{"id":614699,"date":"2023-03-05T08:48:43","date_gmt":"2023-03-05T14:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/05\/uk-government-migration-scheme-to-boost-tech-ties-with-india\/"},"modified":"2023-03-05T08:48:43","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T14:48:43","slug":"uk-government-migration-scheme-to-boost-tech-ties-with-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/05\/uk-government-migration-scheme-to-boost-tech-ties-with-india\/","title":{"rendered":"UK government migration scheme to boost tech ties with India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content-header\">\n<h2>The UK has agreed to allow thousands of young Indian professionals to work for two years in the UK as part of a migration exchange<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content-center\">\n<ul>\n<li><i data-icon=\"1\"><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i data-icon=\"2\"><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"contributors-block\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/rms\/computerweekly\/Karl-Flinders-profile-pic-2022-140x180px.jpg\" alt=\"Karl Flinders\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.techtarget.com\/contributor\/Karl-Flinders\">Karl Flinders,<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\tPublished: <span>02 Mar 2023 13:36<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"content-body\">\n<p>The UK government is tapping into the Indian tech industry by giving thousands of Indians the opportunity to work in the UK for two years, as well as creating a tech envoy in the Indo-Pacific region.<\/p>\n<p>Through the migration scheme, which was marked during foreign secretary James Cleverly\u2019s visit to the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi, up to 3,000 young Indians and the same number of Brits will be able to work in each other\u2019s countries for two years.<\/p>\n<p>On a visit to India, Cleverly was discussing trade opportunities for the two countries. The government said the UK-India trading relationship was already worth \u00a334bn, having grown by \u00a310bn in the past year.<\/p>\n<p>The migration programme means tech professionals from India will be able to take up roles in the UK. Indian universities produce huge numbers of tech graduates and the country\u2019s IT services suppliers, including giants such as Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys and Wipro, provide services to large businesses in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, India\u2019s high commissioner to the UK at the time, YK Sinha, said any future trade agreement the UK agreed with India <a href=\"https:\/\/www.computerweekly.com\/news\/450430695\/UK-IT-professionals-could-lose-out-in-a-free-deal-between-UK-and-India\">would require the UK to relax rules on the movement of Indian professionals<\/a> to work in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, he said: \u201cI\u2019m not talking about unfettered access or unrestricted travel, I\u2019m talking about the movement of professionals \u2013 doctors, technicians and engineers. I think both sides will benefit from this exchange, and obviously it has to be a two-way exchange, not just one way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cleverly said: \u201cIndia is a hugely important partner to the UK, and the deeper ties we are forging now will help to grow the UK economy and boost our industries for the future. This landmark migration scheme will enable the brightest and best in both our countries to benefit from new opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A tech skills shortage caused by fewer people coming to the UK since Brexit could be reduced by attracting more IT professionals from India, but because the scheme is for young people it could also reduce opportunities for UK graduates beginning their careers in IT.<\/p>\n<p>In the past, UK IT professionals have claimed that businesses using migration programmes to hire lower-cost staff from India make it impossible for them to compete. There are also accusations that Indian staff brought to the UK are trained to do certain roles remotely when they return to India so they can replace more expensive UK staff.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Schumacher, CEO of management consultancy The Value Leadership Group, said: \u201cIndia has the largest pool of educated English speakers across all disciplines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that the UK did not currently attract the best Indian students to its universities because strict rules mean Indians can\u2019t work in the UK after their studies.<\/p>\n<p>According to Cleverly, the tech envoy for the Indo-Pacific region will \u201cmaximise the tech expertise of both countries\u201d. This is the second such tech envoy announced by the UK, with the first appointed to the US in late 2020.<\/p>\n<p>One prize that Indian IT suppliers could target in the UK is public sector contracts. Indian IT service providers have huge contracts with the UK\u2019s biggest enterprises, but are relatively small players in the public sector.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tussell.com\/\">Tussell<\/a>, which analyses government spending data, India\u2019s biggest IT supplier, TCS, made \u00a330.9m sales to the UK public sector in 2017, and this figure increased to \u00a352m by 2019, before the pandemic slowed things. There is huge potential for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.computerweekly.com\/news\/252516107\/Financial-Ombudsman-Service-chooses-TCS-as-digital-transformation-partner\">growth in the UK public sector for TCS<\/a> and other Indian services firms.<\/p>\n<p>For UK businesses, there is an opportunity to tap into India\u2019s fast-growing economy through services to large enterprises.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"DigDeeperSplash\">\n<h4>\n\t\t\t<i data-icon=\"m\"><\/i>Read more on Diversity in IT<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a id=\"DigDeeperItem-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techtarget.com\/whatis\/definition\/Tata-Consultancy-Services-TCS\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/visuals\/digdeeper\/1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/visuals\/digdeeper\/1_searchsitetablet_520X173.jpg 960w,https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/visuals\/digdeeper\/1.jpg 1280w\" alt ><\/p>\n<h5>Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)<\/h5>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/rms\/onlineimages\/wright_gavin.jpg\" alt=\"GavinWright\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><span>By: <span>Gavin\u00a0Wright<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"DigDeeperItem-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.computerweekly.com\/news\/252517917\/Indias-IT-services-market-grew-at-record-pace-in-2021\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/visuals\/ComputerWeekly\/Hero Images\/IT-services-1-fotolia_searchsitetablet_520X173.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/visuals\/ComputerWeekly\/Hero%20Images\/IT-services-1-fotolia_searchsitetablet_520X173.jpg 960w,https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/visuals\/ComputerWeekly\/Hero%20Images\/IT-services-1-fotolia.jpg 1280w\" alt ><\/p>\n<h5>India\u2019s IT services market grew at record pace in 2021<\/h5>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/rms\/computerweekly\/Aaron-Tan-CW.jpg\" alt=\"AaronTan\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><span>By: <span>Aaron\u00a0Tan<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"DigDeeperItem-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.computerweekly.com\/news\/252506721\/Transport-for-London-contracts-TCS-as-it-modernises-taxi-and-private-hire-operation\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/visuals\/ComputerWeekly\/Hero Images\/London-transport-tube-train-adobe_searchsitetablet_520X173.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/visuals\/ComputerWeekly\/Hero%20Images\/London-transport-tube-train-adobe_searchsitetablet_520X173.jpg 960w,https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/visuals\/ComputerWeekly\/Hero%20Images\/London-transport-tube-train-adobe.jpeg 1280w\" alt ><\/p>\n<h5>Transport for London contracts TCS as it modernises taxi and private hire operation<\/h5>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/rms\/computerweekly\/Karl-Flinders-profile-pic-2022-140x180px.jpg\" alt=\"KarlFlinders\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><span>By: <span>Karl\u00a0Flinders<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"DigDeeperItem-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.computerweekly.com\/news\/252501928\/Indian-IT-giants-cut-carbon-emissions-by-85-as-pandemic-stops-travel\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/visuals\/ComputerWeekly\/Hero Images\/world-environment-aid-adobe_searchsitetablet_520X173.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/visuals\/ComputerWeekly\/Hero%20Images\/world-environment-aid-adobe_searchsitetablet_520X173.jpg 960w,https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/visuals\/ComputerWeekly\/Hero%20Images\/world-environment-aid-adobe.jpeg 1280w\" alt ><\/p>\n<h5>Indian IT giants cut carbon emissions by 85% as pandemic stops travel<\/h5>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" 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