ITPO, the premier trade promotion agency of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Government of India), is committed to showcase excellence achieved by the country in diverse fields especially trade and commerce.
ITPO provides a wide spectrum of services to trade and industry and acts as a catalyst for growth of India's trade. ITPO approves holding of international trade fairs in India and regulates holding of various expositions in India primarily to avoid any duplication of efforts while ensuring proper timing. It manages India's world class exhibition complex which is constantly upgraded to keep it in a high standard of readiness. Spread over 149 acres of prime land in the heart of India's capital, New Delhi, Pragati Maidan offers about 61,290 sq. mtrs. of covered exhibition space in 16 halls, besides 10,000 sq. mtrs. of open display area. The state-of-the-art exhibition halls have enhanced the appeal of Pragati Maidan as the ideal center for an increasing number of fair organisers and business visitors from different parts of the world.
ITPO has an extensive infrastructure as well as marketing and information facilities that are availed by both: exporters and importers. ITPO's overseas offices at New York, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Moscow and Sao Paulo assist buyers seeking information relating to sourcing products from India and providing opportunities for enhancement of India's trade and investment.
Similarly, ITPO's Regional Offices at Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai, through their respective profile of activities, ensure a concerted and well coordinated trade promotion drive throughout the country.
With the commissioning of the state-of-the-art Chennai Trade Centre (CTC) in January 2001 and the Trade Centre Bangalore in September 2004, ITPO has successfully completed the first phase of thesetting-up of modern exhibition facilities outside Delhi. The Chenriai Trade Centre which addresses a long-felt need for a permanent and modern exhibition venue in Tamil Nadu, has already emerged as a hub of trade-related activities in the region. During the year 2006-07, CTC hosted 49 trade fairs and 85 conventions-related programmes.
Likewise, the formal commissioning of the Trade Centre Bangalore (TCB), at Whitefield on September 20, 2004 as a joint initiative of ITPO and the Karnataka State Industrial Area Development Board, is the harbinger of an added impetus to trade promotion through fairs,exhibitions and associated activities of the State and Southern region. During 2006-07, TCB hosted 21 trade-related events.
On the advice of Department of Commerce, ITPO has been coordinating the construction of Exhibition-cum-Trade Complex at Guwahati under 'Assistance to States for Developing Export Infrastructure and Allied Activities (ASIDE)' Scheme, for facilitating trade in North-Eastern States. Spread over an area of 10 acres on the NH-37; the constructed exhibition complex under Phase-I of development, consists of three fully air-conditioned halls of 800 sq. mtrs. each, entrance lobby and plaza, mini convention-cumconference room in a total plinth area of 8,700 sq. mtrs.
ITPO is providing assistance to State Governments in setting up Regional Trade Promotion Centres (RTPC) in various State's Capital and major cities. Initiative have been taken by ITPOfor establishing Trade ~air Complexes and Convention Centres at Kolkata (West Bengal), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) and Srinagar (Jammu & Kashmir), in close association by the State Governments and Industrial Development Corporations/Boards of these States.
The main activities and services of ITPO are:
- Managing the extensive trade fair complex, Pragati Maidan.
- Organising various trade fairs and exhibitions at its exhibition complex in Pragati Maidan and other centers in India.
- Facilitating the use of Pragati Maidan for holding of trade fairs and exhibitions by other fair organisers both from India and .abroad.
- Timely and efficient services to overseas buyers in vendor identification, drawing up itineraries, fixing appointments and even accompanying them when required.
- Establishing durable contacts between Indian suppliers and overseas buyers.
- Assisting Indian companies in product development and adaptation to meet buyers' requirements.
- Organising Buyer-Seller Meets and other exclusive India Shows with a view to bringing buyers and sellers together.
- Organising 'India Promotion Programmes' with Department Stores and Mail Order Houses abroad.
- Participating in overseas trade fairs and exhibitions.
- Arranging product displays for visiting overseas buyers.
- Organising seminars, conferences, workshops on trade-related subjects.
- Encouraging micro, small and medium scale units in export promotion efforts.
- Conducting in-house and need-based research on trade and export promotion.
- Enlisting the involvement and support of the State Governments in India for promotion of India's foreign trade.
- Trade Information Services through electronic accessibility at Business Information Centre.
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