Beyond Basics
(This Sunday)
Get the overview of export-import business opportunities and steps.
- Speaker: Dr. Koteswara Rao
- Platform: Live Webinar
(Paid Demo)
Register nowLearn export import trading from the best minds in business.and have them as life-long mentors.
Beyond Basics live webinar · every Sunday · paid demo
Onions to Dubai. Nagpur oranges to Bangladesh. Coconuts from Pollachi. Mosaic stone by the container. Every route on this globe started in one of our batches.
Ex-official of an Export Promotion Council. 30+ years in global trade. Led Indian business delegations to 35+ countries. Now he trains founders like you, live, every week.
Dr. Koteswara Rao VBSSFounder & principal trainer · 30+ years in global trade
Principal faculty
Principal Faculty Dr. Koteswara Rao VBSS is an ex-official of an Export Promotion Council with more than 30 years in exports. He has worked as an Export Inspector and Quality Assurance Officer, handled pre-shipment and third-party inspections, run export management and acted as a sourcing agent for overseas buyers. He began his career as a Quality Inspector for Textiles with the Government of India.
He has led Indian business delegations to international trade fairs and organised buyer-seller meets in the US, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, Denmark and Chile. He is visiting faculty at JNTU Hyderabad, Nagarjuna University Guntur, business schools, MSME-DI, NI-MSME and chambers of commerce.

Andhra Chamber of CommerceExecutive Committee Member
International Chamber of CommerceExecutive Committee Member
Andhra Pradesh ChambersMember
Foreign Trade AssociationInternational Trade CommitteeTrainers from trade bodies, Export Promotion Councils, banks, logistics firms and Custom House Agents.





Highlights
Trained in 150+ batches. Over half are now in the real business of export or import.
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One Sunday to see if exporting is for you. Six days to learn the whole trade. Then a mentor for life.
(This Sunday)
Get the overview of export-import business opportunities and steps.
(Paid Demo)
Register now(Advanced Program)
6 days · Mon to Sat
12 sessions: company setup, IEC, GST, product research, buyers, pricing, payments, documents and customs.
Know more(After training)
No end date
Six days is just the start of your association with Global EXIM.
Know moreEXIM Success Leap runs live on Zoom, Monday to Saturday. Check the current dates and seats before you register.
What our participants have to say
Watch a past participant talk with Dr. Rao about starting out through tie-ups with small manufacturers.
Watch on YouTubeRecent highlights
Dr. Rao works with chambers, Export Promotion Councils and government trade platforms, and brings what he learns straight back into class.
Print | Electronic
Eenadu, The Hindu and other dailies have covered our seminars, batches and Dr. Rao's views on exports. Slide the deck and tap a clipping to read it full size.
Workshops | Conferences | Events
Accelerate International Business Connect with partners from the USA, Canada, Australia, the Netherlands, China and Africa, award nights and a decade of classroom batches. Tap any photo.
Find your starting point
Pick the line closest to you. We'll take you straight to the part of this page that answers it.
Start with the four myths that stop most beginners.
See the myths → "I have a career, a shop or a farm"See how people like you got started.
Who can export → "Show me exactly what I'll learn"Open all 12 modules, one container at a time.
Open the curriculum → "Has anyone actually shipped?"Read real first shipments from past batches.
Success stories →Tap a card to flip it
Who joins Global EXIM
Our batches mix working professionals, retired people, farmers, traders and first-time founders. Choose the one that sounds like you.
Course curriculum
Each container is one session of the six-day program, in the order it's taught. Open any container to read what's inside.
Container numbers follow the ISO 6346 format printed on real shipping containers, check digit included. You'll learn to read them too.
Knowing the terminologies
By day six you'll use these without thinking. Tap a term to open it.
We believe actual support is needed after training. So everyone who joins us is offered post-training assistance, and we handle the services you need before and after your business launch. That makes us the one-stop solution.
Every trained participant gets a support executive assigned for day-to-day questions.
Hand-holding support has no deadline. Business keeps growing, and so does our help.
Reference documents for your first registrations, documentation and procedures.
Registrations, licences, Export Promotion Council memberships, digital marketing and website building.
We honour past participants who perform outstandingly in exports and imports.
Sector-specific experts stay within reach for clarifications long after your batch ends.

Product ideas, pricing, buyers, FTAs and payment safety, explained in a minute. Tap a post to read it.
Most frequent questions and answers
Investment varies with product, market, quality, quantity and other factors. If investment is a constraint, we teach you how to do business with low or no investment.
Being new can be an advantage. You're free to pick the products and markets that are doing well, without being tied to an existing professional background.
No. Many participants export as merchant exporters, sourcing from manufacturers, farmers and suppliers. Session 4 covers how to find and verify them.
This proven module of 12 sessions covers every stage of trade and has given a firm start to thousands of business owners. Post-training support keeps you on track after that.
There is no deadline. Business keeps growing and new challenges come up, so support continues as long as you need it.
Yes. Beyond Basics is a live webinar and EXIM Success Leap runs live on Zoom. Participants have joined from 16 countries.
Start with one Sunday. Bring your product ideas and your questions.