Foreign Minister Tonio Borg is in India where he will open a new Maltese High Commission in New Delhi and hold talks on investment and trade.
He will also inaugurate a Maltese consulate in Chennai.
His visit follows a tour by a trade delegation headed by Malta Enterprise officials. Further meetings by some of the members of that trade mission are planned.
The Foreign Ministry said that while the potential for growth in trade and investment relations was strong, the two countries could also collaborate in several other areas such as the film industry - with three Indian films having been shot in Malta last year.
In the education sector, the University of Malta employs an official at the Maltese High Commission to promote studies in Malta.