Grant Thornton’s India Meets Britain Tracker 2025 to be unveiled at IGF London on 18 June.

NEW DELHI and LONDON, June 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — At a pivotal moment for the UK–India economic corridor, following the signing of the Free Trade Agreement, Grant Thornton, in collaboration with India Global Forum and Confederation of Indian Industry, will launch the latest edition of the India Meets Britain Tracker at IGF London on 18^th June. This highly anticipated report will deliver a powerful, data-led narrative of how Indian companies are reshaping the UK economy.

The report will be officially launched during a special session at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre, as part of IGF London’s flagship programme. With the UK and India ranking as the 6^th and 4^th largest economies respectively, this report offers an incisive look at one of the world’s most strategic investment corridors.

The launch is a cornerstone moment and further builds on IGF’s ongoing efforts through the UK–India Future Forum to accelerate high-value collaborations and economic synergies between the two nations. By combining on-the-ground insights with granular data analysis, the report offers a roadmap for deeper engagement and evidence-based policymaking in the UK–India corridor.

Manoj Ladwa, Founder and Chairman of India Global Forum, said: “Indian businesses are no longer just investing abroad – they are transforming global economies. Our collaboration with Grant Thornton provides a powerful lens into this evolution and reinforces IGF’s mission to shape and support the UK–India economic partnership with data, dialogue and delivery.” 

Anuj Chande, Partner and Head of South Asia Business Group at Grant Thornton, added: “Indian companies continue to play a pivotal role in the UK’s growth story—from job creation to innovation. This year’s tracker showcases their growing diversification, scale and resilience, and reflects the growing maturity and confidence of Indian enterprise on the global stage.”

The official report launch will bring together senior business leaders, policymakers, and government representatives from both countries, underscoring the strategic significance of Indian investment in shaping the UK’s future economy.

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CHONGQING, China, June 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Located in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality, the Dazu Rock Carvings have held UNESCO World Heritage status since 1999. Sprawled across 75 recognized cultural relics protection zones, the site shelters over 50,000 breathtaking statues. As one of the eight great grottoes of the world, Dazu Rock Carvings epitomize the pinnacle of world grotto art dating from the 9th to the mid-13th century from different aspects. Celebrated as “the last monument of world grotto art,” Dazu, together with Mogao, Yungang, Longmen and other grottoes, constitute the complete history of Chinese grotto art.

Recent initiatives have rejuvenated Dazu’s cultural presence. In an 8K dome theater, the Thousand‑Armed Guanyin’s benevolent gaze fills the screen, inviting viewers into a celestial embrace. The dance‑drama Tian Xia Dazu (For an Eternal Homeland — Dazu Rock Carvers’ Legacy) animates the carvers’ epic tale with immersive stagecraft. Even video games now feature Dazu’s statues, their contours and stories woven into virtual adventures. This thousand‑year‑old sanctuary is stepping firmly into the present.

The 8k full-dome film Dazu Rock Carvings awakens all 50,000 statues in layered streams of live footage and CG animation, transforming the physical space into a digital world. Reclined within the dome, audiences look up through a canopy of digital stars, accompanied by haunting Buddhist chants and soulful light interplay. Time‑weathered halos reform around sculpted robes — reborn in pixels yet rooted in antiquity.

In Black Myth: Wukong, the Monkey King cleaves through primordial chaos with his magical staff, the thousand-armed Guanyin of Dazu Rock Carvings smiles serenely amid dimensional rifts — holding a flower between her fingers. In the digital Buddhist world, gamers traverse a meticulously rendered Dazu, encountering Buddhist iconography amid mythic quests — an interactive bridge to Eastern philosophy. Meanwhile, CCTV’s China in Intangible Cultural Heritage devoted its Chongqing episode to Dazu, describing the site’s living legacy as “like stars falling all over mountains and rivers in Chongqing,” rekindling collective memory through the screen.

On stage, dancers echo the chiseling rhythms of bygone artisans. Silk‑flowing costumes swirl as performers burst from stone walls, transforming history into kinetic art. This isn’t a static reenactment — it’s a cultural translation, transmitting the carvers’ spirit through flesh, motion, and emotion.

The Dazu Rock Carvings are being revitalized through digital technology and cultural innovation. Digital projection breathes new life into carvings in the virtual spaces, enabling dialogues across time and space; Stage arts, meanwhile, imbue them with contemporary vitality. Technology extends their reach, while culture revitalizes their essence. Through this symbiosis, this millennium-old treasure resonates with the modern era, radiating timeless splendor.

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NEW DELHI, June 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — A global survey conducted by Springer Nature reveals that researchers in India are calling for more balanced and responsible approaches to research assessment, with an emphasis on transparency, integrity, and moving beyond over-reliance on quantitative metrics.

The 2024 Research Assessment Survey, which gathered responses from over 6,300 researchers worldwide—including 764 from India—provides important insights into how researchers experience and perceive current evaluation practices. While researchers globally continue to be assessed based on a combination of publication counts, citations, and grant funding, Indian respondents reported a stronger reliance on purely quantitative measures than their global peers.

Notably, 21% of Indian researchers said they are assessed entirely by quantitative metrics such as number of publications, citations, or grant income. This figure is higher than the global average (16%), and even Asia overall (17%). The contrast is particularly striking when compared to the United Kingdom, where only 5% reported being assessed solely on such metrics—reflecting a strong shift in UK research culture toward more holistic evaluations.

At the same time, there is clear appetite for change: 49% of Indian respondents said they believe there should be a balanced mix of quantitative and qualitative criteria in research assessments, suggesting growing interest in reform.

“Researchers in India and globally are sending a clear message—they want assessments that go beyond simplistic metrics like publication counts and journal impact factors,” said Dr. Ed Gerstner, Director of Research, Springer Nature. “There is a growing demand for systems that reward openness, collaboration, and real-world impact. At Springer Nature, we are proud to be a driving force in this global conversation.”

Springer Nature has been at the forefront of advancing responsible research assessment. The company is a signatory of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), a member of the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA), and continues to promote practices that foster research integrity, open science, and transparency.

In India, Springer Nature is further supporting national efforts such as One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) and working closely with universities and research institutions to build capacity around responsible research evaluation. The company is also engaging with policymakers to ensure that global advances in research assessment translate into impactful, local change.

The survey also revealed:

• Despite the emphasis on quantitative metrics, Indian researchers were more likely to report that they are evaluated on their contributions to both the national good (50%) and to solving global challenges such as those embodied in the Sustainable Development Goals (34%) than researchers in Europe (30% and 19% respectively), North America (35% and 16% respectively) or globally (40% and 25% respectively).
• There is a strong desire in India for balanced assessments, blending measurable outputs with qualitative indicators such as societal relevance, collaboration, and contributions to the SDGs.
• Transparency and clarity in assessment processes were rated highly by Indian respondents, indicating the importance of trust and fairness in research careers.

This growing awareness among Indian researchers aligns with Springer Nature’s global push for research systems that are not only rigorous and reproducible but also fair, inclusive, and meaningful.

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