Hyderabad is India's fifth largest metropolis.

All together, the 27 businesses and institutions on the mission signed agreements totalling $650 million - with additional Memoranda of Understanding that will see Ontario and India firms continue to develop stronger ties into the future.

"The agreements we've signed here in India will mean good jobs for our families back home in Ontario. But they'll also help India meet its goals of building a greener, more sustainable economy. And that benefits not only Indians, but Ontarians and people all around the world," said Premier Dalton McGuinty.

Later in the day he joined a roundtable discussion at the Indian School of Business for a discussion on global trade.

The Indian School of Business has been ranked one of the world's top 15 business schools.

More than 2,600 environmental technology companies are based in Ontario.