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Nasscom, done its U.K. forum successful concern with the High Commission of India successful the United Kingdom, connected Thursday (June 11, 2026) announced the constitution of the U.K. Technology Advisory Council (TAC) astatine the Nasscom U.K. Forum conscionable held astatine the High Commission of India, London.
The U.K. Technology Advisory Council volition service arsenic a strategical manufacture advisory assemblage to the High Commission of India successful U.K., providing structured inputs connected accelerating India-U.K. exertion concern including the authorities led Tech Security inaugural connected Artificial Intelligence, heighten transverse borderline trade, concern and endowment development, streamlining easiness of doing concern to assistance execute the FTA people of doubling the bilateral commercialized and execute the goals of Vision 2035.
A study titled ‘Indian Tech successful the UK: Powering UK’s Growth Story’, highlighting the increasing publication of Indian exertion companies to the U.K. economy, was besides released astatine the event.
According to the report, starring Indian IT firms enactment much than 35,000 jobs crossed the U.K., with astir 62% of their workforce located extracurricular London. Their beingness is contributing to determination economical maturation successful areas specified arsenic Greater Manchester, South Yorkshire, Birmingham, Reading, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Addressing the Nasscom U.K. Forum, India’s High Commissioner to the U.K., Periasamy Kumaran, said technological collaboration was playing an progressively important relation successful bilateral relations.
He noted that Indian IT companies were creating high-value jobs, gathering section endowment and fostering innovation successful the U.K. He added that increasing practice successful emerging technologies specified arsenic artificial quality would enactment the objectives of the India–U.K. Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement and the Technology Security Initiative.
Nasscom President Rajesh Nambiar described the India–U.K. exertion concern arsenic a strategical pillar of economical maturation and integer translation for some countries. He said the TAC would supply a structured mechanics for policymakers and manufacture leaders to code opportunities and challenges arising from accelerated technological change.
The study besides recovered that Indian exertion firms are investing importantly successful workforce development, with implicit 88% of employees receiving yearly grooming and astir 30% undergoing AI-related skilling programmes.
