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    Harnessing the power of shared history to fast-track future growth

    2020-03-06T12:46:37+00:00June 25th, 2019|2019, Home Page, Special Edition – June 2019|

    Experts from PwC share how cultural ties and a strategic regional focus can be leveraged to strengthen the UK-India connect. The UK and India are two of the world’s most vibrant and dynamic economies. Individually, each presents major opportunities for trade and investment. Combine them, and they’re unbeatable. But behind the statistics, what makes the UK-India combination so powerful is the ‘living bridge’ that links the two countries. United by common attributes—together with complementary skills and capabilities—it is clear that [...]

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      It’s a lot more than just cricket!

      2020-03-20T09:11:44+00:00June 25th, 2019|2019, Special Edition – June 2019|

      A British diplomat, having lived in India for the past three years, reflects on his time in the country and pinpoints a few opportunities to build closer relationship between India and the UK. How many of you recall visiting pre- ‘91 India? I am not the only second gen Indian who does so vividly. The angst- driven push of our nostalgic parents, lost to mill towns, overtime and corner stores, forcibly recreating on us their childhood experiences. And our suspicions, [...]

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        Defining a Design Age of Economy with tech

        2019-07-02T13:17:51+00:00June 25th, 2019|2019, Special Edition – June 2019|

        In the light of Infosys having inaugurated its Experience Design & Innovation Studio in Shoreditch, London, a company head gives their reasons for investing in the UK and explains how their design-led approach has helped them stay ahead of their competitors. Succeeding in the digital age requires keeping a laser focus on two questions: What do customers want? And how do our products and services fulfil those desires? Take the example of Headbox, a company started by London entrepreneur Andrew [...]

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          Modi 2.0: Era of growth for start-ups

          2019-06-26T07:00:02+00:00June 25th, 2019|2019, Special Edition – June 2019|

          With the Modi government back in action for its second term, an Indian industry expert pinpoints the critical areas it must look into to fuel the rapidly growing Indian start-up sector. With the Indian PM Narendra Modi led government being re-elected for a second time with record majority, businesses, especially start-ups, expect yet another five years of continued robust growth in the economy. Today, India is almost a $3 trillion economy clubbed with one of the fastest-growing emerging markets. A [...]

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            A strategic overview of UK-India relations

            2020-12-09T15:54:38+00:00June 25th, 2019|2019, Special Edition – June 2019|

            Despite India’s economic relations with UK being right on track, the emergence of newer superpowers and political uncertainties have weakened the UK’s standing, potentially resulting in India gaining an upper hand. Narendra Modi’s first term coincided with the UK’s vote to leave the European Union. For the UK, this meant that politics turned inward. While some grandiose if unlikely global visions were put forward—including the patronising, and temporally implausible, Empire 2.0⁠—the question of the UK’s relationship to its European neighbours [...]

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              New sparks needed to unleash the India–UK partnership

              2020-03-20T09:14:22+00:00June 25th, 2019|2019, Special Edition – June 2019|

              Lord Jitesh Gadhia, a British Indian investment banker and businessman, outlines the various measures the UK could take across sectors to build on its ties with India. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is well known for sharing his thoughts and ideas directly with millions of Indians through his inspirational radio programme Mann Ki Baat (Matters of the mind). However, for two great democratic nations like India and Britain, with such a deep-rooted relationship, there should also be Dil Ki Baat [...]

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                On a mission to embrace and empower

                2019-06-26T13:20:37+00:00June 25th, 2019|2019, Home Page, Special Edition – June 2019|

                Dr Jyotsna Suri is Chairman and Managing Director at Bharat Hotels and Keshav Suri is the Executive Director for the LaLiT Hotels and a prominent activist on LGBTQ rights in India. Both have shown a firm determination to ensure their world view trickles down into their corporate strategy. In this interview, the dynamic mother-son duo gives 'India Global Business' insights into their vision for the hospitality industry and various steps taken to create promote inclusivity in their organisation. What is [...]

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                  Changing lives in India through ground breaking partnerships

                  2019-06-26T08:19:39+00:00June 25th, 2019|2019, Special Edition – June 2019|

                  The British Asian Trust’s partner-driven, outcome-focussed initiatives demonstrate that a collaborative approach to India’s social issues can result in long-lasting change. With the charitable sector increasingly adopting the principles of business, collaboration lies at the heart of the British Asian Trust’s vision of philanthropy. It is our fundamental belief that working closely with like-minded businesses, NGOs, academics and governments is the most effective way of creating long-lasting, sustainable change in India. As our results testify, our impact as a collective [...]

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                    Howzatt! The ICC Cricket World Cup will take UK-India travel figures across many boundaries

                    2019-06-26T08:18:51+00:00June 25th, 2019|2019, Special Edition – June 2019|

                    Given the buzz created by most-awaited international cricket championship, a VFS Global head illustrates how sporting events can drastically increase tourism income and change travel trends. Excitement has been expectedly at fever pitch among Indian cricket fans with the World Cup being hosted in England and Wales in May-June this year. The British High Commission said 3,500 Indians every day were applying for a UK visa, with as many as 80,000 in total expected to travel to the tournament – enough [...]

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                      A personal rapport between Modi and the next UK PM will be crucial

                      2020-03-20T09:17:23+00:00June 25th, 2019|2019, Special Edition – June 2019|

                      The new incumbent at 10 Downing Street must pick up on the missed opportunities flagged by the UK Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee report, writes India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa. As the famed British philosopher and activist Bertrand Russell lucidly put it – war does not determine who is right, only who is left. What the UK has faced in the last few weeks and months is a form of political warfare that has been quite brutal at times. [...]

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