Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal concluded a two-day official visit to Germany with engagements in Berlin on 23 October 2026 focused on strengthening India-Germany cooperation across multiple sectors. The visit included meetings with senior German government officials, business leaders, research institutions, and members of the Indian diaspora, with particular emphasis on trade, investment, advanced manufacturing, research, and emerging technologies.
Shri Goyal held a bilateral meeting with Mr. Levin Holle, Economic and Financial Policy Advisor and G7/G20 Sherpa at the German Federal Chancellery, where discussions covered bilateral economic cooperation and opportunities to strengthen economic and investment ties between the two countries. The Minister conducted individual meetings with CEO of Siemens Healthineers AG Mr. Bernd Montag, Mr. Carsten Coesfeld (Member of the Executive Board of Bertelsmann and CEO of Bertelsmann Investments), and CFO of Volkswagen AG and CEO of Škoda Auto Mr. Holger Peters, exploring opportunities to expand business partnerships, investment, and industrial cooperation.
The engagement program included a roundtable with leaders of prominent German industrial research institutions to discuss cooperation in advanced industrial technologies and innovation. Indian business delegation members participated in sectoral roundtables with German industry representatives and sectoral associations to explore bilateral business collaboration opportunities. As part of the research and innovation ecosystem engagements, Shri Goyal interacted with Indian science and technology researchers and students based in Germany and held a roundtable with heads of selected Fraunhofer Institutes covering microelectronics, power electronics, logistics, smart manufacturing, industrial innovation, and battery technologies, exploring avenues for strengthening research collaboration and industry-academia partnerships.
The visit underscored the growing scope of the India-Germany Strategic Partnership, particularly in trade, investment, advanced manufacturing, science and technology, research, and industrial cooperation. Shri Goyal also interacted with members of the Indian diaspora in Berlin and addressed the media as part of the visit's concluding activities.