Bengaluru, 23rd May 2018: The Consulate General of Israel to South India celebrated of Israel's “70th Independence Day” in Bengaluru. This year the Consulate celebrated Israel’s “Heritage in Innovation”.
The highlights of the event was the collaboration between Intel-India & the Consulate General of Israel to South India. The Israeli technology ecosystem, which has strong business acumen, specifically with regard to new usage models and future technologies, will make their knowledge and technical capabilities available to the Indian startup ecosystem.
The collaboration also entails academia involvement through the Israel Center at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB), which will provide its students access to engage with both the Indian and Israeli technology ecosystem. IIMB will also help conduct seminars and workshops for entrepreneurs from both countries.
The magnificent performance by the differently abled dancers from Miracle on Wheels were applauding they danced the India Bharatanatyam to the Israeli Song “TOY” a song celebrating the diversity and the acceptance of the different. This performance perfectly matched to the Indian differently abled dancers who danced the India Bharatanatyam to the Israeli Song.
Master Yathaarth Murthy, a Limca Book Of Record holder for singing the most number of National Anthems and who is now gearing up for the Guinness record. Displaying the India-Israel partnership, this 12-year-old Bangalorean sang the national anthems of both Hindi and Hebrew.
The Israel Consulate raised the toast of Mango lassi with the top-notch names from academia, IT and other sectors in Bangalore.
Shri HD Kumaraswamy New-elect Chief Minister of Karnataka had visited Israel in August 2017, to Study Novel Agri Models also had admired the Israeli technology. The consulate looks forward to collaborate on various such dimensions to strengthening the Karnataka-Israel relations.
The Mashav booth which showcased the fruits of the Indo-Israel projects in South India, offering sophisticated Israeli technology to farmers and augmenting vegetable, fruits, Cut flowers production in the State.
From among the distinguished guest, we had Nivruti Rai, Country Head, Intel India, & Vice President, Data Center Group, Intel Corporation, Mr. Bhaskar Bakthavatsalu, Managing Director – Checkpoint, Ms. Debarati Sen, Managing Director- 3 M India Region, Mr. Soumitra Bhattachrya, Managing Director & President - Bosch Group India, Mr.Jitu Virwani - Chairman & Managing Director Embassy Group and the Consuls Generals from Germany, Canada, Swiss and UK.
“This year marks Israel’s 70 years of “heritage of innovation”, and India has been a key partner on this exciting journey. The Consulate of Israel to South India's mission is to strengthen the Indo-Israeli bilateral and economic ties. Choosing to sign this MOU with Intel India as a highlight around Israel’s 70th Independence Day will bring us closer to achieving our mission. We are honored to be part of this collaboration that so intrinsically combines the values and strengths of India, Israel and Intel to advance innovation through these two vibrant technological ecosystems. We look forward to working closely with Intel and the India technology ecosystem in this endeavor,” said Dana Kursh, Consulate General of Israel to South India.
“Intel and Israel share a very strong culture of innovation and hunger to innovate. We have continuously strived to deliver cutting-edge technologies that impact the world. Intel is celebrating its 50th year of innovation journey and it is an exciting moment for us to be collaborating with the Israel Consulate to accelerate innovation and entrepreneurship in both the countries. The natural synergies that exist between the Indian and Israeli ecosystems, will help us drive innovation to deliver solutions for these markets, and for the world” said Nivruti Rai, Country Head, Intel India, & Vice President, Data Center Group, Intel Corporation.