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Overseas business opportunities beckon Indian entrepreneurs

Staff Correspondent

To shape up new trends with increased focus on business ventures abroad

CHANDIGARH: The immigration industry is all set to witness a paradigm shift with more business opportunities overseas beckoning enterprising Indian entrepreneurs. This is expected to shape up new trends with increased focus on business and investment ventures abroad.

Views and observations as these marked the presentation, "Business Opportunities in Canada and International Education in India" organised by World Wide Immigration Consultancy Services (WWICS) here over the weekend. Coupled with a global educational experience, the trends would further strengthen as foreign Universities seek the best from educational institutions in India.

An entrepreneur and trendsetter in global resettlement solutions, WWICS' latest stride in business resettlement in Canada, won accolades from a host of entrepreneurs and representatives of various industries. With a full house of Mohali Industries Association members and other businessmen from the region, the presentation detailed about the foreign destinations for prospective investors, businessmen and entrepreneurs, especially in various provinces of Canada.

"With an impressive record in successful immigrations to Canada and various other countries, WWICS is all set to enter a new phase with dedicated focus on business immigration, which has never been seen as a key area.

"We are now focusing on this niche immigration area by facilitating a healthy interface between businessmen from region and renowned experts in immigration consultancy," pointed out WWICS's Chief Managing Director (CMD), B S Sandhu.

"Being vibrant, the Indian business community has taken huge strides by investing their capitals in Canada, which maintains one of the world's highest per capita GDP at US$ 22,000. Even the World Bank has ranked Canadians as the 2nd wealthiest people in the world in terms of the country's financial, human and social resources," Mr. Sandhu stressed, while explaining the potential awaiting to be exploited.

Vice President of Business Immigration, J.S. Ahluwalia, while elaborating on abundant business opportunities in Canada said that sectors highly in demand were transport, hospitality, tourism, construction and agriculture, as the provinces like Prince Edward Island, Manitoba, New

Brunswick, Saskatchewan and Quebec provided excellent vista to businessmen and entrepreneurs to establish their base and expertise.

With easy qualifying conditions, entrepreneurs can now get Canadian immigration within nine to twelve months.

Apart from business immigration the presentation also focused on increasing demand for Canadian education, which was evident from ever increasing number of students opting for courses at Canadian Institute for International Studies (CIIS), Mohali, which is a campus extension of Canadian educational institutes like the Georgian College, Thompson Rivers University and Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology.

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