Upcoming Event

Ideas For India 2025

May 30, 2025 | 09:00 - 16:00
  • Royal Lancaster London, Lancaster Terrace, London W2 2TY, UK
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Agenda

9:00 am
09:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Arrivals and networking | Exhibition opens

10:00 am
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Welcome | Opening Remarks 

Our annual Ideas for India® conference is the place to engage in high level discussions on the New India. India continues to lead global economic growth, outpacing other major economies, as the world grapples with the realities of a multipolar world and trade disruption from the new Presidency in Washington. The UK and India stand poised to build a dynamic and mutually beneficial partnership, capitalising on shared opportunities and addressing common challenges.
10:30 am
10:30 AM - 12:15 PM

Panel Discussions and other sessions

Further information shortly.
12:00 pm
12:15 PM - 01:00 PM

Lunch and networking  | Exhibition continues

1:00 pm
01:00 PM - 04:00 PM

Panel Discussions and other sessions | Pre-arranged B2B meetings

Further information shortly.
4:00 pm
04:00 PM - 04:15 PM

Closing Remarks

Further information shortly.
4:00 pm
04:15 PM - 06:00 PM

No programming | Pre-arranged B2B meetings continue

6:00 pm
06:00 PM - 07:30 PM

Drinks Reception, in partnership with Maharaja Drinks and Indri

The Drinks Reception will welcome over 350 guests including celebrities, CEOs and other global leaders. Guests are welcomed with a canapes and a complimentary bar courtesy of Maharaja Drinks and Indri single malt.
7:30 pm
07:30 PM - 10:30 PM

Black-tie Celebration Dinner, in partnership with TTAADC

This dinner will mark the culmination of the high impact events of India Week 2025, for over 350 guests including celebrities, CEOs and other global leaders. Networking opportunities, award-winning food and a complimentary bar all greet you this evening. You'll hear from the erstwhile head of the Royal Family of Tripura, Pradyot Manikya, who will introduce the Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council of Tripura and a first-of-its-kind in the UK performance of traditional Tripura folk dance.
Shivali Bhammer Singer - Songwriter (The Bhajan Project)

Bio

Shivali is an accomplished artist in music, theatre, and writing. Signed to Sony Music India in 2010, she released The Bhajan Project, which was nominated for two Global Indian Music Awards and reached the top ten on the iTunes World Chart. Her second album, Urban Temple, reached #1 on the iTunes World Chart. Known for her RnB Urban Contemporary Bhajans, she was named one of the Top 25 under 25 UK Asian Artists Shivali is also the playwright of Borders in a Bedroom, which won Outstanding Playwright and Outstanding Production at the Tamasha Festival in New York in 2016. She has contributed to publications like the Financial Times and India Link Magazine, narrated the audiobook You Bring the Distant Near in 2017, and hosted for Viacom’s Aap Ka Colors channel. During the 2020/2021 pandemic, she created Conversations with Shivali for Eros Now. Shivali holds a diploma in Kathak from Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan and received the Best Solo Dance Award at the South Asian Performing Arts Festival in 2015.


Sessions

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7:30 pm - 10:30 pm

Black-tie Celebration Dinner, in partnership with TTAADC

This dinner will mark the culmination of the high impact events of India Week 2025, for over 350 guests including celebrities, CEOs and other global leaders. Networking opportunities, award-winning food and a complimentary bar all greet you this evening.

You'll hear from the erstwhile head of the Royal Family of Tripura, Pradyot Manikya, who will introduce the Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council of Tripura and a first-of-its-kind in the UK performance of traditional Tripura folk dance.

Pratik Dattani Founder (Bridge India)

Bio

Pratik Dattani is Advisor to Bridge India and the Managing Director for boutique economic consulting firm EPG, specialising in economic analysis, strategic communications and market entry assistance with India, with offices in London, Bangalore and East Africa.

He was additionally, until August 2017, UK Director for the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), the premier and largest industry body in India. He is also the co-founder of a tech start-up in the CSR space. Previously he worked in Economic Consulting at FTI Consulting and Deloitte in London and Abu Dhabi, with a focus on public policy and arbitration. He was Chairman for a not-for-profit membership organisation with several thousand members for three years.

He studied Economics at Warwick University, where he was awarded the Prize for Excellence, and LMU University of Munich. His dissertation won a prize at an international economics conference at Georgetown University, Washington DC. He has published academic research on behavioural economics and social impact and is a regular commentator on public policy and India across print, TV and online media, featured on BBC News, CBC, CNBC, CNN, NDTV, South China Morning Post and Huffington Post.


Sessions

30/05/2025
30/05/2025
10:15 am - 10:30 am

Welcome | Opening Remarks 

Our annual Ideas for India® conference is the place to engage in high level discussions on the New India.

India continues to lead global economic growth, outpacing other major economies, as the world grapples with the realities of a multipolar world and trade disruption from the new Presidency in Washington. The UK and India stand poised to build a dynamic and mutually beneficial partnership, capitalising on shared opportunities and addressing common challenges.

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Pradyot Manikya Chairman (Tipra Motha)

Bio

Pradyot Manikya Deb Barman is the former head of Tripura’s Royal Family and the Chairman of Tipra Motha, the Tripura Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance.

He was the president of the Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee from 2016 to 2019, and former his party after resigning from Congress, which aims to represent the indigenous people of Tripura. Tipra Motha won eight seats out of the 28 seats that were contested in the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) elections in 2021.

In the Assembly elections in 2023, Tipra Motha’’s success was the biggest story coming out of the North East of India. Manikya’s party contested 42 out of the 60 seats, including 20 Assembly segments reserved for candidates from Scheduled Tribes, and won 13 seats – a phenomenal performance for a party making its Assembly poll debut. They have been pushing the demand for a ‘Greater Tipraland’. The BJP’s allies IPFT faced a significant setback in the reserved seats, losing all but one of its eight seats, indicating a shift of tribal voters to Tipra Motha.

Pradyot Manikya is known for his efforts to preserve the culture and traditions of the indigenous people of Tripura. He has been involved in various social and political campaigns aimed at their welfare. Apart from his political activities, Pradyot Manikya is also involved in various social and cultural organisations. He also served as the editor of TNT-The Northeast Today.


Sessions

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30/05/2025
30/05/2025
30/05/2025
30/05/2025
30/05/2025
7:30 pm - 10:30 pm

Black-tie Celebration Dinner, in partnership with TTAADC

This dinner will mark the culmination of the high impact events of India Week 2025, for over 350 guests including celebrities, CEOs and other global leaders. Networking opportunities, award-winning food and a complimentary bar all greet you this evening.

You'll hear from the erstwhile head of the Royal Family of Tripura, Pradyot Manikya, who will introduce the Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council of Tripura and a first-of-its-kind in the UK performance of traditional Tripura folk dance.

"You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty."

– Mahatma Gandhi