India APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 09/10/2024

This APPG existed between 2022 and 2024 as the India (Trade and Investment) APPG, when it was renamed to the India APPG.

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To promote the strengthening of the bilateral relationship between the UK and India, focusing on trade and investment, education, sustainable development, culture, health, science and innovation, defence and security, and enhancing the relationship between both countries’ parliaments on a national and regional level, and promoting people-to-people links.

Note: All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal, cross-party groups formed by MPs and Members of the House of Lords who share a common interest in a particular policy area, region or country. APPGs have no official status within Parliament.
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4 Current APPG Officers
Jeevun Sandher Portrait
Jeevun Sandher
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Loughborough
Joined: 28th August 2024
1 APPG Membership
Hydrogen
Lord Bilimoria Portrait
Lord Bilimoria
Co-Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Verma Portrait
Baroness Verma
President
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Mark Pritchard Portrait
Mark Pritchard
Vice Chair
Conservative - The Wrekin
Joined: 28th September 2017
1 APPG Membership
Libya
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Dr Jeevun Sandher MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: jeevun.sandher.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Nikita Singh, The 1928 Institute

Email: welcome@1928institute.org

Secretariat:

The 1928 Institute acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.1928institute.org/

Group's Website:

https://www.appgindia.org/

Benefits in Kind
Date
29 Jul 2024
Source
The 1928 Institute
Description
Secretariat   From : 29/07/2024 To : 28/07/2025
Value
£9,001
Date
9 Apr 2023
Source
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Description
Visit to India   From : 09/04/2023 To : 15/04/2023
Value
£42,001
Date
16 Oct 2018
Source
Corporation of the City of London
Description
Breakfast event
Value
£3,001
Date
17 Jul 2018
Source
PB Consulting (with some funding from the Corporation of the City of London)
Description
Secretariat   From : 17/07/2018 To : 16/07/2019
Value
£7,501
Date
9 May 2018
Source
PB Consulting
Description
Breakfast event held on 09/05/2018
Value
£3,001
Date
9 May 2018
Source
PB Consulting
Description
Breakfast event
Value
£3,001
Date
17 Jul 2017
Source
PB Consulting
Description
Secretariat   From : 17/07/2017 To : 16/07/2018
Value
£1,501
Date
17 Jul 2017
Source
PB Consulting
Description
Secretariat   From : 17/07/2017 To : 16/07/2018
Value
£6,001
Date
12 Feb 2017
Source
Indian High Commission/Government of India
Description
Visit to India   From : 12/02/2017 To : 18/02/2017
Value
£31,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the India APPG

Former APPG Officers
Lord Anderson of Swansea Portrait
Lord Anderson of Swansea
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Barker Portrait
Baroness Barker
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Kirsten Oswald Portrait
Kirsten Oswald
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for East Renfrewshire
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Gagan Mohindra Portrait
Gagan Mohindra
Vice Chair
Conservative - South West Hertfordshire
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Mark Logan Portrait
Mark Logan
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Bolton North East
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Henry Smith Portrait
Henry Smith
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Crawley
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Valerie Vaz Portrait
Valerie Vaz
Vice Chair
Labour - Walsall and Bloxwich
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Gardening and Horticulture , Publishing
Shailesh Vara Portrait
Shailesh Vara
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for North West Cambridgeshire
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Dholakia Portrait
Lord Dholakia
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Alison Thewliss Portrait
Alison Thewliss
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow Central
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Sam Tarry Portrait
Sam Tarry
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Ilford South
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Naseby Portrait
Lord Naseby
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Memberships
Hydrogen , Responsible Vaping
Lord Kilclooney Portrait
Lord Kilclooney
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Balfe Portrait
Lord Balfe
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Membership
Fair Elections
Seema Malhotra Portrait
Seema Malhotra
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Navendu Mishra Portrait
Navendu Mishra
Secretary
Labour - Stockport
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Bob Blackman Portrait
Bob Blackman
Co-Chair
Conservative - Harrow East
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
4 APPG Memberships
Fire Safety and Rescue , Homelessness , Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services , Israel
Virendra Sharma Portrait
Virendra Sharma
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Ealing, Southall
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Flather Portrait
Baroness Flather
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Viscount Waverley Portrait
Viscount Waverley
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 17th May 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Sheikh Portrait
Lord Sheikh
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 7th September 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Shailesh Vara Portrait
Shailesh Vara
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for North West Cambridgeshire
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Valerie Vaz Portrait
Valerie Vaz
Vice-Chair
Labour - Walsall and Bloxwich
Joined: 23rd October 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
2 APPG Memberships
Gardening and Horticulture , Publishing
Stephen Pound Portrait
Stephen Pound
Secretary
Labour - Former Member for Ealing North
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Yasmin Qureshi Portrait
Yasmin Qureshi
Treasurer
Labour - Bolton South and Walkden
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
1 APPG Membership
Dentistry and Oral Health
Neil O'Brien Portrait
Neil O'Brien
Vice-Chair
Conservative - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships