The various offices within the Consulate General in Bengaluru:

• Economic and Trade department
• Netherlands Innovation Network
• Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency (NFIA)
• Consular Services

Economic and Trade department

The Economic and Trade department assists small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and consortia from the Netherlands in doing business in southern India.

This includes:

• Identifying partners for trade  (distributors, retailers), joint ventures or manufacturing (the south of India is increasingly becoming the supply hub to the entire country and in some cases even to the entire South Asian market).
• Assisting with setting up offices in India. We liaise with the State Government on behalf of Dutch companies to facilitate their entry into South India.
• Representing consortia in the priority sectors Agriculture (including horticulture and dairy), Water, Life Sciences & Health, Infrastructure (including Smart Cities), Logistics, High-Tech and Energy.
• Identifying tender-driven Indian Government and semi-government projects for potential Dutch participation.
• Assisting in finding Indian partners for cooperation.
• Organizing large and small trade missions with tailor-made programmes and individual company matchmaking.
• Informing Dutch companies on business opportunities in the States of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
• Conducting Business Partner Scans (BPS) for Dutch companies preparing to go international but unsure of what to expect in India. The BPS service helps prepare for their internationalization  to India; a subsequent visit ensures the company having meetings with potential partners in India.

Contact

Phone Number: +91 8069233000
E-mail: please use the contact form

Netherlands Innovation Network

The office of the Netherlands Innovation Network India in Bengaluru focuses on innovation, technology and scientific collaboration between India and the Netherlands. In coordination with innovation colleagues from Delhi and Mumbai, we facilitate matchmaking, answer questions about R&D developments and present initiatives for collaboration between companies, research institutes and government.

To inform the Dutch R&D community, we publish articles about developments in India and opportunities for the Dutch innovation ecosystem. We also organize seminars and workshops to bring together experts from both the countries.

Our focus areas are Life Sciences & Health, High-Tech Systems & Materials, Space Technologies and deep-tech & deep science. The Netherlands Innovation Network India reports to the Netherlands Enterprise Agency and the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs.

Contact

Phone Number: +91 8069233000
E-mail: please use the contact form

Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency

The Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency is the Foreign Direct Investment arm of the Ministry of Economic Affairs. In its forty years of existens, NFIA has been actively promoting the Netherlands as a basis for international/European activities and assisting foreign companies to set up their EU operations in the Netherlands.

NFIA provides companies with a range of basic information; economic financial and statistical; assistance organizing fact-finding trips and site selection studies, and general consultation. We can also answer questions about government incentive policies. Some examples of Indian companies succesfully assisted by NFIA are Infosys, TCS, Wipro and Jet Airways. NFIA works across all sectors and organization sizes.

Contact

Phone Number: +91 8069233000
E-mail: please use the contact form or balaji@nfia-india.com

Consular Services

The consular department provides a wide range of services related to the Netherlands for both Dutch and Indian nationals like the below:

• Issuance of official and travel documents for Dutch nationals who live in India, for business/other requirements.
• Issuance of official documents for Indian nationals who wish to go to the Netherlands on a long term basis (MVVs) for business/travel/personal reasons.
• If you are in India and need a product or service from the Dutch government, make an appointment here.