Bengaluru, Jan. 14 -- German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday visited Bengaluru, as part of his two-day visit to India, which began in Ahmedabad with meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday.

The German chancellor, who visited Bengaluru for "engagements focusing on business and technological collaboration between India and Germany", was welcomed at the Kempegowda International Airport by minister for large and medium industries MB Patil. The minister presented a small sandalwood replica of an elephant as a token of welcome.

During his four- hour stay in Bengaluru, Merz visited the campus of the German technology firm Bosch at Adugodi and the Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE) at the Indian Institute of Scien...