New Indian envoy backs interactionsStaff writer, with CNAIndia would continue to deepen people-to-people exchanges and industrial cooperation with Taiwan, especially in the high-tech and value-added sectors, Ninad Deshpande, the country’s new representative to Taiwan, said at an Indian Republic Day event on Monday. Indian Representative to Taiwan Ninad Deshpande gestures at an Indian Republic Day event in Taipei on Monday. To that end, Taiwan and India have signed more than 20 memorandums of understanding, while bilateral trade has risen to about US$10 billion a year, the envoy said, adding that he expected the momentum to continue. His other overseas posts include Beijing, Shanghai, Bangladesh and Singapore, the ITA said. Deshpande filled the vacancy at the ITA left with the departure of former director-general Manharsinh Yadav.
