FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK Greetings from New Media. It is indeed great pleasure for me to present a fortnightly electronic version of Indo-Swiss Business, our regular bimonthly print publication, launched in 2002. The magazine, the first of its kind, has fulfilled to a large extent New Media's vision and mission of contributing towards enhancement of bilateral trade between India and Switzerland...

EXCLUSIVE Science & Education will forge long-term Indo-Swiss ties -Ambassador Welti H.E. Philipe Welti, Ambassador of Switzerland to India, was in Mumbai to attend a seminar on a Vocational Education and Training (VET) Initiative launched by the Swiss-Indian Chamber of Commerce (SICC) in aiming at bringing the Swiss Dual-Track...

COVER STORY Swiss-Indian Economic ties acquires new dimensions By Daniel Freihofer, Counsellor, Economic & Commercial Affairs, Embassy of Switzerland Commercial and trading relations between India and Switzerland date back to the pre-independence days of this country, a fact that many Indians may not be aware of...

FEATURE Indian school kids learn astronomy via SwissCube How about instructing a robot in Switzerland through a few commands from your computer at home in India! No need to scratch your heads because your Swiss counterparts are here to make this true...

ASPIRATION India will rival US in setting up Moon Station: Swiss Astronaut Swiss astronaut Claude Nicollier believes India will rival America, Russia and China in the quest to study the moon and set up lunar space stations. Speaking on the sidelines of a talk at Birla Industrial and Technical Museum in Kolkata...

INITIATIVE Swiss-Indian Vocational Education & Training Initiative takes off A Vocational Education and Training (VET) Initiative, bringing the Swiss Dual-Track Vocational System to India has been launched by the Swiss-Indian Chamber of Commerce (SICC). The Initiative's launch marks the 60th anniversary of Friendship...