British Deputy High Commissioner Jeremy Pilmore-Bedford and Karnataka Minister Ashwath Narayan worked together on several hi-tech collaborations
BENGALURU:
The outgoing UK Deputy High Commissioner in Bengaluru, Jeremy Pilmore-Bedford, in a ‘farewell meeting’ with Dr CN Ashwath Narayan, Karnataka Minister for Higher Education, IT/BT and S&T, at Vikasa Soudha on Thursday, discussed collaborations between the UK and Karnataka in cyber security, telecom, R&D, e- vehicle policy and vaccine R&D, among other things.
Pilmore-Bedford thanked the Minister for the cooperation extended in various ways during his tenure. Both had played a major role in identifying four areas of collaboration — Fintech, Artificial Intelligence, Waste Management and Traffic Congestion– in October 2019. They had also launched the ‘Go Global’ programme two years back to support early-stage tech start-ups and had initiated discussions to set up regulatory sandboxes in collaboration.
Delighted to have met British Deputy High Commissioner @PilmoreBedford, Ms. Katy Budge, Minister Counsellor and other dignitaries at Bengaluru today.
— Dr. Ashwathnarayan C. N. (@drashwathcn) October 7, 2021
We discussed our engagements in tech, cybersecurity, Bengaluru Tech Summit and people-to-people connects. pic.twitter.com/IfhqPHKEco
Fruitful tenure
During the UK envoy’s tenure, companies from Britain participated in the technical flagship event, ‘Bengaluru Tech Summit-BTS’, in large numbers.
Katy Budge, Minister Counsellor, British High Commission, New Delhi, was present during the meeting.
