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    Creating an India-UK corridor to nurture tech collaborations

    2018-12-24T13:31:33+00:00November 29th, 2018|2017/2018, UK Edition – December 2018|

    An investment expert goes into some of what drives her cross-border fund which aims to help scale up early-stage UK-based technology businesses into India. The significance and impact of technology in our personal and professional lives cannot be discounted. Economies around the world are increasingly depending on the growth in their digital assets. Furthermore, technology has also gained increased significance in our personal lives. Consumer products, home appliances, phones, even jewelry items among others are witnessing technological disruptions. This has [...]

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      On a fintech mission to help small and medium enterprises

      2020-03-16T10:31:53+00:00November 29th, 2018|2017/2018, UK Edition – December 2018|

      Rishi Khosla is the Co-Founder and CEO of Britain’s digital bank OakNorth, which specialises in small and medium enterprise (SME) lending globally, using its data and technology platform OakNorth Analytical Intelligence. The company recently completed a $100-million funding round and has doubled its loan book from $1.1 billion to $2.2 billion since the start of 2018. In this interview, the Global Indian gives an insight into this fintech success story. What are the key factors behind OakNorth’s recent hugely successful funding round? [...]

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        Hong Kong: Where business goes to grow

        2018-12-11T10:28:25+00:00November 29th, 2018|2017/2018, UK Edition – December 2018|

        Invest Hong Kong makes a play for Indian investments as the region vigorously promotes innovation and technology. Hong Kong is a highly dynamic city that serves as the perfect platform for Indian companies expanding into China and Asia Pacific. It is a modern, fast-paced, hyper-connected and business-friendly city with a multitude of advantages to ensure businesses enjoy a level playing field and flourish. Core Advantages Strategic location in Asia: Hong Kong enjoys an enviable and strategic location in the heart [...]

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          Is India set to become the next budget travel hotspot for Britain?

          2018-12-11T10:15:04+00:00November 29th, 2018|2017/2018, UK Edition – December 2018|

          New budget flights starting this winter, as well as cheaper holiday costs and simpler ways of applying for a visa, are set to make travel to India from the UK more attractive than ever, believes an industry expert. From December, just ahead of the most popular time of year for Britons to travel to India, WOW air will become the first budget airline to fly from the UK to India with fares starting from £149. Indian budget carrier IndiGo is also expected [...]

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            An integrated approach to universal healthcare in India

            2018-12-11T10:15:26+00:00November 29th, 2018|2017/2018, UK Edition – December 2018|

            The CEO of Indo UK Institute of Health (IUIH) weighs up how the India-UK partnership can help India realise its universal health coverage objectives. One of the major challenges for healthcare ecosystem in India is to enhance the service quality and ensure equitable access to masses besides increasing its capabilities to manage the changing disease incidence profiles. According to a recent McKinsey report, India will have a total bed density of 1.84 per 1000 people against the global average of [...]

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              UK and India: Partnering to innovate and grow together

              2018-12-24T13:31:53+00:00November 29th, 2018|2017/2018, UK Edition – December 2018|

              While a post-Brexit trade pact remains in the works, the two countries are taking some decisive steps as part of their Tech Partnership. As the UK government reviews its international trading links, there has never been a more important time to put the spotlight on the UK’s relationship with India – a nation which is quickly emerging as an important global player in tech. A partnership built on success India is one of the world’s largest and fastest growing economies, [...]

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                Digital India has had tremendous positive impact

                2018-12-11T10:10:41+00:00November 29th, 2018|2017/2018, UK Edition – December 2018|

                Narayana Murthy is the legendary Co-Founder of Indian software giant Infosys. In this interview, he offers ‘India Global Business’ some insights into the scope of the UK-India Tech Partnership in the lead up to the Future Tech Festival in New Delhi, what Brexit means for Indian IT companies and the true impact of the government’s Digital India initiative on the ground. What is the significance of collaborations such as the UK-India Tech Partnership? The UK-India Tech Partnership aims to bring [...]

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                  A Statue of Unity for a modern India

                  2020-08-20T07:10:55+00:00November 23rd, 2018|2017/2018, Global Edition – November 2018|

                  It is time the world got to learn a little more about the contribution of Sardar Patel in setting India on the path of today’s economic growth trajectory, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. India is the toast of global investors. A 1.3 billion-strong nation with a $2.5 trillion economy growing at more than 7 per annum, the fastest growth rate among major economies, is drawing foreign investments by the bucketful. It could have been a very different [...]

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                    Chopstick Diplomacy: Decoding the Modi-Abe equation

                    2020-08-20T07:11:01+00:00November 16th, 2018|2017/2018, Global Edition – November 2018, Home Page|

                    The Modi-Abe chemistry can translate into a great partnership model of global economic and strategic cooperation, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. It was Shinzo Abe who, in his first term as Japan’s Prime Minister, had suggested an “Arc of Democracy” from Japan to India as the defining feature of the new global architecture in the 21st century. Though he didn’t say it in so many words, most geo-political experts interpreted this as some sort of a still-not-fully-defined [...]

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                      India-Japan: Convergence at the top but…

                      2020-03-17T06:25:47+00:00November 16th, 2018|2017/2018, Global Edition – November 2018, Home Page|

                      India and Japan are on the same page on the Indo-Pacific, security, economic cooperation and on the need to cooperate on developing infrastructure across Asia and Africa in order to provide a counterweight to China. They now have to find a way of translating this convergence of goals into brick and mortar projects that actually make a difference on the ground. Japan has emerged as India’s closest strategic and economic partner over the last couple of decades. The close personal [...]

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