India and France have a rich history of cultural, trade, and economic connections. Their strategic partnership, initiated in 1998, has evolved into a comprehensive relationship spanning various areas of cooperation. Both nations share a commitment to maintaining strategic autonomy, fostering trust and a pragmatic partnership. To fully unlock their trade potential, it’s essential to strengthen diplomatic ties and establish guidelines for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA).

There is an immense potential for a strategic business partnership between India – France pertaining to the space and geospatial business markets. India showcases cutting-edge capabilities in space infrastructure, as well as geospatial solutions and services. France boasts advanced geospatial technology, products, and a robust space industry. This collective expertise presents a promising opportunity for an enhanced collaboration between India – France.

The key lies in establishing and reinforcing bilateral business forums that offer mechanisms to promote and strengthen trade and commerce in these cutting-edge sectors between the countries. Geo-Political alliance and bilateral agreements does provide an excellent atmosphere wherein we could leverage friendly and cultural ties to grow trade and commerce significantly. As space infrastructure and geospatial services serve as the foundation of digital ecosystem, such an engaging collaboration may also help adding new dimensions to overall business relations in the field of Climate Change, Smart Cities, IT and Engineering industry.

The Business Summit shall witness participation from Government agencies. Ministries think tanks and Industry leaders. The broader topics of discussion are following for the Business Summit.