• Enhance trade and commerce between the US and Karnataka State in India
• Provide a platform for networking
• Showcase investment opportunities in the US for Indian companies
• Showcase investment opportunities in India for the US based venture capitol companies

Competition, Profitability, Productivity, share-holder Value …. Intense competition drives the need for all corporations to be creative, timely and flexible with solution delivery capabilities

Global solution delivery is more than just cost savings

• US Corporations have successfully leveraged global delivery for a variety of services including turnkey application services to Business Process Outsourcing
• The quality of service, flexibility to scale and cost advantages have made offshore delivery a "real" alternative

• India offers a highly educated, motivated and experienced workforce at a fraction of the labor cost
• The government has encouraged global corporations over time by offering tax benefits, infrastructure facilities, etc.

Investors are raving about India

• "Transiting from a major business process outsourcing (BPO) hub, India is set to emerge as a $17B knowledge outsourcing destination by 2010." - CII Study, May 2005
• "According to the NASSCOM, the total market size of knowledge process outsourcing business in India may rise to a staggering $15.5B, up from $1.2B now."
• Indo-Asian News Service, March 2005
• and, most US competitors are already benefiting from what Karnataka (Bangalore, in particular) has to offer

• IT Enabled Services (ITES)
• Software products
• Network Equipment
• Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)

• Healthcare services
• Biotechnology players
• Bio Sciences

• Builders, Developers, & Contractors
• Engineering Outsourcing Companies
• Large scale infrastructure services
• Engineering and manufacturing services
• Chemical industries