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2020 Class of EuropeIndia40: Meet Nayan Gala, one of the Top 40 Under 40 Leaders
Dec 2020
Leaders from British Parliament, European Parliament and Indian Parliament participated in the virtual launch ceremony.
London/ Brussels/ New Delhi – Europe India Centre for Business & Industry (EICBI) released its 2020 Class of EuropeIndia40 leaders via a virtual ceremony which saw participation of leaders from British Parliament, European Parliament and Indian Parliament who shared their inputs with the young leaders. #EuropeIndia40, an initiative of EICBI which is in its second year to discover Top 40 under 40 Europe India Leaders, covers the stories of young leaders and their contributions in promoting EU India / UK India relations.
The EuropeIndia40 list represents leaders from 19 different nationalities – Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
Nayan Gala who made it to the list is an Indian Born British Citizen who Co-founded JPIN a decade ago. He is an Angel investor into early-stage businesses and an active mentor. Nayan has advised governments & CXOs of the largest brands globally to build and sell businesses. With the vision of building the largest Euro-Asia investment and growth corridor for start-ups, Nayan is at the forefront of many such Euro–Asia initiatives.
Excited about receiving this award, Nayan Gala, said, “Having the vision to build something meaningful between my Mathrubhumi (India) & Karmabhumi (UK), I co-founded JPIN a decade ago! After many years of hard work, persistence & delivering results – being recognised for all these efforts feels Euphoric! Delighted to be named as one of Top #40u40 Most Influential Leaders for furthering EU-India & UK-India ties. The 14 women and 26 men who made to the EuropeIndia40 list come from all walks of life and represent 19 different nationalities. I look forward to collaborating with these other exceptional brains between the EU-India to build a stronger start-up powerhouse.
During the virtual ceremony, from the Indian Parliament, Mr Alphons Kannanthanam – Member of Parliament – India/ Former Union Minister/ Member – Standing Committee for External Affairs, Indian Parliament shared his views on India’s relations with the EU and the UK. He mentioned that ’These young leaders are poised to lead us out of the current uncertainties.’’
From the European Parliament, Mr Niccolo Rinaldi – Directorate General for External Policies of the European Union – European Parliament, Brussels shared his views on EU India Relations. Mr Rinaldi put forth the view that there is a is a need for 3 dimensional collaboration in between the EU, the UK and India.
From the UK Parliament, Hon Virendra Sharma MP – Member of Parliament – Ealing Southall and Chairman – Indo-British All-Party Parliamentary Group spoke about UK India relations and how young leaders can further help to build the relationship between the two nations.
Lord WAVERLEY – Member of Parliament – House of Lords, United Kingdom shared his thoughts on Collaboration between EU/ UK and Indian stakeholders to promote trade and relations. He expressed his excitement on seeing all the young leaders together on one stage and mentioned that more of these kind of interactions among young leaders are essential.
Sujit S Nair, Chairman of Europe India Centre for Business & Industry (EICBI) said, “EuropeIndia40 list is an initiative by Europe India Centre for Business & Industry (EICBI) to discover the next generation of leaders in the EU – India corridor and the UK – India corridor who we believe are going to influence policy decisions in these regions.”
In the year 2017, India and the EU celebrated 55 years of diplomatic relations. With Brexit opening new possibilities for furthering Europe India relations, India can look at having a renewed set of multilateral discussions with the EU and bilateral discussions with the UK. This has led to lot of discussions in the EU India trade corridor / UK India trade corridor that Brexit will make trade deals between EU and India / India and UK a little easier.
