Bengaluru IT collaboration received a fresh diplomatic and business push on Thursday as Polish Prime Minister Donald Franciszek Tusk met Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar in Bengaluru during a visit focused on expanding cooperation between Poland and the state. Karnataka Minister for Information Technology and Biotechnology Priyank Kharge and other cabinet ministers were also present.
Tusk is leading a delegation of around 100 Polish business leaders, with discussions centred on opportunities for collaboration in Karnataka. The visit brings representatives from Poland’s information technology and space industries to Bengaluru, one of India’s main hubs for technology services, research and innovation.
Poland’s Finance and Economy Minister Andrzej Domański said the delegation was seeking stronger cooperation with Indian companies. In an interview with ANI, he said representatives from the Polish space and IT sectors were travelling to Bengaluru for further meetings with India’s information and communications technology industry.
“We are here together with leaders of the Polish space industry, leaders of the Polish IT sector, and we do seek more cooperation with Indian companies,” Domański said.
The discussions follow meetings held by the Polish delegation with Indian political leaders and business representatives, including a meeting between Tusk and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Domański described the Bengaluru leg as an opportunity to deepen contact with companies operating in India’s technology ecosystem.
The immediate outcome of the meeting between Tusk and Shivakumar was not detailed in the supplied report. The engagement nevertheless places Karnataka’s technology and space sectors within a broader effort to expand bilateral commercial ties. For Bengaluru, the significance lies in whether diplomatic outreach develops into business partnerships, investment commitments, technology cooperation or institutional agreements.
According to figures cited in the report, bilateral trade between India and Poland increased by 192 per cent between 2013 and 2025, rising from USD 1.95 billion to USD 6.36 billion. The trade balance has largely remained in India’s favour during this period.
India’s exports to Poland include textiles and apparel, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, electronic machinery, engineering goods, vehicles, rubber and mineral fuels. Poland’s exports to India include machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical equipment, mineral fuels, precious metals and stones, precision and medical instruments, and aircraft and spacecraft-related products.
Domański said there was significant scope to expand trade and business cooperation, particularly in information technology and space. He also described Poland as Europe’s fastest-growing economy and India as one of the world’s fastest-growing economies, expressing confidence that bilateral trade could increase further.
The Bengaluru meetings are expected to continue as the Polish delegation engages with companies and representatives from Karnataka’s IT and space sectors. Further details of any agreements or project commitments were not included in the report.
