Archive · 21 Nov 2025
UK Minister Malhotra Visits India to Boost Trade, Launch Scholarship Program
The UK's minister for the Indo-Pacific, Seema Malhotra, is visiting India for the first time.
She wants to help the new trade agreement between the UK and India work better.
She will meet with British businesses in Bengaluru and Chennai, and start a program to help women study science, technology, engineering, and math.
She will also warn people about fake visas in Tamil Nadu.
Seema Malhotra, UK's Indo-Pacific Minister, begins her first visit to India
She aims to advance the recently signed UK-India Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
Malhotra will visit Bengaluru and Chennai, meeting with British businesses and officials
She will confirm the return of the British Council's Women in STEM Scholarship programme, offering 10 new scholarships worth £400,000
Malhotra will also launch a second visa fraud awareness campaign in Tamil Nadu
- Who
- Seema Malhotra, UK's Minister for the Indo-Pacific
- What
- Visits India to advance UK-India Free Trade Agreement
- When
- Thursday, unspecified date
- Where
- Bengaluru and Chennai, India
- Why
- To strengthen UK-India trade relations and implement the FTA
- FTA Impact
- Projected to boost UK GDP by £4.8 billion annually, raise wages by £2.2 billion, and increase bilateral trade by £25.5 billion
- Scholarship Amount
- £400,000 for 10 new scholarships
- Cities Visited
- Bengaluru and Chennai
