India, July 19 -- The India-France Economic and Financial Dialogue (EFD) was recently held in the University town of Aix en Provence where my French counterpart and I reaffirmed the breadth and promise of a partnership that has stood the test of time. At an investors' roundtable in Paris, I had the opportunity to interact with various French companies that laid out their ambitious plans to expand their presence in India. There were companies sourcing sports equipment from India, companies making industrial gases and those that were excited about the value global capability centres in India have been bringing to their businesses. Later, the Indian ambassador to France mentioned Vastrakala - an Indo-French partnership that married French ha...