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governments. The Alliance will be composed of high-level stakeholders from the technology industry in the United Kingdom and
India. The Alliance will assist the governments of UK and India to develop policy in relevant areas by providing a forum for regular
dialogue and the exchange of ideas, discuss concerns pertaining to the growth of the sector including, but not limited to skills,
new technologies and migration.
12. T e c h n o l o g y S u m m i t I I : The UK and India announced the Technology Summit II, which will be held in autumn 2018.The Summit
will bring together the greatest UK and Indian tech innovators, scientists, entrepreneurs and policy makers to work together to
scope and design solutions to challenges including the governance of future tech.
13. A I a n d D i g i t a l H e a l t h c a r e : The UK and India announced that as partners in the next generation of healthcare, theywill
collaborate on digital health pilots in India’s Aspirational Health Districts by applying UK evidence-based healthcare AI and
technology to strengthen healthcare delivery. These pilots will be carried out in the areas of self-care, primary, secondary and
tertiary care, including eye care, diabetes and cancer.
UK tech-initiatives in India:
14. U K - I n d i a T e c h H u b : The UK announced the creation of a UK-India Tech Hub. Based in the British High Commission in New Delhi
the Tech Hub will include a network of people and programmes designed to facilitate ideas, investment and prosperity for India
and the UK. It will focus on the fastest growing sectors, including: cybersecurity, AI/data, future mobility, digital manufacturing,
healthcare, electric vehicles and digital identity.
15. U K - I n d i a T e c h C l u s t e r P a r t n e r s h i p s : The Tech Cluster partnerships will link world-leading centres of excellence; enable shared
innovation and technology exchange; create landing pads for Indian companies in the UK and UK companies in India to drive
investment and trade and create high value jobs and build UK and Indian productivity.
16. A d v a n c e d M a n u f a c t u r i n g C e n t r e : The UK announcedthe potential establishment of an Advanced Manufacturing Centre. Such
a centre would support respective industrial strategies and in turn drive growth and jobs in both countries.
17. F i n T e c h R o c k e t s h i p A w a r d s : The UK announced the launch of the FinTechRocketship Awards, a unique, first-of-its-kind FinTech
mentoring programme, led by India and the UK’s top FinTech mentors. In the first year, at least 20 FinTech entrepreneurs from
each country will be given the opportunity to experience respective ecosystems and pitch for investment.
Trade, Investment and Finance
18. G r e e n G r o w t h E q u i t y F u n d ( G G E F ) : The UK and India launched the fund that will leverage City finance to invest in India’s
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