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Our webinar series, where you can learn from the comfort of your internet-connected computer and land-based telephone, is back. Thousands of executives have benefited from our informative one-hour sessions over the years.
There is no charge for the webinars offered by Amritts but space is limited.
We also list here third party webinars that Amritt consultants lead or partcipate in- these webinars may sometimes require a fee to attend.
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Upcoming Webinars
No webinars are scheduled at this time. Please check back for updates. For archived recordings of past webinars, please see below.
Past Webinars
1. Marketing Consumer Products and Services in India
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India's $1.4 trillion economy is growing at near 9 percent and will have a middle class of 500 million by 2025. Today, India enjoys a youthful, rising middle class that increasingly demands American products and services.
Despite the immense opportunity that India presents, few American marketers understand what product, price and distribution changes are necessary for success in India. Amritt’s clients continue to profit handsomely from their India initiatives. The seminar speakers are Gunjan Bagla, acclaimed author of DOING BUSINESS IN 21st CENTURY INDIA and Managing Director of Amritt and Debu Bhatnagar, who has 30 years of consumer marketing experience in India and South Asia.
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2. Outsourcing R&D Services to India
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Outsourcing engineering services or product development to India need not be a frustrating task with uncertain outcomes. Amritt presents a structured approach to investigating and establishing effective outsourcing R&D services to India.
You will learn:
• Whether your organization is ready to effectively outsource R&D to India?
• What kinds of R&D work should you send to India in 2011?
• What are the primary engagement models and relative costs?
• How long does it take to engage with R&D resource suppliers from India?
3. Setting up a Captive R&D Center in India
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Many Western CTOs and VPs of Engineering have established “captive” centers in India to support all stages of product development including testing, sustaining engineering, value engineering, design implementation and ideation. Amritt presents a structured approach to investigating, establishing and growing an effective Captive Center in India.
You will learn:
• When does it make sense to setup an in-house “captive” R&D center in India?
• What criteria should you use to choose the best city for your company as your India location?
• What are the alternatives for effectively staffing and scaling the center?
• How do you avoid pitfalls and surprises as you navigate in India?
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4. Investigating and Undertaking R&D Collaborations in India
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Amritt draws upon its experience and case studies to outline the approach that Western clients have successfully used to collaborate with Indian R&D institutions and researchers.
You will learn:
• Are there Indian researchers or institutions who could contribute collaboratively to your own development activity?
• Is there valuable proprietary knowledge or IP that can be acquired from Indian sources?
• Can India be a viable source for unique materials or ingredients that could make a difference in your product development ecosystem?
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5. Succeeding in India's Aerospace & Defence Market
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Billion-dollar wins by Lockheed and Boeing in India have encouraged Western prime defense companies to become more optimistic about the India defense market. Many large opportunities are in the pipeline.
Speakers are retired Major General Indra Shekhar Chaturvedi, who was spearheading the acquisition of equipment for the Indian Army, and Gunjan Bagla, who wrote the book on "Doing Business in 21st Century India". Top executives from major aerospace and defense companies in North America and Europe have benefited from their expertise and insights.
Drawing upon decades of real world experience, Dr. Atul Goel and Gunjan Bagla expose the promise and the pitfalls of outsourcing engineering services to India. This brand-new webinar draws upon case studies and insights from current work in the field. If you lead or oversee engineering product design in any role, you can’t afford to miss this instructive and current telephone seminar.
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7. Captive R&D Center in India: How to Setup or Expand One
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Why bother with outsourcing R&D to India when you can setup shop yourself in that country? After all General Electric and Google have done it so how hard can it be? But then why are the large outsource R&D providers employing so many more engineers in outsourced relationships? Who is right?Dr. Atul Goel and Gunjan Bagla unmask the mysteries of setting up a “captive” R&D Center in India. Relying on decades of direct experience, hundreds of interviews and the learning of many clients, this webinar outline the objectives, sizes, and management approaches that can lead to success or failure of a captive engineering services or innovation center in India. This brand new webinar is valuable to anyone charged with establishing, expanding, improving or restructuring a captive R&D center as part of of a global engineering initiative.
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