UK-India Week 2023 is the 5th iteration of IGF’s flagship event, a weeklong programme that seeks to honour and strengthen the longstanding partnership between these two countries by providing a platform to spotlight crucial topics, including politics, trade, business, sustainability, inclusion, and innovation. Over the course of the week, IGF has curated various events in innovative formats to grant delegates from the UK and India the opportunity to hear from key policymakers on current issues, debate insights and strategies with peers from around the world, and build valuable alliances across a vast and unparalleled network. Join the Conversation and join IGF in our collective effort to map out how the UK and India can set the global standard and Lead with Purpose.
Past IGF speakers have included HM King Charles III, five serving and former British Prime Ministers, the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, many serving cabinet ministers from both the UK and India, and many other world-renowned business leaders, entrepreneurs, and cultural figures.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Leader of the Labour Party
Secretary of State for Education Department of Education
Minister of State for MENA, South Asia, and United Nations Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development, Labour Party
India Global Forum's annual UK-India Week is a highly anticipated fixture in the bilateral calendar of our two great nations. It is a catalyst for forging new trade ties, lasting collaborations, and a better future for our peoples. I'm confident this partnership will be a defining one for our times.”
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
India Global Forum's annual UK-India Week is a highly anticipated fixture in the bilateral calendar of our two great nations. It is a catalyst for forging new trade ties, lasting collaborations, and a better future for our peoples. I'm confident this partnership will be a defining one for our times.”
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
India Global Forum plays a very important and critical role in taking the possibilities of a good relationship between India and UK and really translating that into actual conversations about where that relationship ought to go and what kind of outcomes that relationship should have.”
Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship of India
India Global Forum plays a very important and critical role in taking the possibilities of a good relationship between India and UK and really translating that into actual conversations about where that relationship ought to go and what kind of outcomes that relationship should have.”
Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship of India
India Global Forum is a real symbol of the great contribution British Asians & Indians make at the world stage.”
Secretary of State for the Home Department, UK Government
India Global Forum is a real symbol of the great contribution British Asians & Indians make at the world stage.”
Secretary of State for the Home Department, UK Government
IGF is an incredible event and I think there's really nothing like it in the world that I've seen. What's nice is, it is really an equal partnership - you've got some of the brightest minds from the UK as well as from India who've come a long way to be part of this forum…Communication is obviously critical, and you know conferences like these is where we get to spend a lot of time with one another and get to know each other on a personal level.”
CEO, Beauty E-Commerce, Nykaa
IGF is an incredible event and I think there's really nothing like it in the world that I've seen. What's nice is, it is really an equal partnership - you've got some of the brightest minds from the UK as well as from India who've come a long way to be part of this forum…Communication is obviously critical, and you know conferences like these is where we get to spend a lot of time with one another and get to know each other on a personal level.”
CEO, Beauty E-Commerce, Nykaa
India Global Forum is doing an incredible job and this will definitely go a long way in improving (UK-India) relationships.”
Co-Founder, Zerodha and True Beacon
India Global Forum is doing an incredible job and this will definitely go a long way in improving (UK-India) relationships.”
Co-Founder, Zerodha and True Beacon
I must place on record my thanks to India Inc. for organising this event even in these trying times which really is the essence of greater engagement between the people of UK and India and between businesses.”
Minister of Commerce & Industry, Government of India
I must place on record my thanks to India Inc. for organising this event even in these trying times which really is the essence of greater engagement between the people of UK and India and between businesses.”
Minister of Commerce & Industry, Government of India
You [IGF] are fast emerging as India’s answer to Davos.”
Co-Founder Verse Innovation (DailyHunt)
You [IGF] are fast emerging as India’s answer to Davos.”
Co-Founder Verse Innovation (DailyHunt)
We need to get the conversation into the 21st century. Whether it is in terms of new kinds of creative industries or in sports beyond cricket or getting new writers from both countries to meet each other, there is a whole new world that we can explore. There is an opportunity to reimagine a cultural relationship for the 21st century and a platform like IGF is a great way to get going with it.”
Member - Economic Advisory Council to The Prime Minister, Government of India
We need to get the conversation into the 21st century. Whether it is in terms of new kinds of creative industries or in sports beyond cricket or getting new writers from both countries to meet each other, there is a whole new world that we can explore. There is an opportunity to reimagine a cultural relationship for the 21st century and a platform like IGF is a great way to get going with it.”
Member - Economic Advisory Council to The Prime Minister, Government of India
