Let's bridge IT

18/11/2025

15.11.2025 – Anette Groschup, Deputy Managing Director in Corporate Services, Crafts chamber Stuttgart Region visited Pune.
LBIT has setup various meetings in order to deepen and continue on joint activities with :

• Symbiosis Skills University Pune and following up Symbiosis recent visit to Stuttgart.
• Goethe Institut Pune, Markus Biechele.
• Tejas Sonawane, IRTI Robotics, friends and business partners.

And finally Anette had the opportunity to learn and discover the new Pune Metro as well as old Pune city during a stroll through Tulsi Bhag, MG Road, Center Street.

Thanks Anette for your visit and we will welcome you and colleagues soon with the next delegation.

17/11/2025

Day of German Unity - 06.11.25 - LBIT was represented by Iris Becker .........

A wonderful gathering at the Goethe Institute Pune celebrating 25 Years of strategic partnership between Germany and India on invitation of Honorable Consul General Mr. Christoph Hallier and Vice Consul Mrs Sybille Bühre. It was an excellent opportunity to meet new Consul General, his wife and team. Thanks for the invitation! We from Let’s bridge IT wish you many more positive and fruitful interaction with all the players in the Indo-German corridor from Pune.

03/11/2025

On 30, October 2025 BEO Software Gmbh Endingen / Kochi celebrated BEO Day 2025. Since more than 30 years BEO provides IT and security solutions in the areas of foreign trade, customs and export.

BEO has a also a strong footprint in India since more than 25 years. With India4IT BEO offers IT outsourcing for German clients in its own premises BEO Park 1 and BEO Park 2 in Kochi/Kerala. The annual company gathering always is none of the highlights of the year, bringing together German team members with Indian colleagues, German clients, friends and family.

What a journey! Thanks for your warm hospitality! It was fun and touchy to be part of the party, the multiple performances of employees, the honors and awards to employees and leaders for their long-term commitment and contribution to the successes of BEO. Clemens Chapeau!

23/10/2025

On 14, October 2025 Beiten in Freiburg hosted the Event: „Namaste: Future market Indien - opportunities and challenges for German companies."

It was an insightful evening with Martin Herrenknecht from Herrenknecht AG, Burkart Knospe from Testo, Shatrughna Sinha from Consulate General of India Munich, Iris Becker, Let’s Bridge IT, Dr. Dieter Salomon from Southern Upper Rhine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Barbara Mayer and Gerhard Manz from ADVANT Beiten.

India polarizes – you either love it or you don’t. The country offers incredible development opportunities with a huge market, impressive growth rates, and a young, motivated, and well-educated population. However, India is not a market for beginners; gaining some internationalization experience elsewhere is advisable. Negotiations should take place on an equal footing – European arrogance is out of place. In India, Jugaad often beats perfectionism: doing more with less and finding unconventional, simple solutions are key. A market entry must be well prepared, ideally with the support of consultants who truly know the local conditions. If you are interested, you are welcome to get in touch.

23/10/2025

At the German Indian Round Table (GIRT) at the Aurum in Karlsruhe, Heide Bost presented the tasks of the Baden-Württemberg State Agency for Immigration for Skilled Workers, which was founded in April.

The “Landesagentur für die Zuwanderung von Fachkräften” (LZF) opens up a faster and -somewhat- less bureaucratic track for companies to hire skilled workers from abroad in Germany and integrate them into their company. We have already used this new service together with our Handwerkskammer Region Stuttgart companies and can warmly recommend this way!

However, we are happy to advise our member companies comprehensively in advance on all topics relating to recruitment, entry, residence and integration of Indian and other international skilled workers or trainees.

GIRT is a wonderful networking event with active people interested in India and experts. Many thanks to Iris Becker, Let’s bridge IT for organizing this platform.

Iris Becker, India expert, Representative of the State of Baden-Württemberg in Maharashtra, India,

Heide Bost, Consultant of the State Agency for Immigration for Skilled Workers (LZF Baden-Württemberg)

Petra Bender, Head of the Welcome Center TechnologyRegion Karlsruhe

Elena Filatova, Apontis GmbH

Anette Groschupp, Handwerkskammer Region Stuttgart

23/09/2025

10.09.25 - Panimalar Engineering College – Great first visit to this college following our recent webinars – We interacted with the electrical and mechanical students many showing interest in Masters in Germany.

23/09/2025

09.09.25 - Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology - Our first on-campus visit to the institute after a great response to our webinars ! With over 25,000 students, its am impressive campus with the state-of- art facilities. We met enthusiastic mechanical engineering department students, many eager to pursue their masters in Germany.

06/09/2025

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The Consulate General of India in Munich hosted a conference of stakeholders in the skilled mobility sector. Highlights in the video!

01/09/2025

On 27, August 2025 the Consulate General of India, Munich organized a Conference „Workforce without borders“ – India – Germany Skills Partnership.
Iris Becker presented the Baden-Württemberg – Maharashtra Initiative on Skill Mobility with the special focus on the Service Desk and its role and tasks as single point of contact for Ministries, Chambers, Association and entrepreneurs interested in Indian skilled worker and apprentices. Furthermore, she highlighted all the structural frame conditions setup by Baden-Württemberg Gov. in order to facilitate a smooth end-to-end process.
Guest speakers from the Bavarian State Chancellery, IHK Munich and Oberbayern, IHK Fosa and best practices presented by Jogi Lederer who is, along with his partner agency, IndiaWorks pioneer of bringing Indian apprentices successfully to Baden-Württemberg.

The exchange of all the various perspectives underlined the importance of collaborative approaches in enabling smoother mobility of skilled professionals while also addressing the requirements of businesses and the skilled youth in both India and Germany.

12/08/2025

On July 29, 2025, the ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, in cooperation with the Karlsruhe Economic Development Department and the India Board Karlsruhe, hosted a specialist event on “Skilled Workers & Trainees from India.” More than 130 representatives from business, public administration, and education took part.

Through presentations, panel discussions, and sector-specific focus groups, successful examples of collaboration with Indian talent were showcased and further potential was highlighted. Contributions came from representatives of politics, business, educational institutions, and chambers. A special highlight was the discussion between SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) and German partners on university cooperation.

The event clearly demonstrated that targeted international cooperation can make a significant contribution to securing the skilled workforce needed across various sectors.

A HUGE THANK YOU to all contributors!!!

• Amir Bashir, Consulate General of the Republic of India in Munich
• Alistair Hudson, CEO ZKM
• Michael Kleiner, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Tourism of Baden-Württemberg
• Dr. Frank Mentrup, Lord Mayor of the City of Karlsruhe
• Felix Robin Gießmann, Dr. Wamser + Batra GmbH
• Techniker Krankenkasse
🗣️ Thanks for the valuable perspectives in the discussion round:
• Dr. Juergen Morhard, German-Indian Society e.V.
• Iris Becker, Representative of the State of Baden-Württemberg in Maharashtra
• Schemaja Eisele, State Ministry of Baden-Württemberg
• Dr. Verena Andrei, Welcome Center Baden-Württemberg
• Manoj Mandre, Sikraft Infotech Pvt Ltd. Infotech GmbH

🤝 A big thank you also to the cooperation partners of the Welcome Center TechnologieRegion Karlsruhe GmbH, whose expertise enriched the focus groups:

• Care: Dr. Verena Andrei
• Hospitality & Gastronomy: Stephanie Christ
• Craft Trades: Jan Kalus, Chamber of Crafts Karlsruhe
• IHK Professions: Jörn Kneiding, Employment Agency Karlsruhe-Rastatt & Elnur Gurbanov, IHK Karlsruhe
• IT & Students: Prof. Volker Ihle, Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW) Karlsruhe

06/08/2025

06.08.25 - Ashish Pandit and Zubin Kabraji represented LBIT at the Inauguration of the new Trumpf manufacturing facility at Talawade in the Pune district. The programme was well attended by buyers of Trumpf laser cutting equipment and also their suppliers.

19/06/2025

18.06.25

Together with the Welcome Centre at Stuttgart, LBIT held a webinar on the subject of making a Career in the State of Baden-Württemberg. This was a third in a similar series. There were 740 registrations and 210 participants on the final day. They came as a majority from India and from other parts of the world as well – mainly Asia and Africa. Most of the participants were graduates and in the age group of 30 to 45. Information Technology was the most sought after profession. There were wide-ranging questions regarding job searches, visa issues, German language skills and the cost of living. A huge number of emails have been received post the event asking for more details. 98% of the participants said the event ranged from good to very good and that the information provided was helpful.