Post Conference of UK Karnataka Business Meet 2014

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UK Karnataka Business Meet 2014
POST MEET REPORT
Thursday, 30th October, 2014
British Parliament, Westminster, London, UK

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In association with Government of Karnataka NRI Forum, British South India Council of Commerce,
with Sivaleen Inc as the delivery partner, hosted its annual Karnataka focussed business meet, UK
Karnataka Business Meet 2014 to showcase investment opportunities in Karnataka. The business meet
had Lord Swraj Paul as one of the speakers and was chaired by Mr Virendra Sharma MP, Patron of
British South India Council of Commerce. The audience included representatives from Karnataka,
Members of House of Lords & House of Commons, representatives from various trade bodies etc.
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THE MEET
PROGRAMME SUMMARY
Mr.Virendra Sharma MP, the Patron of British
South India Council of Commerce welcomed the
delegates attending the business meet.
Sujit S Nair., FRSA. Director/ Chief Co
Ordinator of British South India Council of
Commerce played the role of anchor during the
business meet.
During the business meet British South India
Council of Commerce, represented by its
Director/ Chief Co Ordinator ,Mr.Sujit S
Nair.,FRSA signed a memorandum of
understanding with Indo British Trade Council, a
sub-committee of Leicestershire Asian Business
Association, represented by its Chairman, Mr.Uday
Dholakia. As per this agreement, British South
India Council of Commerce & Indo British Trade
Council, a sub-committee of Leicestershire Asian
Business Association have agreed to work together
to promote investment, exports and deepening
international commercial relations between UK and
India, especially South India. As part of this
agreement one of the nominee from BSICC will join IBTC’s Board so as to give a strategic and
operational link between the two organisations. Additionally, IBTC will host BSICC’s Midlands Office
on gratis at their International Trade Hub, allowing both organisations to promote events, visits and
missions to and from the Midlands. BSICC will also be inviting one of the nominees from IBTC to join
its Advisory board.

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Lord Swraj Paul spoke about various opportunities which
India offers. Mr.Satish Luhar, Head, India Prosperity &
Bilateral, South Asia Department, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, London spoke about UK - India
relationship. Following this, Mr.K.C.Janardhan, Hon
Secretary of British Business Group Bangalore talked
about some of the business opportunities in Karnataka in
his talk titled as " Advantage Karnataka". Mr.Mike
Knowles, Dean, Sushant School of Design and Formerly
Visiting Prof UAL spoke about Design Led Skills Centres
focusing on various Crafts of Karnataka.
The next talk was about Doing Business in India
with emphasis on the state of Karnataka by
Mr.RamPrasad Alva, who is the Head of Initiatives
to Prof Rajeev Gowda Member of Parliament,
Rajya Sabha representing Karnataka. Jonathan,
Senior researcher at Royal Society for the
Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and
Commerce spoke about the Untapped Potential of
UK Cities. The next talk was an interesting one
where Mr.M L K Naidu, Youth President ( Sandur),
Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha and Hasiru Sene
spoke about the Challenges faced by farmers as a
result of Industrialization. He spoke in Kannada, which
is the native language of Karnataka and Ms.Bharati
Singh, who runs a very prominent NGO in Karnataka,
translated his speech into English. Following this,
Mr.Sadanand Nayak, Executive Director,
Punjab National Bank (International) Limited, London
spoke about UK Karnataka relations. Then there was a
short motivation talk by motivational speaker Mr.Paresh
Rughani following which the all the delegates present in
the business meet were introduced. Next, Ms.Bharathi
Singh, Founder and Managing Trustee, SA-MUDRA
FOUNDATION, Bangalore spoke about "Towards
Empowering Youth & Enabling Differently challenged in Karnataka". Mr.Manjunath Vishwakarma,Steering
Committee Member, British South India Council of Commerce delivered the vote of thanks.

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give a fair overall view of the meet and is believed to be correct at the date of publication.
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