The Entrepreneur’s Committee of The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry organized an interactive session with Mr. Theo J.J. Groothuizen, an international consultant for international collaboration in science & technology, Special Envoy for The Hague Security Delta and the Municipality of The Hague, Netherlands on 11th December 2017 at Tata Steel Room, The Bengal Chamber Premises.

Mr .Theo J.J. Groothuizen has a Masters Degree in Industrial Design Engineering from the Delft University of Technology and also studied architecture at the same university. He worked for Royal Dutch Telecom for 6 years after which he started running his own professional design practice. He was co-founder of Design Consultancy Landmark in the Netherlands (1986), of which he became Principal in 1994, and Founder of Landmark Switzerland. He is CEO and Principal of Groothuizen Beheer BV, a consultancy for international collaboration and innovation. During his professional life he was Executive Board member of the Dutch Designer's Association (BNO) and the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID) and Convener for the Bureau of European Designers Associations (BEDA). Theo is honorary member of BNO, Regional Advisor for ICSID and Fellow of Design for the World. He has lectured at several universities and was member of the external research advisory board of the faculty of Design, Engineering and Manufacturing at the Delft University of Technology. Theo Groothuizen has been invited on numerous occasions as speaker, workshop leader, jury member, moderator or curator and he organized several events to promote Dutch Design & Innovation abroad.

The objective of the interactive session in Kolkata was to explain to the participants about the HSD (Hague Security Delta) organization and to discuss how the State of West Bengal could develop a similar ecosystem like the triple helix model and a relevant innovation ecosystem. Participants included senior executives from ITC Ltd, Ericsson Global India Services, Infosec Foundation, Integral Technocom, Department of IT&E, Government of West Bengal and many more. Post the interaction the participants expressed their interest to set up an ecosystem which could offer multiple opportunities for collaboration with HSD and experts in the Netherlands on safety & security, in particular on Cyber Security. A draft proposal would be prepared at the earliest involving HSD to suggest a roadmap to bring the international best practices on Cyber Security in West Bengal.