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Announcement of 2023 class of the EuropeIndia40 Leaders list
An annual listing of next-gen leaders under the age of 40 who are doing great work in the India-EU corridor and India-UK corridor.
Wednesday, 13th December 2023
Virtual Ceremony
8 AM - 9 AM GMT/ 9 AM - 10 AM CET/ 1.30 PM - 2.30 PM IST
Europe India Centre of Business and Industry and its associate organisations have organised 25 Major summits at British Parliament in London, 4 Major summits at European Parliament in Brussels over the past few years in promoting trade and relations between India and European Union as well as between India and the UK.
In addition to the physical summits, EICBI has organised number of virtual activities as part of the EuropeIndia40 VIEWS campaign so as to promote discussions amongst the current Members of Parliament and EuropeIndia40 leaders.
#EuropeIndia40, an annual listing of next-generation leaders in the India-EU/ India-UK corridor, is an initiative of EICBI to discover the Top Under 40 Europe India Leaders. This listing covers the stories of leaders below 40 and their contributions to promoting EU-India / UK-India relations. EuropeIndia40 leaders are those who contribute to their area of work and create an impact in building stronger connections in the India EU / India UK corridor.
The first listing of leaders was released in 2019, and since then, EICBI has continued to unveil a new list each year. The leaders are first announced online and then presented with their certificates at the European Parliament in Brussels during the annual EU India Leaders Conference.
India and the EU have celebrated stronger diplomatic relations over the past few years. With Brexit opening new possibilities for furthering European 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 many conversations in the EU India trade corridor / UK India trade corridor that Brexit will make trade deals between the EU and India / India and the UK a little easier.
The virtual announcement of the 2022 #EuIndia40 leaders took place on December 9th, 2022. HE Ugo Astuto, the Ambassador of the European Union to India, nominated Ms. Renita Bhaskar, Minister Counsellor (Head of Trade and Economic Affairs) at the Delegation of the European Union to India, to reveal the 2022 #EuIndia40 Leaders list. Additionally, Ms. Ovessa Iqbal, First Secretary (Political, Extradition) at the High Commission of India in London, addressed the EuropeIndia40 leaders. These leaders were then presented with their certificates at the European Parliament during the EU India Leaders Conference on July 5th, 2023. The 2022 EuropeIndia40 leaders consist of 14 women and 14 men from diverse backgrounds, representing 16 different nationalities. Please find the 2022 class list here - https://www.eicbi.org/2022-class-europeindia40-leaders
2021 class of #EuropeIndia40 Leaders was released virtually on 5th November as travel restrictions due to coronavirus pandemic affected our plans to have a physical event. For the virtual release ceremony, we had Members of Parliament from the British Parliament, European Parliament, Indian Parliament and representation from the EU delegation in India who participated in the announcement ceremony.
The 22 women and 18 men who made it to the 2021 class of EuropeIndia40 list came from all walks of life and represented 19 different nationalities
British MP Hon Virendra Sharma MP {Member of Parliament - UK/ Chairman - Indo-British All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG)}; Member of European Parliament Mr Soren Gade (Chairman of the European Parliament's EU Delegation for Relations with India); Member of European Parliament Mr Sandro Gozi ( Member - EU Delegation for Relations with India, European Parliament/ Former Undersecretary for European affairs of the Italian Government); Indian Member of Parliament Mr Alphons Kannanthanam (Member - Standing Committee for External Affairs, Indian Parliament/ Former Union Minister - India) and Mr Seppo Nurmi (Deputy Head of Mission - Delegation of the European Union to India and Bhutan ) shared a message with 2021 Class of EuropeIndia40 leaders during the virtual ceremony. Please find the 2021 class list here - https://www.eicbi.org/2021-class-europeindia40-leaders
2020 class of #EuropeIndia40 Leaders list was released virtually on 27th November as the corona virus Pandemic had effected EICBI plans to have a physical event in the year. For the virtual release ceremony, we had Leaders from British Parliament, European Parliament and Indian Parliament participated in the ceremony alongside EuropeIndia40 leaders
From the Indian Parliament, we had Mr ALPHONS KANNANTHANAM - Member of Parliament - India/ Former Union Minister/ Member - Standing Committee for External Affairs, Indian Parliament/ Time Magazine Top 100 Global leaders in 1994. From the European Parliament, we had Mr NICCOLO RINALDI - Directorate General for External Policies of the European Union - European Parliament, Brussels. From the UK Parliament, we had Hon VIRENDRA SHARMA MP - Member of Parliament - Ealing Southall, Chairman - Indo-British All Party Parliamentary Group and Lord WAVERLEY - Member of Parliament - House of Lords, United Kingdom.
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The 14 women and 26 men who made to the 2020 class of EuropeIndia40 list come from all walks of life and represent 19 different nationalities - Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Spain, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Please find the 2020 class list here - https://www.eicbi.org/2020-class-europeindia40-leaders
The 2019 Class of #EuIndia40 leaders was released on 10th April 2019 at the European Parliament in Brussels. This included leaders who have been playing a key role in promoting EU/ India and UK/ India trade and relations. . This 2019 class of EU - India leaders (UK was still officially part of EU then) included 16 women and 24 men from all walks of life and represented 16 different nationalities - Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France, India, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom. The list featured the stories of young entrepreneurs, policy leaders, thought leaders, business executives, trade body leaders, all under the age of 40, who are going to play an important part in shaping European Union - UK - India trade relations during the next few decades. Please find the 2019 class list here - https://www.eicbi.org/2019-class-euindia40-leaders
 Mr Morten LØKKEGAARDMember of European Parliament/ Chairman - Delegation for relations with India, European Parliament |  Ms Valerie VazMember of Parliament - UK |  Mr Lavu Sri Krishna DevarayaluMember of Parliament- India |
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 Mr Sujit S NairChairman - Europe India Centre for Business and Industry |  Cllr Aarien AretiCouncillor - The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London/ Vice Chair - Government relations, EICBI |  Mr Abhishek TripathiVice Chair - Events, EICBI |