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    Only through tackling the skills gap will India become truly Incredible

    2020-03-20T05:50:55+00:00July 26th, 2019|2019, UK Edition – July 2019|

    For India to fulfil its full potential, it must first tackle its skills crisis and ensure its students today are fully equipped to embrace the jobs of tomorrow, explains an expert working in the field of global education and skills. The idea of ‘Incredible India’ – conjured in evocative advertising campaigns emblazoned in all the colours of Holi – has long been employed to draw tourism from the UK and all around the world to a land steeped in tradition and [...]

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      India is incredibly well positioned to benefit hugely from unmanned technology

      2020-03-20T08:53:46+00:00July 26th, 2019|2019, UK Edition – July 2019|

      Dr Yoge Patel, CEO of Blue Bear Systems Research, an autonomy and unmanned systems development, shares her thoughts on the growing demand for unmanned technology, the UK -India Tech corridor and the future of the autonomous sphere. What bought you to the field of unmanned and drone technology? My real passion is Mathematics and how generations of theory laid down over many centuries ago can still find new applications in the modern world. I loved Mathematics so throughout my formative [...]

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        India sees big opportunities in Africa, a counterpoint to China

        2020-03-20T06:04:01+00:00July 26th, 2019|2019, UK Edition – July 2019|

        By proposing a free trade agreement with Africa and by extending a $50-million grant to Niger to host the African Union Summit, the Modi government has signalled that it will continue to champion close collaboration and partnership with Africa. If Africa were a country, it would be the world’s seventh-largest economy. Then, more than 30 of the 54 nations in Africa are democracies. And Africa has the largest concentration of Indians or Indian origin people outside the sub-continent. In a [...]

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          Inspiring Indian Students to Join the UK Universities: Key to Long-term Relationship

          2020-03-20T06:06:38+00:00July 26th, 2019|2019, UK Edition – July 2019|

          The President of the UK Council for International Student Affairs, outlines why it is imperative for Britain to formulate a long-term strategy for retaining international students. When I first arrived in Britain, it was known as the sick man of Europe—a country that had lost an empire and found no real purpose, a has-been. The City of London was a closed shop; prejudice was rife. In fact, I was told by my family and friends in India, ‘If you decide [...]

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            Education at the heart of creating real impact on the ground

            2019-07-29T12:34:51+00:00July 26th, 2019|2019, UK Edition – July 2019|

            The chief of the Corporate Social Responsibility wing of a leading communications services multinational gives an insight into the vision behind the creation of the WPP India Foundation and the results on the ground. The India Challenge In India, education continues to exert and influence on the behaviour of the youth. The government, civil society and industry have been tackling the quality crisis in education within the country. Changing behaviours and attitudes of the underserved youth adds complexities, especially when [...]

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              In search of innovative ways for the UK-India cultural connect

              2019-07-29T12:36:34+00:00July 26th, 2019|2019, UK Edition – July 2019|

              The director of Sampad, an acclaimed arts organisation in the UK, elaborates on the importance of promoting soft power in the UK-India Relationship. Rabindranath Tagore, the Nobel Laureate poet, philosopher and polymath once said when commenting on the Indian diaspora ‘ To study a banyan tree, you not only must know its main stem in its own soil, but also must trace the growth of its greatness in the further soil, for then you can know the true nature of its [...]

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                Essex is proving to be an attractive alternative as a location to London for businesses

                2020-03-12T14:28:00+00:00July 26th, 2019|2019, UK Edition – July 2019|

                The Inward Investment Manager for Invest Essex expands on the various investment opportunities Essex has to offer Indian and other international investors. According to projections from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, India is set to be the world’s fastest-growing economy for the rest of the decade. In its own way, the county of Essex is also going through a period of buoyancy – meaning the potential for reciprocal business represents an exciting prospect in the years ahead. [...]

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                  Tata drives the India-UK electric mission

                  2020-03-20T06:11:08+00:00July 26th, 2019|2019, UK Edition – July 2019|

                  Tata Motors’ owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) recently secured a crucial loan guarantee from the UK government to focus on its e-vehicles, which widens the field for bilateral cooperation in this high-priority sector. India’s Minister for Commerce & Industry and Railways, Piyush Goyal, on a recent visit to the UK singled out electric technology as one of the key sectors where the India-UK partnership could prove to be an unbeatable one. He made a specific reference to Jaguar Land Rover [...]

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