Each of us can profit from one another.From 1 July 2014 the consulate started issuing visas to Israel for the people of South Indian states Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

[4][5] Menahem Kanafi, Israel's Consul-General in Bangalore, told at that time:[6] The opening of the centre will intensify people-to-people contact through travel.

We are fully committed to strengthening the relationship between Israel and India.At the same time the consulate signed a Karnataka-Israel programme to nurture collaborative industrial Research and Development (R&D) ventures between Karnataka and Israeli companies by providing financial support.

[8] In 2014 the consulate also started providing scholarships to Indian students to study in Israeli educational institutions.

In September 2014 John Joe Vattathara was the first student from Bangalore to be awarded a scholarship for a four-year electrical and electronics engineering course at Tel Aviv University (TAU).