A welcome today to Ms. Sheetal Guliani, who takes over the India desk of Dezan Shira & Associates, replacing Sumita Ghosh. Sheetal is a graduate of the University of Delhi and qualified as a lawyer. Based in Beijing, she will be in charge of all as Dezan Shira & Associates India related work – the firm has just opened three offices there – as well as being involved with this site. We’re sure you all wish her the very best. Ms. Guliani can be contacted directly for matters involving China – India trade and related business issues.

Dezan Shira & Associates offices are located in New Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai, complimenting the firms national China presence in Beijing, Dalian, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Zhongshan, Shenzhen and Hong Kong. Chris Devonshire-Ellis, the practice’s Senior Partner comments “Broadly in India, Delhi is comparable with Beijing, Mumbai with Shanghai, and Chennai with Shenzhen. All have similar logistic features to their Chinese counterparts and we built our China practice up originally from those three main cities. Duplicating this in India we are sure will spearhead our growth throughout the country and allow us to develop as a truly Asian practice over the next few years.”

In other news, the new India Briefing magazine is being finalized, with the first issue being an overview of expatriate individual income tax in – available in two weeks time. It’s complimentary – so please subscribe today to ensure you receive the very first issue.

China Briefing meanwhile, to continue the India theme, will launch it’s China – India comparison in the upcoming July issue, also due out in two weeks time, so look out for that. Subscription again is complimentary, so please subscribe today for the latest on practical applications of business in China.