Indian IT industry is undergoing an interesting phase right now

    2020-03-26T12:12:59+00:00May 24th, 2018|2017/2018, Expert Views, UK Edition- May 2018|

    Ashish Pandey is charged Tech Mahindra’s Strategic Accounts in the UK & Ireland and is also the Executive Sponsor of the company’s North West Office in the region. In this interview, he lays out the Indian IT major’s global strategy against the backdrop of its newest office in Salford, Greater Manchester. Please give us an overview of Tech Mahindra's UK journey. Tech Mahindra (TechM) represents the connected world, offering innovative and customer-centric information technology experiences, enabling Enterprises, Associates and the [...]

      India uses cricket diplomacy, doubles contributions to Commonwealth

      2020-03-26T12:15:12+00:00May 24th, 2018|2017/2018, Expert Views, UK Edition- May 2018|

      The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2018 in London and Windsor marked India’s stepped-up engagement with the 53-member organisation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi unleashed some cricket diplomacy while doubling India’s contributions to some key Commonwealth bodies to promote a sustainability agenda at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in London. The Indian PM addressed the second plenary meeting of the day-long executive session at CHOGM on April 19, with a focus on support for small island developing nations of the organisation and delivering “demand-driven, rather [...]

        Unhelpful and with no purpose: Why Brexit offers nothing positive for India-UK relations

        2018-05-28T07:35:55+00:00May 24th, 2018|2017/2018, Expert Views, UK Edition- May 2018|

        The cards will be heavily stacked in favour of India when negotiating any free trade deal with the UK, writes a prominent campaigner against a hard Brexit. Jawaharlal Nehru’s famous declaration on the eve of Indian independence that, “at the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom”, is not going to be matched anytime soon in the UK. Since the vote to leave the EU on 26 June 2016, the UK [...]