The Ganga-Danube Indian Cultural Festival, combined with the International Day of Yoga, takes place this year in Hungary on June 23-24. Diplomacy&Trade has talked to Indian Ambassador Rahul Chhabra as well as a yoga teacher from India, Ankita Sood.

The Indian-based automotive supplier Samvardhana Motherson Peguform (SMP) has established a bumper manufacturing plant in Kecskemét, E Hungary, in an area of 96,000 square meters. The greenfield development is to create about 500 jobs.

The Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Program (ITEC) is a bilateral assistance program run by the Government of India. Held every year since 1964, ITEC Day has recently been celebrated at the Embassy of India in Budapest.

This year, India celebrates the 70th anniversary of its independence from the United Kingdom. On this occasion, the Ambassador of the Republic of India to Hungary, Rahul Chhabra gave an extensive interview to Diplomacy&Trade.

Joining the repertoire of the celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of India, an Indian Film Week is held between October 5 and 11, 2017 in the Puskin Cinema in downtown Budapest.

SMR, a global automotive supplier from India, starts two projects eastern Hungary. The one worth EUR 10 million covers a new manufacturing hall for rear-view mirrors, while a EUR 16 million development is to expand the bumper part manufacturing capacity.

The Ambassador of India, Rahul Chhabra invited guests to his residence in the Buda Hills for the celebration of the 70th Anniversary of India’s Independence. The flag hoisting ceremony was followed by greetings and the reading of the President’s message.

The 'Palace of the Soul' in the Buda Hills in Budapest presented a day of Indian atmosphere this past Sunday with Eastern style dances, cooking on open fire, traditional music instruments, fire ceremony and colorful stage performances.

The Embassy of India organized the 2nd edition of ‘Ganga-Danube: Cultural Festival of India’ and 3rd International Day of Yoga in 15 cities and towns in Hungary this past week-end. All programs were open to the public, free of charge.

To further strenghten the bonds of bilateral cultural relations between India and Hungary, Embassy of India is organizing the cultural festival 2nd Ganges-Danube: Cultural Festival of India on June 24 and 25, 2017 in fourteen cities of Hungary.

India’s largest IT company, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is expanding its capacities in Budapest's 11th districvt by opening a new service center with 500 new employees and five thousand square meters of new office space.

Apollo Tyres Chairman Onkar S Kanwar and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán inaugurated Apollo Tyres' 6th global tire manufacturing unit in Gyöngyöshalász, east of Budapest, which is the first greenfield investment of the company outside of India.

India's Minister of State for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Dr. Mahesh Sharma, visited Hungary this June on the occasion of the Ganges-Danube Cultural Festival and the International Day of Yoga. That is when he spoke to Diplomacy & Trade.

The Indo-Hungarian Business Association’s activities cover promotion of commercial and industrial relations between India and Hungary, developing business cooperation, providing assistance to Indian entrepreneurs in Hungary and vice versa.

As an addition to the recent coverage of Indian-Hungarian relations in Diplomacy & Trade, we have asked historian Dr. András Balogh, a former Hungarian ambassador to India, to summarize the historical relations between the two countries.