Ahmedabad-based Global Network Institute will start operations in Coimbatore, launching training programmes in international trade, in January next year. Participants will get hands-on training in international market strategy, selecting trading partners, online exports, shipping procedures, etc.
Sectors with export potential in the Coimbatore region are: aerospace, defence, agro products and food processing, gem and jewellery, automobile components, textiles, etc.
Jagat Shah, founder of Global Network Institute, said the aim is to empower primarily women entrepreneurs and SMEs and help them explore global markets.
Manufacturers, traders, family-owned businesses and students can undergo the training. The courses will be short-term programmes that will help any aspiring exporter take his business to the global market, he said.
The institute offers follow up and refresher courses too.
