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The India Centre for Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development

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Empowering Knowledge | Inspiring Innovation | Accelerating Impact

Established in March 2019, the University India Centre serves as a living bridge connecting world-leading scientists, policy experts, and stakeholders from Southampton and India to tackle critical global challenges. Guided by the University’s triple helix model, it accelerates impact through innovations in research, enterprise, education, and knowledge exchange, delivering evidence-based solutions for inclusive growth and sustainable development.

We deliver evidence-based solutions and unlock opportunities for high-level policy change in India, UK and globally.

We are driven by excellence and quality, underpinned by our values embracing diversity, inclusivity, social responsibility, environmental sustainability and equitable partnerships with Indian institutions.

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Sabu Padmadas
Professor Sabu Padmadas
Founding Executive Director of the India Centre and Professor of Demography and Global Health
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India’s rise as a global leader in the 21st century is exemplified by her ancient wisdom, traditions and civilisations, and a testament to how human capital, skills and intellectual pursuit can be harnessed to leverage opportunities for inclusive growth and sustainable development.
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Professor Jane Falkingham CBE
Vice-President, Engagement and International, University of Southampton and Founding Director, University India Centre
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I am proud to see progress made over the five years since the inauguration our India Centre, and its successful engagement and equitable partnerships with a broad range of Indian higher education institutions, union and state governments, NGOs and industry across the sub-continent. Looking forward over the next five years, the University’s India Centre will play a pivotal role in forming a living bridge connecting our Southampton and Delhi campuses, supporting taking the bilateral relations between our two nations to new heights across all aspects of the triple helix of education, research and enterprise.
Amarjit Singh
Amarjit Singh
Founding Director, University India Centre, Special Advisor for India to the University, and CEO, India Business Group
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As the world’s oldest and largest democracies, the UK and India share a natural fit for delivering real innovation, entrepreneurship, skills and teaching which will inspire the next generation of global leaders.
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Research highlights

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Targeting childhood vaccines globally

Future societies and communities
Health and wellbeing
WorldPop, a research group led by Professor Andy Tatem, is revolutionising global health efforts by enabling governments to vaccinate children who were previously unreachable.

Improving maternal and neonatal health in India

Future societies and communities
Health and wellbeing
AI, big data and analytics
Global health experts at Southampton are working with government to improve survival rates for expectant mothers and newborns. Their findings are influencing policy.
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+44 (0)23 8059 3879
indiacentre@soton.ac.uk