Nasscom announces U.K. Forum to support doubling of bilateral trade target set forth under India-U.K. FTA

Nasscom, the apex body of Indian IT, on Thursday (November 20, 2025) announced the launch of its U.K. Forum, a strategic industry platform aimed at deepening bilateral technology and trade partnership between India and the United Kingdom.

The forum is expected to build a multistakeholder strategic partnership across both governments, the technology industry, enterprises, associations, academia, think tanks, analysts, and the Indian diaspora.

According to a Nasscom communique, the forum will play a catalytic role in advancing AI collaboration between the two nations, in line with the Technology Security Initiative (TSI), especially in the public sector, where India’s experience in AI adoption and digital public infrastructure can help the U.K. deliver citizen services at scale.

The forum would also focus on enabling AI readiness, workforce upskilling, and SME digital transformation, while promoting responsible AI practices and shared innovation models that benefit both societies, it said.

Rajesh Nambiar, president, Nasscom, said: “The India-U.K. partnership stands at the cusp of a new decade of innovation, inclusion, and impact. The next decade must be about co-innovation, where India and the U.K. jointly design and deploy solutions in AI, digital public infrastructure, and emerging technologies.”

Peter Kyle, Secretary of State for Business and Trade and President of the Board of Trade in the U.K. Government said, “With the U.K.-India FTA now signed, the launch of the Nasscom U.K. Forum will strengthen our trading partnership in the high-growth technology sector and will unlock massive opportunities for businesses in both the UK and India.”

The launch ceremony, held at the Indian High Commission in London in the presence of Kanishka Narayan, Minister for AI and Online Safety, Government of the U.K., received strong support from both the U.K. and Indian governments, claimed the industry body. Senior technology leaders from HCL Technologies, Hexaware, Infosys, LTIMindtree, Mastek, Tech Mahindra, TCS and Wipro were also part of it.