Diploma: Business in India

1. Introduction to the Republic of India
2. The Economic Area of the Hindu Civilisation
3. Indian Religions and their influence on business
4. Indian Economy and Foreign Trade
5. Indian Businesspeople
6. Doing Business in New Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Bangalore, Mumbai, Gujarat
7. Doing Business in the countries of influence of the Hindu Civilisation
8. Indian Free Trade Agreements (FTA)
9. Indian Regional Trade Agreements
10. Regional Economic Organisations to which India belongs

The main objective of the Diploma is to offer a global vision of the Indian market and the business opportunities in India in order to:

1. Learn to do business in India, especially in Andhra Pradesh, Bangalore, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Mumbai, Nueva Delhi, and Tamil Nadu
2. Understand how to negotiate in India and the influence of the Indian religions (Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, Zoroastrianism, and Islam)
3. Examine the main Indian Businesspeople
4. Explore the business opportunities in India
5. Understand the role of India as the Central State of the Hindu Civilisation
6. Analyse international trade (Import, Export) and foreign direct investment flows
7. Know the Indian Trade Agreements
8. Develop a business plan for the Indian Market

Professional Diploma intended for all those wanting to specialise in the Indian market.

Download the syllabus of the Diploma “Business in India” (PDF)

1. Indian Religions (PDF)
2. Hindu Economic Area (PDF)

This Diploma contains exercises that are evaluated, which the student must work out and pass to obtain the “Professional Diploma: Foreign Trade and Business in India” issued by EENI Global Business School.

The students who have taken this Professional Diploma can validate and register for a Master or Doctorate at EENI.

1- Introduction to the Republic of India

1. Introduction to Hindi language

2- India as the Central State of the Hindu Civilisation

3- Indian Religions and their influence on business

1. Hinduism (structure)
2. Sikhism (structure)
3. Zoroastrianism (structure)
4. Jainism (structure)
5. Islam
6. Buddhism
7. Why study “Indian Religions and Business”?

4- Economy and Foreign Trade of India

1. Economic Profile of the Indian States and Union Territories
2. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in India

5- Indian Businesspeople

1. Hinduism: Hinduja, Birla, Gopalakrishnan, Ambani, Kiran Mazumdar
2. Zoroastrians: Cyrus S. Poonawalla, Wadia, Godrej, TATA Family
3. Jainist: Sahu Jain, Gautam Adani, Bhavarlal Hiralal Jain, Ajit Gulabchand
4. Muslims: Azim Premji, Yusuf Khwaja Hamied
5. Sikhs: Jogishwar Singh, Shivinder Singh, Ajaypal Singh Banga

6- Doing Business in New Delhi

7- Doing Business in Andhra Pradesh

8- Doing Business in Bangalore - Karnataka

9- Doing Business in Haryana

10- Doing Business in Maharashtra - Mumbai

11- Doing Business in Kerala

12- Doing Business in Gujarat

13- Doing Business in Tamil Nadu

14- Doing Business in the countries of influence of the Hindu Civilisation.

1. Nepal (strong economic ties with India)
2. Bhutan
3. Mauritius

15- Indian Free Trade Agreements (FTA): Sri Lanka, Thailand, Singapore, Chile, MERCOSUR, Andean Community, South Korea, European Union, New Zealand, Mauritius, EFTA, ASEAN, Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU), Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Japan, Malaysia, Afghanistan, Global System of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries (GSTP)...

16- Indian Regional Trade Agreements.

1. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
2. Bay of Bengal Initiative (BIMSTEC)
3. Indian-Ocean Rim Association (IORA)
4. Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA)
5. Asian Clearing Union (ACU)
6. India-Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU)
7. South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC)
8. Africa-BRICS Cooperation
9. Africa-India Cooperation
10. BRICS Countries
11. Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
12. India-Iran-Afghanistan Transit Trade Agreement
13. Indian Ocean Commission (observer)

17- Logistics Corridors related to India

1. Asia-Africa Growth Corridor
2. India-Chabahar (Iran)-Afghanistan Economic Corridor
3. Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor
4. International North-South Transport Corridor (India-Russia)
5. International Transport and Transit Corridor of the Ashgabat Agreement
6. Access to the:
   1. China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
   2. Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul Rail and Road Corridor (ITI-ECO)
   3. Trans-Caspian Trade and Transit Corridor (Central Corridor)

18- Access to the Indian market

19- Business Plan for India

The Course includes the Market Access Tool

Trade Facilitation

1. World Trade Organisation (WTO)
   1. WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)
   2. WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA)
   3. WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS)
   4. WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)
   5. WTO Agreement on Preshipment Inspection (PSI)
   6. WTO Agreement on Safeguards (SG)
2. World Customs Organisation (WCO)
   1. Revised Kyoto Convention (RKC)
3. International Road Transport Union (IRU)
   1. TIR Convention
   2. Guidelines on Safe Load Securing for Road Transport
4. International Chamber of Shipping (ICS)
5. Convention Relating to Temporary Admission (Istanbul Convention) - not a member
6. Customs Convention on Containers (CCC, UN) - not a member

Asian Trade and Economic Organisations

1. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
2. Forum for Asia (BOAO)
3. Asia-Middle East Dialogue (AMED)
4. Colombo Plan
5. Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD)
6. Boao Forum for Asia
7. Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Global Organisations

1. United Nations (UN)
   1. Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
   2. International Trade Centre (INTRACEN)
   3. Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
   4. World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
2. World Bank (WB)
3. International Monetary Fund (IMF)
4. African Development Bank (AfDB)
5. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (Key Partner)
6. Arab League (LAS) (observer)