Investment Promotion Roadshow

Monday, 11.09.2017 – Friday, 15.09.2017, Business and Trade

Location: New Delhi, Vishakhapatnam, Hyderabad

Swiss-Indian friendship reception

Friday, 01.09.2017 – Friday, 01.09.2017

On the occasion of the State Visit of the President of the Swiss Confederation H.E. Mrs. Doris Leuthard in India, the Embassy of Switzerland officially launches the “70 Years of Swiss-Indian Friendship” initiative with a Friendship Reception. At the Swiss residence President Leuthard honors five Swiss-Indian Friendship Ambassadors for contributing innovative ideas in their fields, and for strengthening the Swiss-Indian relationship. The Friendship Reception marks the beginning of a series of events to commemorate the Swiss-Indian Friendship Treaty signed on August 14, 1948.

Location: Embassy of Switzerland, Nyaya Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi

Distinctly Swiss

Friday, 11.08.2017 – Friday, 11.08.2017
Movie

On occasion of 70 Years of Swiss Indian Friendship 2017-2018, the Embassy of Switzerland in partnership with Oxford Bookstore organizes Swiss programs and activities, featuring films, expert talks, book readings and story-telling. The objective is to promote people to people interaction, sparking off ideas and dialogues between citizens of our countries.

Location: Oxford Bookstore, Connaught Place, New Delhi

Friendship-Photo contest on Facebook

Sunday, 06.08.2017 – Sunday, 20.08.2017

Starting on the Friendship Day in India, the Embassy of Switzerland is organizing a Photo contest on its Facebook page. Send your photo to participate in our #SwissIndianFriendship photo contest and stand a chance to win a set of Swiss gifts and an invitation to our official launch of the initiative “70 Years of Swiss –Indian Friendship” at the Embassy of Switzerland in New Delhi.

Location: Facebook page of the Embassy!

Mumbai Return - Journeys Beyond The City

Saturday, 01.07.2017 – Monday, 31.07.2017
Exhibition

Location: Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Mumbai City Museum, Mumbai

ScienceComm’17 India – Simplifying science for all

Friday, 30.06.2017 – Friday, 30.06.2017
Conference

Join us for ScienceComm’17 India, an initiative by swissnex India in partnership with Foundation Science et Cité and NIAS, to engage in easier and more interesting ways of science communication from Swiss and Indian knowledge leaders. If you’re a student, a researcher, an educator, a science writer or a citizen science enthusiast, this comprehensive conference will enable you to communicate your scientific ideas, findings and researches in simple but effective ways from here on! Presented in the framework of 70 Years of Swiss-Indian Friendship anniversary celebrations.

Location: National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bangalore - 560012

Inauguration of the remodeled Consulate General

Friday, 26.05.2017 – Friday, 26.05.2017

With the integration of the Swiss Business Hub and Switzerland Tourism, the Consulate General of Switzerland in Mumbai reopens as a comprehensive Swiss platform for diplomacy, trade & investment, cultural exchange and tourism promotion. The grand opening of the new state-of-the-art offices takes place on 26th May 2017 with guided tours through the new premises at Nariman Point. The celebrations continue in the evening at the Trident Hotel with a grand reception.

Location: Mumbai

Expo and Conference: Swiss innovations for smart cities in India

Wednesday, 10.05.2017 – Friday, 12.05.2017
Conference; Exhibition

India has embarked on a major urban development pathway through series of ambitious goals and targeted programmes. Switzerland has been able to implement solutions addressing sustainable cities needs like energy efficiency in buildings, cleaner technologies for managing solid waste and smart urban mobility solutions. By visiting the Swiss Pavilion and following the Swiss session at the 3rd Smart cities India Expo 2017, you will meet Swiss and Indian experts sharing their knowhow and discussing the challenges for India’s emerging cities.

Location: Swiss Pavilion at Hall 11, Booth C 104, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi

Skilling India – Experiences with the Swiss dual Vocational Education and Training (VET) Model

Wednesday, 19.04.2017 – Wednesday, 19.04.2017
Conference

The conference aims to discuss the needs of the Indian economy towards its workforce and how the Swiss dual VET model could contribute to skilling individuals for the labour market.

Location: Pune

Swiss film 'Being there' at the Lakeside Doc Festival

Friday, 14.04.2017 – Monday, 17.04.2017
Movie

The film "Being there – Da sein" (Thomas Lüchinger | Switzerland | 2016 | 95 mins) portraits four people from different cultures who provide care to terminally ill persons. By confronting their own mortality, they show ways of how to care for individuals in the last period of life, and how this connects to their own life again and again, reflecting on their own relation to death and dying.

Location: Naukuchiyatal

Film screening – My Life as a Zucchini

Friday, 31.03.2017 – Friday, 31.03.2017
Movie

Ma vie de Courgette (original title)PG-13 | 1h 10min | Animation, FamilyMy Life as a Zucchini is a 2016 stop motion animated film directed by Claude Barras. It was screened in the Directors’ Fortnight section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. The film has been nominated for the Best Animated Feature Film at the 89th Academy Awards. It was also selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards, making the December shortlist.

Location: Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

Francophonie week

Thursday, 16.03.2017 – Friday, 24.03.2017
Movie

The Consulate General of Switzerland in Mumbai and the Embassy, in collaboration with Alliance Française, will screen Swiss films 'Sam' by Elena Hazanov, 'Neige' by Antoine Lanciaux, Sophie Roze and ‘Dimitri à Ubuyu’ by Agnès Lecreux during the Francophonie week in March 2017.The 'Francophonie Mela' takes place in New Delhi on 18th March 2017 at the Alliance Française. Do not miss to visit the Swiss stall! The mela is open to all.

Location: Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, New Delhi and Chandigarh