Scottish Development International

British High Commission, Shanti Path, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, 110021. India

Initial Contact: Rooma Bussi - Senior Business Development Officer, India-New Delhi office

Telephone: +91 11 2419 2190
Fax: +91 11 2687 0062
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Mark Dolan manages SDI's India offices in Hyderabad, New Delhi and Mumbai.

Our support services for Scottish and Indian companies and our promotion of Scotland’s business interests in the country are enhanced by our partners such as UK Trade and Investment (UKTI), the UK India Business Council and GlobalScot members.

Key opportunities

There are opportunities in many of India’s key industries where Scotland has world-recognised expertise such as:

• Life sciences and biotechnology
• Renewable energy
• Financial services
• Business process outsourcing (BPO)
• Electronics and wellness technology
• Chemicals 

In fact, Scotland is an internationally recognised BPO location with an impressive track record which is increasingly being considered by Indian firms as a near-shore/onshore hub.

Contact us for market information on key sectors

Scotland-India links 

Scotland’s world-class education system makes it an ideal partner for India, for both higher education and cutting-edge R&D. There are already a number of key partnerships between Scottish and Indian higher education institutions.

Export from Scotland

Whether you're new to exporting or already growing your business in overseas markets, we can help you explore market opportunities in India and put you in touch with potential business partners.

Scottish companies in India include Cairn Energy, Aggreko, PSN, Clintec, Sgurr Energy, McKinnon and Clarke, Petrofac and Weir Group.

Help to export

Partner with Scotland

If you're looking to tap into world-class R&D capabilities, we can help you develop new and lasting partnerships here.

• Innovation will play a key part in India’s continued growth with the Indian government encouraging companies to invest more in innovation and increase R&D activities
• Scotland has been at the forefront of invention and discovery for more than 500 years offering world-class R&D expertise and facilities ripe for further collaborations
• Scotland has less than one tenth of the UK’s population, yet more than 21 percent of all R&D inward investment projects which came into the UK, came to Scotland over the last three years

There are many Indian companies operating in Scotland such as Axsys Technology, Corus, Tata Consultancy Services, Piramal Healthcare and Hero ITES.

Register your interest in partnering and investment opportunities

GlobalScot in India

Who better to help you explore India’s market potential than our outstanding business professionals who already have a wealth of local market experience?

By offering their time and advice freely, our GlobalScot members, of which there are 600 worldwide, can help your company with practical advice needed to break into Indian markets.

Our GlobalScots in India span IT services, biopharmaceuticals, energy, media and transport.

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