IGF's Annual Diwali Reception 2025 | UK-India Partnership: From Pact to Impact

IGF's Annual Westminster Diwali Reception

Purpose, Progress, and Prosperity in the UK-India Partnership

October 2025

As Diwali approaches, a festival celebrating bold new ventures, luminous returns, and renewed ambitions, so too comes the call to chart a course of action for a partnership now firmly set in motion and poised to unlock £25.5 billion in bilateral trade. What was once rooted in promise has entered its most decisive phase.

Following Prime Minister Modi’s landmark UK visit and the signing of the UK-India Free Trade Agreement, IGF’s Annual Diwali Reception marks a pivotal checkpoint in a relationship shifting from negotiation to action, catalysed by the work of IGF’s UK-India Future Forum (UKIFF), a platform shaping collaboration across emerging technologies, healthcare innovation, energy transition, and the future of skills in the corridor.

Join us for an evening of drinks, canapés and inspiring conversations with influential leaders from business, policy, and the arts – visionaries and innovators who are reshaping commerce, harnessing breakthrough technologies, and pioneering purpose-driven progress – as we outline the path ahead and chart the next chapter of our collaboration.