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.

"I have received a very warm welcome from the Hungarian government and the people. Their interest in Indian culture and appreciation of our traditions has helped considerably in my duties,” Indian Ambassador Rahul Chhabra tells Diplomacy & Trade.

Thousands of Indians are coming to Budapest each year on corporate incentive tours, encouraged and welcomed by the Budapest Marriott, whose General Manager Rick Enders has even adapted his kitchen for the curry consuming guests. It’s helping to build a social bridge between the cultures.

Apollo Tyres Ltd. will receive a job-creation training subsidy of HUF 606 million (cca. EUR 2 million). The Indian company is to spend the amount on providing Hungarians with vocational training in tire manufacturing between May 2015 and December 2019.

India's 65th Independence Day was celebrated in the Indian Cultural Center in Budapest this Sunday evening, attended - at the invitation of Ambassador Malay Mishra - by members of the diplomatic corps and those of the Indian community in Hungary.

India's 65th Independence Day was celebrated in the Indian Cultural Center in Budapest this Sunday evening. The event was attended - at the invitation of Ambassador Malay Mishra - by members of the diplomatic corsp and those of the Indian community in Hungary. The guest of honor of the celebration was Hungarian Foreign Minister János Martonyi. In the famework of the celebration, an exhibition on Mahatma Gandhi was also opened.

A shop of products from India and other ‘exotic’ places, as well as a provider of Ayurvedic and Yoga services, in downtown Budapest caters to foreigners and Hungarians alike. It is also an 'institution' that helps attract Indian businesses to Hungary.

Tata Consultancy Services’ first Global Delivery Center, the company’s first such operation outside India, was established in Budapest in August 2001. It was one of the IIndian companies supporting the India country focus section in Diplomacy & Trade.

The new Indian ambassador to Hungary, Malay Mishra, who took up this post in September, describes his initial reaction to his new posting in the previous issue of Diplomacy & Trade. In the interview, he also talks about his objectives here.