The United Kingdom is keen on exploring trade and investment opportunities in infrastructure, healthcare and IT sectors in the Union Territory of Puducherry, Oliver Ballhatchet, Deputy High Commissioner, British Deputy High Commission for Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, said here on Friday.
Mr. Ballhatchet, on a brief visit to Puducherry, said he found the industrial plan laid down during a presentation by the Pondicherry Industrial Promotion Development and Investment Corporation Limited (PIPDIC) “ambitious and exciting”.
This is his first visit since assuming office in Chennai after stints at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on counter-terrorism, the British Embassy in Brasilia, Brazil, on energy and climate change, the British Consulate-General in Rio de Janeiro, as Political Consul and as the Deputy Head of the UK Government’s UN peacekeeping joint unit. His work as the Olympic and Paralympic Attaché for the British teams at the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games also led to his appointment as a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 2017.
The Deputy High Commissionerate in Chennai, which liaisons with the Department for International Trade, UK Government, expects to engage more closely in the Union Territory, said Mr. Ballhatchet.
The other areas identified as having immense potential were tourism and renewable energy. The thrust of the government’s industrial policy has been to promote non-polluting enterprises and industries that are not heavily dependent on power or water. The government is also banking on developing the port into a strategic hub.
Mr. Ballhatchet, has also invited PIPDIC representatives to the ‘Future Mobility’ mission scheduled to be held over two days January in Chennai, which would feature a delegation from the automotive sector.
‘Future Mobility’
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