Dr Sunil Kumar was invited to chair a panel session on ‘Industry Matters – Strengthening sectors of interest’ at the SBI-FICCI Economic Conclave held in London on 10 March 2022. (SBI: State Bank of India) (FICCI: Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry).
This conclave brought together around 200 business leaders from India and the UK along with senior government figures including the British High Commissioner to India. Dr Kumar moderated a panel that focused on the key sectors that will enable the growth in trade and investment between the two countries and are significant in developing partnership in vital and growing sectors such as defence, technology, manufacturing, infrastructure sectors amongst others. Panel members included: Nandita Sahgal-Tully, MD – Infrastructure Asset Management, ThomasLloyd Group; Ashish Kumar Gupta, Head of EMEA & Corporate VP (IT Outsourcing), HCL Technologies; Rahul Roy-Chaudhury, Senior Fellow for South Asia, The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).