L−R : Mr. Nick Low, British Deputy High Commissioner in Kolkata ; Mr. Subir Chakraborty, President, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Exide Industries Limited and Ms Ajita Hatilia, Director, Trade and UK Exports, The Department of International Trade (DIT) of UK with other senior members and stakeholders of The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Mr. Nick Low, British Deputy High Commissioner in Kolkata ; Mr. Subir Chakraborty, President, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Exide Industries Limited; Mr. Gautam Ray, President Designate, Chairperson Energy and Environment Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Executive Director (HR & Admin.) − CESC Limited & President (HR) − Power Group, RPSG, CESC Limited; with other senior members who joined in the session

Mr. Subir Chakraborty, President, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Exide Industries Limited felicitating Ms. Ajita Hatilia, Director, Trade and UK Exports, The Department of International Trade (DIT) of UK

Meeting with Senior Leadership Team of The Department of International Trade (DIT) of UK, 11th October 2022, The Bengal Chamber premises

The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry organized an Interactive Session with the senior leadership team of Department of International Trade (DIT) of UK on 11th October 2022 at The Bengal Chamber premises. Ms. Ajita Hathlia, Department of International Trade, DIT’s head of Trade and ODI and Mr. Nick Low, British Deputy High Commissioner in Kolkata graced the session.

Mr. Subir Chakraborty, President, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and MD & CEO, Exide Industries Limited and Mr. Gautam Ray, President Designate, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Executive Director (HR & Admin.) − CESC Limited & President (HR) − Power Group, RPSG were present in the session along with senior representatives of the senior representatives and relevant members of the stakeholder companies of The Bengal Chamber, viz−

Mr. Nikhil Jaiswal, General Manager− East, GreenBase Industrial & Logistics Park
Ms. Reshmi Chatterjee, Entrepreneur Curator, Halo Heritage
Mr. Avijit Das, Director, Hermes Voyages Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Charanpreet Singh, Co−Founder and Director, Praxis Business School Foundation
Mr. Anupam Dutta, Partner− Data Analytics and Tax Technology, PwC India
Mr. Digbijoy Chakraborty, CEO & MD, SunEco Tech Ventures Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Sourav Daspatnaik, Managing Director, Swach Environment Limited
Mr. Vivek Jalan, Partner, Tax Connect Advisory Services LLP
Ms. Ina Bose, Director HR & Industrial Relations, Techno India Group & Sister Nivedita University
Mr. Arijit Ghosh, Techno India Group & Sister Nivedita University
Mr. Samujjal Ganguly, GM Policy & Corporate Affairs and Plant Head Falta, Vikram Solar Limited

During the discussions, some generic issues like ongoing visa turnaround time between UK and India and certain specific suggestions for easing the same were discussed. As there were representatives present in the forum, some other possible sectoral opportunities were discussed in the realms of education, water and sustainability, medical tourism, information technology and startups, fintech, tourism, heritage and real estate.

Meeting with Senior Leadership Team of The Department of International Trade (DIT) of UK, 11th October 2022, The Bengal Chamber premises

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