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Vikas Pota is the co-founder of the government relations and communications strategy business Saffron Chase and a regular commentator on all aspects of the UK-India business relationship and Indian political scene. He writes a blog on globalization and India, and appears regularly on CNN, BBC News 24, BBC World TV and Al-Jazeera. He has commented in the Financial Times, the Guardian, the Observer, and The Independent on Sunday on issues ranging from outsourcing to the impact of the Indian Elections and Mumbai attacks on Indian business.

He has advised multinationals that have invested billions of dollars in India as well as prominent Ministers and Parliamentarians on UK-India relations and was the first communications director of an India-focused parliamentary group. As well as advising parliamentarians, government departments, and companies on breaking developments in South Asia, he has written submissions for the UK Trade & Investment Select Committee and taken part in discussions on off-shoring and the globalisation of services at the Trades Union Congress Conference.

Saffron Chase has been described as displaying “excellence in every aspect of what they do” by TATA Managing Director S.A Hasan. Through Saffron Chase, Pota launched the India Briefing Centre in 2008 to provide the first bespoke training courses for firms needing an in-depth understanding of the Indian political, economic, and cultural climate. He followed this up by establishing the first UK-India Public Affairs company, Chase India. He lives with his family in London.