In collaboration with the Chamber of Commerce of Pordenone, the Società Indologica promoted an initiative that was able to add an economic and financial dimension to the overall view of Indian culture provided by purely arts-focused events. The economic seminar entitled The Indian market: opportunities for growth and expansion held on 7 November 1995 at the Chamber of Commerce building in Pordenone was introduced by the Chair of the Chamber, Augusto Antonucci, with the participation of His Excellency the Indian Ambassador N. K. Bakshi. In his speech, the Ambassador highlighted the increasing interest of Italy in the Indian sub-continent, which was recently confirmed by the official visit of the Italian Head of State Oscar Luigi Scalfaro. The state visit took place in February 1995 on the occasion of the inauguration of the XI Trade Fair of Technology and Engineering, where Italy had the role of India's partner. Papers were read by Maurizio Miranda, chair of the Indo-Italian Institute for Trade & Technology, Rome (Opportunities for Technology and Industrial Cooperation), R. H. Sinha, representative of the State Bank of India in Milan (Export-Import Financing) and Sauro Mezzetti, director of the India project of Aster, the technological development agency of the Regional Authority of Emilia-Romagna (Problems and Prospects in the Indian Market for Italian Medium-sized and Small Businesses). Also present at the seminar was a representative of the Birla group, a major Indian financial group with interests in manufacturing, the car and textile industries, and in paper, construction and software. Birla has offices in Africa, Europe, Indonesia and the United States as well as in India. In conjunction with the seminar, in addition to the photographic exhibition Tessitori in Rajasthan: 1914-1919 there was a showing of the documentary Luigi Pio Tessitori. Pagine di Diario and a number of talks.