2010-10-31/11-11 - TRADE AND BUSINESS MSSION TO INDIA

Business & Development in India  (tourleader, guide and business facilitator: Francis Laleman). This house classic, a recurrent Dunya & IBS business tour, combines a guided visit to the Seven Cities of Delhi, mind boggling visits to the business district hubs of the Capital Area (Nehru Place, NOIDA, HUDA, Gurgaon), eye opener lectures and seminars with eminent business experts and officials, concerts and cultural activities, networking events, trade opportunities, and a field visit to the Anand vzw sponsored Jeevan Deep Dalit community development projects in Gaya District, Bihar.

2010-06-12 - OPEN SEMINAR - NITI SHASTRA - THE ART OF LEADERSHIP

Niti Shastra – The Art of Leadership (DUN201003) - With wit, and full of fun and pun, sr. indologist and India expert Francis Laleman uncovers the hidden treasures of the 300 BC masterpieces Arthashastra and Nitishastra (Manual on Material Gain, and Manual on Leadership) by the business philsospher Kautilya. Throughout our discovery, we identify means and methods to strengthen our management competences even today. The seminar is held at Bayt al-Andalus (Antwerpen, Belgium) in collaboration with Dunya.

2010-05-05 - OPEN SEMINAR - PARDESHI !

Pardeshi – Working Effectively with an Indian Workforce (DUN201001), an inhouse classic in which India expert Francis Laleman guides the participants through the multifaced cultural and behavioural background of their Indian business counterparts or colleagues. A seminar loaded with practical tips and tricks on how to do business in India and how to deal with Indian colleagues on the workfloor. Depending on the participants, additional focus is given to the challenges of working with an Indian team through offshoring. The seminar is held at Bayt al-Andalus (Antwerpen, Belgium) in collaboration with Dunya.

 

2010-03-18 - IBS ABOUT TO OPEN OFFICES IN DELHI

Further to a mutual agreement reached at Bayt al-Andalus (Antwerpen, Belgium) today, we are so happy to announce that very soon now, India Business Support will be opening offices in Gurgaon, the business hub of New Delhi. Our Indian offices will be managed by Mr Bilal Chapri, who has more than fifteen years of experience in international business hospitality in India. From the Gurgaon office, IBS will remain standby to be of assistance to European expats living and working in India, as well as travelling and visiting businesspeople in need of whatsoever kind of support and advice. More news on this will follow soon.

 

2010 MARCH/JUNE - CULTURAL PROGRAM IN BAYT AL-ANDALUS

Both for residential India aficionados and those wanting to extend their knowledge and comprehension of the diverse cultural backgrounds of India, the founding Dunya partner Beyond Borders (bvba Francis Laleman) organises a yearly spring festival of evening lectures, concerts, events and open air film screenings. This year the festival is devoted to the cultural effigies of the Bengal Renaissance. There are activities on March 10-17-24-26, April 23, May 21-28 and June 11-12, 2010. The venue is the library and garden of Bayt al-Andalus (Antwerp, Belgium). For a program overview (in Dutch) and registration, click here.

 

2010-03-01 - STATUTORY MEETING ANAND VZW 

 

Anand.be, formerly an informal group of volunteers, sponsors and donators supporting the Dalit (Untouchables) community development project Jeevan Deep in Bihar, is being transformed into an official registered charitable trust (vzw) according to Belgian law. The Anand organisation is and remains to be closely linked to bvba Francis Laleman, Dunya and India Business Support - all business units and trademarks acting as Anand's key financial contributors.

The Statutory Meeting of Anand vzw was held at Bayt al-Andalus on March 1st. The statutory committee consists of Rene Geybels (president), Francis Laleman (vice-president), Jerry Meuris (finance administrator), Eddy Van Hemelrijck (secretary) and Koen Dierckx. Anand now having become an official charitable trust will facilitate residential and corporate sponsors to help us continue the ongoing Jeevan Deep educational and community development projects which so dear to us.

 

2010-02-01 - INDIA BUSINESS SUPPORT RESTRUCTURED

 

At a cozy meeting held at the offices of Bert Verdonck, where his wife Tonya had been preparing an exquisite meal, Bert Verdonck and Francis Laleman agreed upon a restructuring of IBS as an organisation. Henceforth, the end responsibility and operational management of IBS will be taken over by Francis Laleman, which turns IBS into a business unit of Francis Laleman bvba. Bert, who was IBS's initiator, will of course be staying on as a mentor and inspirator and member of the IBS team of trainer-consultants. With this move, IBS is further developing into a one-stop shop with regard to all aspects of doing business in and with India. Originally mainly a sourcing agent and trade mission facilitator, a close relationship with Dunya now ensures addition of a package of high quality intercultural management and change management training programs. The revamp and general update of the IBS website (the one you are reading now) is the first externally tangible result of this new step for IBS. We sincerely thank Bert for his generosity in patrtly letting go of his cherished baby, and all our clients who have made possible the rapid and exponential growth of IBS.

 

2009-12-10 - IBS AT UNIZO INFO SESSION IN PREPARATION OF THE MARCH 2010 BELGIAN PRINCELY TRADE MISSION TO INDIA

In Edegem, near Antwerpen (Belgium), Unizo International organises an info session in preparation to the Unizo India Trade Mission of 2010. Bert Verdonck and Francis Laleman, founders of India Business Support, are among the keynote speakers.