Against the backdrop of India’s presidency of the G20, and UK-India negotiations on a free trade agreement, King’s India Institute hosted India’s High Commissioner to the UK, His Excellency Vikram K Doraiswami for a lecture on “India’s Foreign Policy and Trade Relations” on 9th February 2023.
Following the lecture, a Q&A session was held, led by Dr Kamini Gupta (Lecturer, King’s Business School) and Dr Walter Ladwig (Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Department of War Studies). The lecture was introduced by King’s Principal and President, Professor Shitij Kapur.
The event was hosted in conjunction with the Economic and Social Research Council and Indian Council of Social Science Research funded grant Enablers and Obstacles for UK-India Trade: Banks and Diasporas (UKIT- Enob). UKIT-Enob aims to understand key enablers and obstacles to UK-India trade from the perspective of small export-oriented firms in India. The project is led by Dr Sunil Mitra Kumar (King’s India Institute) and Dr Kamini Gupta (King’s Business School) in collaboration with Dr Prateek Gupta (IIM, Bangalore) and Dr Param Shah (FICCI, UK).
Event details can be found here: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/indias-foreign-policy-and-trade-relations