Indian professionals to have a say in Brexit |
A new forum has been launched in London to ensure that the voice of Indian professionals based in the UK is heard as the British government takes important decisions for a Brexit-bound country. The Indian Professionals Forum (IPF) is aimed as a collective voice to strengthen the participation of Indian-origin professionals in the mainstream and help identify opportunities to contribute towards the development of India-UK relations.The concept of this forum was prompted by the result of the referendum on Britain`s membership of the European Union (EU) in 2016 and seeks to emphasise that, Brexit or no Brexit, the UK will continue to be a destination of choice for Indian professionals, according to Dr Mohan Kaul, the president of the new forum. A general forum of Indian professionals was a void that needed to be filled. There are a very large number of Indian professionals in diverse fields across the UK, making an invaluable contribution to the UK and also to India-UK relations, said Y K Sinha, the Indian High Commissioner to the UK. He said that as Indian professionals will play an important role in defining the "contours of a winning partnership between India and the UK, freer movement of professionals between the two countries will be central to any mutually beneficial agreement in the future.
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