Asia Scotland Institute is delighted to welcome Vikram Singh Mehta, Executive Chairman of Brookings India and a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution.

Mr Mehta’s 20 June visit is timely, coming just a few weeks after India’s history parliamentary election which saw the Bharatiya Janata Party score an absolute majority for the first time.

Mr Mehta’s presentation at the University of Edinburgh Business School is titled: “India’s Election. The BJP’s landslide – A Seismic Change or More of the Same? A detailed analysis of the prospects for business and investors in the new environment.” His talk will be followed by a networking reception.

Mr Mehta is a former Chairman of the Shell Group of Companies in India. He received Asia House’s Businessmen of the Year award in 2010. He writes regular columns in the Indian Express and the Financial Express.