India advice - entering the country with tools, test meters etc and customs officials

[edexlab]

Evening gents
I've a short term job in mid May in Bangalore should only be a few weeks

And I'm looking for advice from people who have worked in India
Innoculations , medical, malaria ,food issues and insurance etc all in hand

Any general advice would be very welcome

I'm particularly concerned about
issues like entering the country with tools, test meters etc and customs officials who I've heard are as corrupt as any politician and worse!, either trying to confiscate items they think are worth paying a backhanderbackh for

And any other scams anyone has encountered

 

[Pete999]

I only went once post revolution and vowed never to go back, the change was so drastic it was upsetting to see so many wonderful heritage monuments and buildings destroyed, it was all the administration could do to save the Shahyad/Azadi Tower which I worked on.

Where did you stay? I stayed in some Hotel way outside the city limits, the name eludes me now.

 

[Mike Johnson]

I stayed with the Chief Engineer of Iran Mehdi Safavi who worked for the Shar, who's niece was my next door neighbour in the UK, that's partly how the commission came our way, the Architect wanted a high profile Structural engineering company.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Sorry the above should have read, "high profile Structural engineering company, and Ove Arup's who I worked for fitted the bill"

 

[netblindpaul]

Company I work for makes specialist equipment for the casting industry most clients are aerospace,
So we build, machines and systems here in uk and then usual install onsite

If you are employed mate, then make sure that your employer has all this covered, full health cover, sterle kits, visas etc sorted, when I worked for a co. doing this it was all sorted for us, including a co. credit card for real issues, that they could up the limit on @ hq with just a phonecall. It's down to them to keep you safe. Now I'm self-employed and travelling, it's down to me, so it's jabs, best travel insurance I can get, global cover, and make sure everything is right. If the client won't pay, then I don't do. Simples.