British South India Council of Commerce and UKTNCC successfully organised UK Tamil Nadu Puducherry Business Meet 2016 / UKTNCC Annual meet on 14th April 2016 ( Tamil New Year's day) at UK Parliament, Westminster, London so as to showcase business opportunities between UK and Tamil Nadu/ Puducherry, a region in the South of India. UK Tamil Nadu Puducherry Business Meet 2016 was the 14th meet of BSICC "business meet" series, which have been held at British Parliament, London over the last few years and these business meet have so far engaged around 2150 delegates as part of BSICC's mission to promote trade and investment between UK and India, specifically South India. The business meet was chaired by BSICC/UKTNCC Patron, British MP Hon Virendra Sharma MP and was also attended by two other British MPs, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury - Seema Malhotra MP and Welsh MP Mr. Gerald Jones. The High Commission of India, London was represented by Mr. Ramaswamy Balaji, First Secretary [Consular] of Indian High Commission Office London.. A total of 10 speakers shared their expertise during the 3 hour meet which had about 160 delegates who had registered to attend the meet

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UK Tamil Nadu & Puducherry Business Meet 2016/
UKTNCC Annual Meet
POST MEET REPORT
Thursday, 14th April, 2016
UK Parliament, Westminster, London, UK

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British South India Council of Commerce, with Sivaleen Inc as the delivery partner, and UKTNCC
successfully organised UK Tamil Nadu Puducherry Business Meet 2016 / UKTNCC Annual meet on
14th April 2016 ( Tamil New Year's day) at UK Parliament, Westminster, London so as to showcase
business opportunities between UK and Tamil Nadu/ Puducherry, a region in the South of India. UK
Tamil Nadu Puducherry Business Meet 2016 was the 14th meet of BSICC "business meet" series,
which have been held at British Parliament, London over the last few years and these business meet
have so far engaged around 2150 delegates as part of BSICC's mission to promote trade and
investment between UK and India, specifically South India. The business meet was chaired by
BSICC/UKTNCC Patron, British MP Hon Virendra Sharma MP and was also attended by two other
British MPs, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury - Seema Malhotra MP and Welsh MP Mr.
Gerald Jones. The High Commission of India, London was represented by Mr. Ramaswamy Balaji,
First Secretary [Consular] of Indian High Commission Office London.. A total of 10 speakers shared
their expertise during the 3 hour meet which had about 160 delegates who had registered to attend the
meet
THE MEET
PROGRAMME SUMMARY
Mr.Virendra Sharma MP, the Patron of British
South India Council of Commerce welcomed the
delegates attending the business meet.
Mr Siv Matchendran provided an overview of
UKTNCC & BSICC activities whereas
UKTNCC's board members Dr. Pal Kulandhaivel
& Mr. Ash Balakrishnan compered the meet.
Former British Deputy High Commissioner, India
/ Managing Director, Castle Gordon Global
Advisory Ltd Mr.Mike Nithavrianakis spoke
about Doing Business in Tamil Nadu and
Puducherry: Advice for SMEs. Following this,
Mr. M. Thiru Vasagam, Chairman - British Tamil
Chamber of Commerce spoke about the reasons
Why UK Tamils are investing in Tamil Nadu. Then
Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai, who is the Inventor of
Email & Systems Scientist spoke about The
Ecosystem for Global Innovation. This talk was
followed by a session on Insights - of Women
entrepreneurship in Tamil Nadu and
Puducherry which was delivered by
Mrs.Sumathi Srinivas CEO- Twilite group/

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WE women exclusive – Chennai. Following this Mr.
Sudhir Lodha, who is the member of State Minority
Commission, Government of Tamil Nadu spoke about the
Business Opportunities in Education Sector TN/
Puducherry. This talk was followed by an overview of
Real estate investments in Tamil Nadu and was
delivered by Mr.Agnelorajesh Athaide, Director - St
Angelos VNCT Global Ventures, Chennai. The next
talk was by Professor Perumal Nithiarasu, Head of
Zienkiewicz Centre for Computational Engineering,
Swansea University who spoke about UK India
Education collaboration and partnerships
Following this Dr. Vinodh Kannappan , Post
doctoral Research associate, University of
Wolverhampton spoke about Repurposing Old
drugs for treating cancer – Opportunities for pharma
companies in India. The final talk of the day was by
Padmashri Mr. Arunachalam Muruganantham,
CEO - Jayaashree Industries/ Time Magazine’s 100
Most Influential People in the World, who spoke
about Rural innovation from Tamil Nadu to the
world. Following this Mr.Jacob Ravibalan, Vice
Chair of British South India Council of Commerce
delivered the vote of thanks.
British South India Council of Commerce can provide ground support to those businesses who are
looking to pursue business opportunities in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry

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