SHILLONG, Oct 9: The University of Liverpool’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof Tim Jones, has joined the UK government’s trade delegation to Mumbai, where he has met Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, and Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and other senior officials and business leaders from both countries.
The visit is an opportunity to celebrate the new University of Liverpool Bengaluru campus, which will be the first international campus in the city when it opens for its initial intake of students in August 2026.
On Thursday, PM Modi and his UK counterpart Keir a number of UK Vice-Chancellors who have received permission to prepare to open international branch campuses in India. This provided an opportunity to celebrate the role UK universities will play in India. The visit also provided opportunities to engage with Indian companies, representatives of the trade and commerce departments of the main Indian states, and UK government ministers including Peter Kyle MP, Secretary of State for Business and Trade, and Jason Stockwood, Minister of State for Investment. Professor Jones attended a session on science, technology and innovation led by Jade Leung, the Prime Minister’s AI Adviser, exploring opportunities for cross-country collaboration.
