A high-level delegation from the state’s IT sector, comprising IT principal secretary P H Kurian and Technopark CEO K G Girish Babu, is participating in the digital industry’s biggest international event - CeBIT 2013 - which started in Sydney on Tuesday.
CeBIT Australia is the local version of the giant European CeBIT, which has been Europe’s premier IT event for years.
The Kerala IT pavilion was inaugurated on Tuesday by P H Kurian in the presence of K G Girish Babu, Technopark business development senior manager M Vasudevan and CEOs of 17 Kerala IT companies who are participating in the event.
New South Wales (NSW) premier Barry O’Farrell visited the pavilion and expressed hope that the IT trade between Kerala and Australia would grow in coming years.
Prior to the event, P H Kurian held meetings with Andrew Stoner MP, NSW deputy premier, Minister for Trade and Investment and Minister for Regional Infrastructure and Services; Mark Paterson A O, Trade and Investment director general and officials of trade and investment.
The Kerala IT delegation made a detailed presentation to NSW officials, CEOs of Australian companies and members of Australian Chamber and held one-to-one meetings.
The NSW team assured that an IT delegation would visit Kerala to assess the IT strengths and to strengthen bilateral business relations.
After CeBIT, the Kerala IT delegation will also visit Melbourne and Brisbane to meet IT companies and discuss on boosting bilateral trade and investment.
CEOs of Acts Info, Arackal Digital, Attinad, Confianz, Cronos, Enfin, Exalt, Experion, IIC Web Solutions, Kreara, Light Logics, Mirox Cyber Security, Orisys, Saturn, SE-mentor, Suyati, Technocruz, Techrista, Webture and Zesty Beanz are also part of the Kerala IT delegation to Australia.