A 49-member UK delegation will attend the Bengal Global Business Summit beginning April 20

GG News Bureau,
West Bengal, 17^th  April. A 49-member British delegation, as well as industrialists from across the country, are expected to attend the two-day Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS), which begins on April 20.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is attempting to promote the state’s “positive business environment” through the event.

During the summit, the British Deputy High Commission and British Council Kolkata will facilitate business-to-business meetings in collaboration with the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry. These discussions will allow participants to identify opportunities for future collaboration, research, and innovation, as well as facilitate trade and investment expansion.

According to Nick Low, the British Deputy High Commissioner in Kolkata, “I’m overjoyed to be bringing such a large delegation to BGBS. Our Prime Ministers agreed in May last year on the 2030 Roadmap, which promised to transform trade and investment between the UK and India. That’s exactly what we’re here for. I want to expand the UK’s portfolio of investments and partnerships in West Bengal, which already employs approximately 30,000 people in Kolkata alone. There is a lot of interest from UK companies looking to expand their existing investments in India, as well as from others who are new to India.

Bengal means business, as evidenced by the magnificent Biswa Bangla Convention Centre in New Town and the magnificent Biswa Bangla Mela Prangan.”
Another critical aspect of the UK spectrum for BGBS is education and the creative economy. During these two-day engagements, he said, there will be a strong emphasis on education, research, creative economy, and sustainable tourism.

“West Bengal has an enviable pool of education and research talent,” said Debanjan Chakrabarti, director East and Northeast India, British Council. Through BGBS, we are delighted to contribute to West Bengal’s global education thinking. With ideas and expertise from the United Kingdom, we are assisting public-private partnerships in education, the creative economy, and sustainable tourism. Several top UK universities are participating in BGBS discussions, which will provide opportunities for young people from both Bengal and the UK and will build on existing research partnerships between higher education institutions.
We are promoting the growth of sustainable tourism and the creative economy, both of which generate a large number of jobs and are in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. We hope that by BGBS 2022, we will have begun to write a new Bengal-Britain story that will drive the economy of the twenty-first century.”

The British Council will host a creative economy Round Table on April 21 and 22, shortly after the conclusion of BGBS, to discuss the regeneration of public-private partnerships, as well as potential partnerships and capacity building in heritage conservation, festivals, and crafts. “We expect West Bengal stakeholders representing the private/social enterprise sector and other cultural heritage sectors to participate,” Chakrabarti said.