To reinforce the message of ‘Make in India’ event at Hannover Messe, the Consulate General of India, Frankfurt along with HCL, a leading Global IT services provider, organised a networking session and panel discussion in Frankfurt on May 28, 2015. The event was aimed at showcasing German financial service institutions about data regulation in India and capabilities of Indian service providers in the domain. Consul General Mr. Raveesh Kumar, Mr. Jan Schneider, Deputy Mayor & Head of Department for Reform Projects, Citizens’ Service and IT, City of Frankfurt and Dr. Peter Pop, Head Financial Services, Continental Europe, HCL Technologies addressed the guests. The ‘Make in India’ event was attended by participants representing Banks, Insurance companies, Capital Markets and Financial institutions.

The event concluded with a panel discussion on 'Indian IT - conforming to global data protection standards in the financial sector' and participants from the event were Ashutosh Kumar, Chief Business consultant SAP, Armin Weyell, Partner KPMG and Prof. Dr. Igor Podebrad, Director, Group Chief information Security officer, Commerzbank AG.