This document provides an overview of the UK Telangana Business Meet which was held at British Parliament, London on 16th July

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UK Telangana Business Meet 2015
POST MEET REPORT
Thursday, 16th July, 2015
British Parliament, Westminster, London, UK

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British South India Council of Commerce, with Sivaleen Inc as the delivery partner
and Telangana NRI Forum organised a business meet titled "UK Telangana Business Meet" at
British Parliament, London on Thursday, 16th July so as to showcase business opportunities between
UK and Telangana, a state in the South of India. UK Telangana Business Meet was the 12th meet of
BSICC "business meet" series, which have been held at British Parliament over the last few years and
these business meet have so far engaged around 1830 delegates as part of BSICC's mission to
promote trade and investment between UK and India, specifically South India. The meet was chaired
by Mr Virendra Sharma MP, Patron of British South India Council of Commerce and a total of 13
speakers shared their expertise during the 3 hour meet which had about 180 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.
Sujit S Nair., FRSA. Director/ Chief Co
Ordinator of British South India Council of
Commerce (BSICC ) managed the running of the
business meet whereas Mr.Uday Nagaraju co
rodinated on behalf of Telangana NRI forum
Lord Swraj Paul delivered the opening remarks
and spoke about some of the opportunities
available for UK companies in India. Mr.Ceeka
Chandra Shaker, BSICC Vice Chair -
Telangana / Telangana NRI Forum - President
spoke about BSICC, TeNF and the objective of the
meet. Lord Brett McLean , Chairman, East Sussex
County Council's Economic Advisory Board &
Board Member, South East Local Enterprise
Partnership then spoke about the opportunities for
businesses in South East England. Following this,
Mr.Suhas Rao, MD , Bhima Jewellery spoke about
why South Indians prefer to look at Gold as a
investment option rather than investing in equity.
Mr.Anil Kumarachalam, President of NRI wing of
Telangana' ruling party, TRS, provided an
overview of his party ideas and how his party, as the ruling party, is bringing about development in the
state. This was followed by a talk by Jim James, International Trade Advisor, UK Trade & Investment
(UKTI) who spoke about how UK Trade & Investment is helping Indian and British businesses.
Following Jim's talk, Mr.Vijay Dasari of Telangana Industrialists Welfare Federation put forth
Telangana's Investment Climate & Policy framework for the benefit of the audience. Following this,
Mr. Kumar Vuppala, Founder/ Director, Anantha Technologies spoke about IT opportunities in

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Telangana. Then, Mr.Kostas Mavroulakis , Campaign
Manager, Startup Britain spoke about
UK's Entrepreneurial Ecosystem and how it can support a
company in UK and in India. Following Kosta's talk,
Mr.Uday Nagaraju, Head of Advisory board, Telangana
NRI Forum spoke about the UK Telangana Relationship
and how United Kingdom has had strong trade relations
with Telangana region for more than a century and how
both regions can be mutually benefited by using each
other's expertise. Following this talk, Mr.Charles Warner-
Allen, Charles Warner Allen Associates & Mr.Frank
Daly, One World Media spoke about trade finance and
how their firm is in a position to finance trading activity
between UK and India. The next talk was on the
opportunities in Telangana's hospitality sector and
this talk was delivered by Mr.Sunil Joginpally,
Partner and General Manager, Seraphine Hotels.
Following this, Mr. Pramod Anthati, Board of
Advisor , Telangana NRI Forum provided an
overview of opportunities in few other sectors in
Telangana. In order to maximise the networking
opportunities for the delegates attending the
business meet, each of the delegate was given an
opportunity to introduce themselves so as to explore
business opportunities during the networking
session and this session was moderated by noted
motivational speaker, Mr.Paresh Rughani.
Following this Mr.Philip Abraham, the Vice Chair of British South India Council of Commerce delivered the
vote of thanks.
British South India Council of Commerce and Telangana NRI Forum can provide ground support to those
businesses who are looking to pursue business opportunities in Telangana

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Important please note: This report is for guidance only and has been prepared in good faith to
give a fair overall view of the meet and is believed to be correct at the date of publication.
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