NürnbergMesse first set foot on the subcontinent in 1992 with a pavilion for German companies at the Agrotech trade fair in Chandigarh. At that time still represented by the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce (IGCC), it took off in 2009 with the first exhibition from its own global portfolio, BIOFACH India. The success of the events and the strongly growing exhibition sector in one of the world's largest economies convinced the duo at the helm of NürnbergMesse, Roland Fleck and Peter Ottmann: in 2013 they founded the subsidiary NürnbergMesse India.
Sonia Prashar: A stroke of luck at the top
Delhi-born Sonia Prashar as Managing Director proved to be a stroke of luck for NürnbergMesse India. She had a relationship with Germany at an early stage: During her teaching career as an academic at the Goethe-Institut in New Delhi, she came across the IGCC, Indo-German Chamber of Commerce, by chance - a colleague had drawn her attention to a vacancy. In 1999, her path then led her to Düsseldorf, where she got to know the "German Way": taking responsibility, taking the initiative and developing a sense of precision. Her mantra and recipe for success is to combine the best of both worlds: "The ideal is an intersection of perfection and flexibility".
