British South India Council of Commerce (BSICC) is organising the UK Karnataka Business Meet 2014 on 30th October 2014 at Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London. This business meet will be chaired by Mr Virendra Sharma MP, Patron of BSICC. The audience will include government representatives from Karnataka, Members of House of Lords & House of Commons, representatives from UK companies and Indian companies who are interested in Karnataka and businessmen from India who are successful in UK.

1. In association with Government of Karnataka NRI Forum, British South India Council of Commerce (BSICC) is organising the UK Karnataka Business Meet 2014 on 30th October 2014 at Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London. This business meet will be chaired by Mr Virendra Sharma MP, Patron of BSICC. The audience will include government representatives from Karnataka, Members of House of Lords & House of Commons, representatives from UK companies and Indian companies who are interested in Karnataka and businessmen from India who are successful in UK.
Karnataka is one of the most industrialized states in India. From the World Economic Forum terming it an 'Innovation Hub' to Barack Obama urging schools in America to compete against Bangalore' and the sobriquet 'The Silicon Valley of India', Karnataka's has taken its development to rapid strides when it capitalized on the growth in Information Technology, Outsourcing, Off shoring, Biotechnology, Aviation and Knowledge intensive industries. Karnataka has premier institutes like the IISc, IIMB, NLSIU, NIFT; the state has 19 universities, 152 Engineering colleges, 144 medical colleges, 1124 industrial training institutes making it 30% of the Country's total. The state has the ideal Knowledge base for Research and
UK KARNATAKA BUSINESS MEET
HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT,
WESTMINSTER, LONDON
THURSDAY,
30TH October, 2014
2.00 PM - 5.00 PM

2. Development with 103 Research and Development Centres, the highest in the country. This business meet will provide an opportunity for UK companies to explore various business opportunities in Karnataka and also for companies in Karnataka to explore various opportunities in UK
As background, British South India Council of Commerce (BSICC) is an umbrella body of South Indian associations in UK, formed with the intention to raise UK companies awareness to enormous potential opportunities in the South Indian states and encourage them to trade and invest in South Indian States. BSICC mission is to promote trade and investment between South India and the UK, and to provide a platform for companies and businessmen who wish to become part of the South India- U.K trade community. BSICC promotes and defend the interests of UK companies in South India, representing UK businesses to the state governments of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu and also to the Indian audiences and the Indian media. BSICC have been organising regular business meets at the UK Parliament over the years and these Business Meets have led to regular dialogue between UK and Indian businesses to utilise British expertise and its world-class technology involvement in the infrastructure, Waste management, Education, Low cost housing in urban and Villages, Power & Energy and IT projects coming up in the South Indian states and South Indian companies looking to explore opportunities in UK.

3. Pictures from Business Meets

4. Thursday, 30th October, 2014 AGENDA* 2.05 PM - 2.15 PM Welcome to UK Karnataka Business Meet 2014 Mr.Virendra Sharma, Patron, British South India Council of Commerce 2.15 PM- 2.25 PM Opportunities by Lord Swraj Paul Ex - Deputy Speaker of House of Lords & Founder/ Chairman Caparo Group 2.25 PM- 2.35 AM UK-India relationship TBA 2.35 PM- 2.50 PM Advantage Karnataka TBA 2.50 PM - 3.05 PM Design Led Skills Centres TBA 3.05 PM- 3.20 PM Doing Business in Karnataka/ India TBA 3.20 PM - 3.35 PM Untapped Potential of UK Cities TBA 3.35 PM - 3.50 PM Bangalore - Startup Capital of India TBA 3.50 PM - 4.05 PM Industrialization - Challenges facing farmers TBA 4.05 PM - 4.20 PM UK Karnataka Partnership TBA 4.20 PM - 4.40 PM Delegates Introduction Brief introduction of all delegates present in the meet 4.40 PM - 4.50 PM Towards Empowering Youth & Enabling Differently challenged in Karnataka TBA 4.50 PM – 4.55 PM Vote of Thanks TBA *SUBJECT TO CHANGE

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