UK legislator Lord Bilimoria hails Indians’ intelligence at Rising Bharat Summit 2025–

At the News18 Rising Bharat Summit 2025, British-Indian business owner and House of Lords peer Karan Bilimoria struck a classically positive note regarding India’s international standing. Speaking at the front runner occasion in Bharat Mandapam at Delhi, the entrepreneur commended the nation’s business skill and the international effect of Indians in management settings– from Silicon Valley to Westminster.

“Without a doubt, the world has woken up to India,” Bilimoria stated, including that the seeds of this change were planted greater than 3 years ago with financial liberalisation.

“If you go back to when the liberalisation started in 1991, it actually took a decade. It’s only from 2002 onwards that the Indian economy actually started to rocket, almost reaching double-digit growth per year. We have not looked back since then. Today, India is the fastest-growing major economy in the world at over 6 per cent growth… It’s phenomenal.”

Indians viewed as ‘cleverest people’

He additionally discussed assumptions of Indians abroad, keeping in mind that the globe significantly aims to India as a center of intellectual and technical expertise. “The world looks upon Indians as the cleverest people in the world, and that’s a fact!”

He mentioned that he has said in the House of Lords, “Why can’t the UK be like India where 1.5 million school-leavers are set to enter the IITs, 150,000 make it in the first cut, and 15,000 get placed…and those 15,000 are now running the world as engineering, maths, and science are the most popular subjects—the UK can learn from India.”

Bilimoria, that established Cobra Beer and beings in the UK House of Lords as a crossbench peer, mentioned, “I went to the Hyderabad Public School, and from that school today, [we have] Satya Nadella, head of Microsoft; Ajay Banga, the head of the World Bank; Shantanu [Narayen], the head of Adobe; and I don’t know how many chief ministers of states and cabinet ministers,” he stated. “We had a prime minister of Indian origin in the UK just now. And it makes me very proud.”

Another of India’s toughness, he stated, is its business spirit, which had actually been reduced for years after Independence however is currently growing. From start-ups to international titans, Indian business owners are making their visibility really felt around the world.