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INDIAN MANUFACTURING SUMMIT 2017
Post Meet Report
Tuesday, 18th July, 2017
UK Parliament, Westminster, London, UK
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THE MEET
Manufacturing has emerged as one of the high growth sectors in India. Prime
Minister of India, Mr Narendra Modi, had launched the ‘Make in India’
program to place India on the world map as a manufacturing hub and give
global recognition to the Indian economy. India is expected to become the
fifth largest manufacturing country in the world by the end of year 2020. The
Government of India has set an ambitious target of increasing the contribution
of manufacturing output to 25 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by
2025, from 16 per cent currently. It has the potential to touch US$ 1 trillion by
2025 and create up to 90 million domestic jobs by 2025.
The discussion during the summit were aimed to establish an understanding of
major challenges and opportunities in manufacturing sector for companies in
India. During the summit, a report titled ' Spotlight on Asian business' which
looks at the contribution of Asian business to London was launched. The
report was launched by Lord Swraj Paul ( Chairman, Caparo Group
Ltd); Baroness Verma ( Former Energy & Climate Change Minister and
former International Development Minister, United Kingdom ); Hon Virendra
Sharma MP (Ealing Southall); Hon Bob Blackman MP (Harrow
East); Mr.Vijay Goel , Chairman, Assocham UK/ Ex Chairman - London
Chamber of Commerce Asian Business Association; Chi Onwurah Labour
MP(Newcastle upon Tyne Central); Marion Fellows MP (Motherwell &
Wishaw); Aditya Rathod (Executive Director - UAE Exchange); Arbinder
Chatwal ( Head of India Advisory services - BDO) & Sujit Nair FRSA ( Chair
- Europe India Centre for Business & Industry )

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PROGRAMME SUMMARY
Baroness Verma, Former Energy &
Climate Change Minister and former
International Development Minister,
United Kingdom; Hon Virendra
Sharma MP (Ealing Southall); Hon
Bob Blackman MP (Harrow East);
Mr.Vijay Goel , Chairman, Assocham
UK/ Ex Chairman - London Chamber
of Commerce Asian Business
Association & Chi Onwurah Labour
MP(Newcastle upon Tyne Central).
The panelists and the audience
Mr.Virendra Sharma MP, the
Chairman of Indo British All Party
Parliamentary group, welcomed the
delegates attending the business meet.
EICBI Chair Mr Sujit Nair hosted the
meet.
The first panel discussion was about
UK India relationship - 'Make in
India', finance by UK'. The panellists
included Lord Swraj Paul, Chairman,
Caparo Group Ltd;
discussed about on how UK is perfectly placed to finance manufacturing
growth in India. The next panel discussion was titled "Manufacturing Reform
Inputs for India from recent British successes and failures". The panelists who
participated in the discussion include Mr.Mike Berry, Director, 600 group /
Board Member - Manufacturing Trade Association ( MTA); Mr.Sterlin
Edward, KTC Edibles; Mr.Amrti Johal - Head of litigation, Singhania and

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Director and General Manager,
Renishaw Services; Mr.Sreenath
Vishnu, Executive Director -
Brahmins Group & Ms.Jehanara
Knowles, Founder, &Ratio. This
panel discussion looked at the current
status of India's manufacturing sector
and what reforms are needed. The
next panel discussion focussed on
Sustainable Manufacturing. The
panellists who participated in the
discussion include Mr.Charlie Hall,
Mr.Steve Westlake - Managing
Director, Coborn Engineering Ltd.
This panel discussion focussed on on
the lessons which India can learn from
the success and failures of the British
Manufacturing sector. The next panel
discussion was about India’s
Manufacturing sector Reforms:
Progress and Major Challenges. The
panellists who participated in the
discussions include
Mr.Rhydian.Pountney - UK & ROW
Managing Director, C6(n) Technology Ltd; Ms.Sandi Gollen, Founder,
VMM Invest; Mr.Aaron Jones, Founder/CEO - See Fashion; Mr.Samy Raj
Ramalingam, General Manager- National Switchgears. This panel discussion
looked at how manufacturing can be carried out by reducing negative
environmental impacts while conserving energy and natural resources. The
next panel discussion looked at the Effect of international manufacturing
collaboration in India. The panellists included Mr.Chris Wiseman, Industry
Sector Manager, TWI ; Ms.Shivashankari Sundaram, Collaborative R&D
Projects Lead, TWI Ltd; Mr.John Morris, Technical Sales Manager - Arc

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Machines Inc; Mr.Oszkar Santa,
Director of Business Development -
Arc Machines. This panel discussion
looked at the risks which companies
face as a result of pursuing
international collaboration and how to
mitigate that risk. Following this
session, Dr Paresh Rughani,
International motivational speaker &
executive corporate trainer, moderated
a motivational session which
encouraged all the delegates to
introduce themselves as to let other
We thank our event partners, who played a key role in helping us organise a
successful summit. The event partners for this Summit were as follows
TWI - https://www.twi-global.com/
Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) - www.mta.org.uk
Empact Ventures - www.empact-ventures.co.uk/
Singhania & Co - http://www.singhaniauk.com/
Global Trade Review - www.gtreview.com
Connected To India - www.connectedtoindia.com
Surrey Chamber of Commerce - www.surrey-chambers.co.uk
Supply finders - www.supplyfinder.com
Ascentro Advisors & Consultants - www.cahskabra.com
EVENT PARTNERS
delegates know about their work & what they intend to get out of the summit.

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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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