British Deputy High Commissioner Bruce Bucknell said at a roadshow held here today that this would be the first time that May would be visiting any country outside Europe after she assumed office of the Prime Minister.
With CII as the joint organiser, Bucknell said that the proposed summit would seek to address issues like technologies needed to develop West Bengal and the rest of eastern India, in areas where Britain could provide a solution and sectors issues like advanced manufacturing, smart cities, healthcare, life sciences and use of ICT.
Numerous British companies would attend the summit along with noted Indian firms which had already forged technological collaboration among themselves.