'Flavour of India' Seminar in Belfast, Northern Ireland (January 2002)

Civil Aviation Road Show in London, for leasing of four international airports on 19 April 2002.

Fourth Meeting of the India-UK Round Table, London (26-28 April 2002).

ESC-organised Indian IT participation, mostly by SMEs, in OutsourceWorld London at London Arena on 24-25 April 2002.

EEPC-organised INDIATECH (bringing together 116 Indian engineering enterprises under a single pavilion) as part of a major sub-contracting exhibition Subcon2002 at Birmingham from 29 April-2 May 2002.

Selfridges 'Bollywood Promotion' in May 2002 aimed at promoting Indian retail products through the superstore in London and Manchester. Inauguration on 02 May.

Indian Mango Promotion Campaign with APEDA in May 2002. Launch Dinner at Bombay Brasserie on 09 May. In Selfridges, it got underway on 07 May. Many Indian restaurants hosted events.

Indian Tea promotion at various upper-end and high street outlets by the Tea Board of India. High Tea at Savoy at Strand from March-May 2002. Promotions in Scotland in October 2002.

Study Tour by Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal 5-11 May 2002.

NELP-III Road Show with Minister and MoS for Petroleum and Natural Gas and a senior MNPG-ONGC-DGH team at Crowne Plaza St. James's on 6-7 June 2002.

Visit by Minister of Civil Aviation (11-14 June 2002).

Visits by the Chief Minister of Haryana (20-22 June, 5-8 September and 14-16 November 2002).

Visit by Minister of Power (20-26 June 2002); signing of an inter-governmental MoU on cooperation in power and NTPC Road Show on power sector in India.

Visit by Minister of State for Non-Conventional Energy Sources (24-26 June 2002).

Third Meeting of India-UK Joint S&T Committee, London (8th July 2002).

India-UK Summit during the CII CEOs' Mission to London (15-21 July 2002).

Visit by the Chief Minister of Delhi (25-26 July 2002).

Study Tour by a Ministry of Disinvestment Team (4-6 September 2002).

Visit by a senior Biotechnology Mission led by Mrs. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw and under the patronage of the Andhra Pradesh Minister for IT and SSI (8-13 September 2002).

Visit by Andhra Pradesh Minister for Major Industries for Road-Shows on the Andhra Pradesh Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) and PharmaCity (17 September 2002).

Visit by Minister for Rural Development to Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC), Loughborough University (23 September 2002)

Commonwealth Finance Ministers' Meet and Commonwealth Business Forum (23-26 September 2002).

Visit of Finance Minister (1-3 October 2002).

Fifth Meeting of the India-UK Round Table, Neemrana (25-27 October 2002).

Study Tour by delegations from the Department of Company Affairs (November and December 2002).

Visit to Manchester and Leeds by a delegation from the Office of the Textile Commissioner (November 2002).

Visit of Minister for Tourism and Culture for the World Travel Mart, London (11-14 November 2002).

'India Day' at the Royal Society on 11 December 2002.

Other events with Indian presence and flavour:-

Launch of 'Bombay Dreams', a joint effort by Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Shekhar Kapur and AR Rahman (June 2002),

British Film Institute's feature 'Imagine Asia' on South Asian and Indian Films,

Participation of Indian Films in the Edinburgh Culture Festival for the first time,

Manchester Commonwealth Games where India won a record haul of 72 medals. Commonwealth Games Business Club events included an India lunch and seminars/ events on ICT, textiles, food industry, etc.

India's cricket tour of England from June-September 2002.