Two key ministers along with a delegation will visit India to showcase the UK’s higher education, research, science, innovation and technology capabilities that can help India’s growth story and the Indian government’s “Skill India” agenda.
Sajid Javid MP, Britain’s Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, and Jo Johnson MP, Minister of State for Universities and Science will visit India for three days.
They will visit New Delhi, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Mumbai from Wednesday to meet Indian students and faculty and ministers in the central and state Governments to build on the success of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the UK last month, specifically in the fields of higher education, skills and research co-operation.
Building on Modi’s statement that the UK remains a “preferred destination for Indian students,” the Secretary of State and Minister will showcase the UK’s higher education, research, science, innovation and technology capabilities that can help India’s growth story and the Indian Government s “Skill India” agenda.