British prime minister David Cameron arrived amid tight security in Bangalore Tuesday night to kick-start his three-day India visit with business, more than politics, on his mind.
British prime minister David Cameron arrived amid tight security in Bangalore Tuesday night to kick-start his three-day India visit with business, more than politics, on his mind.
The indication of that reportedly is his pre-tour letter to the accompanying British business delegation that the focus of this visit is to enhance business relationship with India.
The British premier begins with Bangalore for two good reasons – Infosys and HAL.
Cameron, after meeting Karnataka governor HR Bhardwaj on Wednesday morning, will head to Infosys’ Electronic City campus to deliver an address and meet Indian industry captains and Infoscians.
He will be accompanied by 39 executives including those from British Aerospace (BAe) Systems and Vodafone Group who want to expand operations in India. Infosys chief mentor NR Narayana Murthy, former Infosys CEO and head of unique identification (UID) project Nandan Nilekani and Infosys chief financial officer V Balakrishnan will host the high-powered UK delegation.
The aim of Cameron’s Bangalore visit is for BAe Systems to clinch a deal with HAL to supply an additional 57 Hawk trainer jets for the Indian Air Force. India ordered 66 Hawk jets in 2004.
Cameron will visit the HAL facilities in the afternoon and witness a flight display by India’s light combat aircraft Tejas, advanced light helicopter Dhruv and BAe’s Hawk.
Cameron is also expected to witness the MoU signing between UK’s BPO Xchanging Plc and the state government at Vidhana Soudha to expand its Shimoga centre that will generate more employment.
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