Union Minister of State for Commerce & Industry, Shri Jitin Prasada, concluded his official visit to the Czech Republic from 22-23 April 2026. The visit was held at the invitation of the Government of the Czech Republic, reaffirmed India\u2019s commitment to strengthening strategic and economic engagement with key European partners, while deepening bilateral trade, investment, and innovation linkages with the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the visit, the Minister held bilateral meetings with senior Czech leadership, including Mr. Karel Havl\u00ed\u010dek, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade; Mr Jan Sechter, Deputy. minister of Industry and Trade and Ms. Marie Chatardov\u00e1, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. These engagements focused on reviewing progress in economic cooperation and exploring new avenues to strengthen industrial and trade linkages across priority sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shri Prasada co-chaired the 13th Session of the India\u2013Czech Republic Joint Commission for Economic Cooperation (JCEC) with his Czech counterpart Mr Jan Sechter, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic in Prague on 23rd<\/sup> April 2026. Both leaders reviewed the full spectrum of bilateral economic relations and identify new opportunities for collaboration in priority and emerging sectors. The protocol of 13th India-Czechia JCEC was signed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n On the margins of the visit, the Minister inaugurated in the India\u2013Czech Business Forum with Mr Jan Sechter, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade and engaged with leading Czech industry representatives to promote trade and investment opportunities and further strengthen business-to-business linkages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As part of the programme, Shri Prasada visited leading Czech industrial and technology companies in the automotive, transport equipment, and advanced engineering sectors, including \u0160koda Transportation in Plze\u0148, gaining first-hand insights into Czech industrial capabilities and exploring avenues for deeper collaboration. Minister also held meeting with representatives of Skoda Auto and encouraged to enhance investment in India\u2019s auto mobile sector. Minister interacted with vibrant Indian community during the visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Minister also visited Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics (CIIRC CTU) in Prague and the ELI Beamlines Laser Facility in Doln\u00ed B\u0159e\u017eany\u2014globally recognised centres of excellence in advanced research, artificial intelligence, robotics, and laser science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The visit reflects the growing political will and converging economic aspirations between India and its European partners. It aims to translate shared leadership vision into durable partnerships that drive inclusive growth, industrial transformation, and global economic resilience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jitin Prasada Co-Chaired 13th Session of India\u2013Czech Republic Joint Commission for Economic Cooperation (JCEC) Jitin Prasada Engages Czech Industry Leaders to Boost India\u2013Czech Industrial and Automotive Collaboration Jitin Prasada Visits Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics and ELI Beamlines to Deepen Cooperation in AI, Robotics and Advanced Laser Science Union Minister of State for …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":116733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[80],"post_format":[],"flags":[],"class_list":["post-116732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india-news","tag-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=116732"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116734,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116732\/revisions\/116734"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/116733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=116732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=116732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=116732"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpost_format&post=116732"},{"taxonomy":"flags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fflags&post=116732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}