What we do
Providing a space from broad and open minded debate, with the focus on connecting India watchers and diaspora to India
A platform for discourse on public policy for the betterment of India
Facilitating member debate, conducting research and seminars, with diverse engagement at the heart of everything we do
Recent highlights
Upcoming Events View All 
- 3rd Feb 2020
- 18:30-20:30
Where next for India’s economy?
India’s Home Minister Amit Shah recently told corporate leaders in Mumbai he had “full confidence, that by 2024, we will achieve the target of US$5 trillion economy,” a doubling from...
- 27th Feb 2020
- 17:30-19:00
Has India’s international standing hit a roadblock?
India’s foreign policy diplomacy in the 1990s and 2000s focused majorly in trying to delineate India from being hyphenated with Pakistan. From India’s strong presence in Davos in 2006 and...
- 22nd Apr 2020
- 11:00-22:00
Ideas For India conference (22-24 April, London)
Bridge India is proud to announce its inaugural ‘Ideas For India’ conference from 22-24 April 2020 in London. This event will bring together business, policy and NRI leaders from the...
Latest Publications View All 
The Future of Clean Transportation: Sodium-ion Batteries
The lithium-ion battery is the highest energy density battery technology currently in existence commercially. It is no surprise that for electric vehicle (eV) applications, it is the go-to battery around...
Are electric vehicles about to take off in India?
In partnership with: India turns to electric vehicles despite lacking both technology and minerals to produce them, risking the spectre of Chinese domination in the process. In April, Reuters reported that automakers...
UK can help PM Modi deliver in India
The recent election in India was seen as a referendum on the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and his party, the BJP. Although he had struggled to deliver on promises...
Bridge India’s submission to the Foreign Affairs Select Committee
Bridge India is pleased to share with you our recently published submission to the Foreign Affairs Committee’s “Global Britain and India” inquiry. The Parliamentary Committee set up the inquiry to take stock...
The state of British-Indian philanthropy
If you are clued up on philanthropic giving, it’s safe to say you will have heard of IT billionaire Azim Premji. The tech mogul recently confirmed his place as one...
Elections Through the Looking-Glass
After a few years basking in the limelight for their ostensible investor-friendly dispensation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seem to be losing their glitz and...
Latest News View All 
India’s Personal Data Protection Bill: High on consumer protectionism and surveillance?
Highlights of India’s Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill, 2019 and its compliance requirements, from an industry specialist. India is home to 1.3 billion active online platform users, the second largest...
A hazy look back at pollution in India in 2019
As part of our Student Voices series, Divya Manocha from UCL reflects on the state of India’s grey skies in 2019 along with providing a run-down of the environmental policies...
Contemporary rise in nationalism: The setting stone for conservative immigration policies
As part of our Student Voices series, International Relations student Paakhi Bhatnagar talks about the rise of the more nationalist immigration policies Nationalist sentiments have become an omnipresent theme in...
India needs health education as a core part of its school curriculum
2019 is an important year for Indian education. The Draft National Education Policy has recommended the doubling of public funding on education to 6% of GDP. This would be a...
PRESS RELEASE: Bridge India hosts exclusive Breakfast Briefing with former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan
LONDON, 24 October: London-based non-profit think tank Bridge India hosted an exclusive Breakfast Briefing with Dr Raghuram Rajan, economist and former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, this morning,...
PRESS RELEASE: IIBA and Bridge India agree reciprocal Membership to improve Members’ access to India opportunities
DUBLIN, 20 September: The Ireland-India Business Association (IIBA) and Bridge India are delighted to announce a collaboration that will help its Members better engage with market opportunities in India. From...
