The US-India Aviation Cooperation Partnership Conference in Delhi

 
I just returned from coordinating the Air Traffic Flow Management Seminar for the Aviation Cooperation Partnership in Delhi.  I’m happy to say that the folks at USTDA, which sponsored the conference, were happy with the whole event.  
 
A good bit of credit for the smooth functioning of the event has to go to the fabulous people [...]

WBJ Article!

The Washington Business Journal just published an interview of me at: http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2008/09/01/story10.html
As a laywer my relationship with the media was always a little skeptical, but as a business owner I’m learning to leverage the exposure mass media can provide. I’m happy to say the process of being interviewed by the Washington Business Journal [...]

Negotiating Indian Style

Last week, a prospective client called trying to understand why a deal with his first Indian customer fell apart. He was a bit frustrated since he spent over 4 months in negotiations. He felt comfortable doing business in India because the standard business language is English, but he didn’t anticipate a big disconnect [...]

A Rose by Another Name: the Indo-US Nuclear Civil Agreement

With the US-Indo past, which is only just now starting to get better, why on earth was the agreement titled this way? US-Indo relations haven’t been great; it’s been fraught with lots of mistrust and misunderstandings.
How well would a US-China Outsourcing Agreement be received in the US?
“US-Indo” right off the bat raises [...]

The End of the Maryland India Center: how to set up an Indian subsidiary

Happy Day!
Today I received permission to repatriate funds held by my Indian office. A little over a year after terminating the Maryland India Center’s lease (representing the closing down of the State of Maryland Trade Office in Bangalore), I’m near the final stages of winding down the entity. The Maryland India Center was [...]