over 400 Indian companies in establishing their business in Australia. Most of these companies were small and medium enterprises. I often recognised that it is these SMEs, who are truly the engines powering Indo-Australian business growth.

There could be hundreds of SMEs in the Indo-Australian space waiting to come to the limelight and add value to the expanding bi-lateral business landscape. Most of them need some careful hand holding and some well-focused nurturing. That is the job, the ANZ India Business Chamber (ANZIBC) promises to do in the years to come. We have received overwhelming support from both the corporate and SME communities in the two countries.

The ANZIBC has steadily grown as an outward looking, marketing oriented trade body functioning closely with the corporate community, government, educational institutions, trade organisations and others, who are part of the bi-lateral growth story.

We believe that Australia's culture of innovation and India's cost advantage and entrepreneurship provide a formidable combination to reach out to the Asia Pacific region and beyond and create hundreds of partnerships and business collaborations.

I invite you to be a part of this exciting journey. Together we will build an Indo-Australian business movement that will be both exciting and profitable.