India APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 18/06/2025

This APPG existed between 2022 and 2024 as the India (Trade and Investment) APPG, when it was renamed to the India APPG.

To promote the strengthening of the bilateral relationship between the UK and India, focusing on trade and investment, education, sustainable development, culture, health, science and innovation, defence and security, and enhancing the relationship between both countries’ parliaments on a national and regional level, and promoting people-to-people links.

Note: All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal, cross-party groups formed by MPs and Members of the House of Lords who share a common interest in a particular policy area, region or country. APPGs have no official status within Parliament.
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Reticulating Splines
4 Current APPG Officers
Jeevun Sandher Portrait
Jeevun Sandher
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Loughborough
Joined: 28th August 2024
Lord Bilimoria Portrait
Lord Bilimoria
Co-Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Mark Pritchard Portrait
Mark Pritchard
Vice Chair
Conservative - The Wrekin
Joined: 28th September 2017
4 APPG Officer Positions
Egypt , Georgia , Libya , Turkey
8 APPG Memberships
Autism , Beer , Belarus , Diabetes , Financial Education for Young People , Modern Conflict , Tennis , Uyghurs
61 Current APPG Members
Lord Bach Portrait
Lord Bach
Member
Labour - Life peer
2 APPG Officer Positions
Access to Justice , Chess
1 APPG Membership
Respiratory Health
Lord Bird Portrait
Lord Bird
Member
Crossbench - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
4 APPG Memberships
Autism , Mutuals , Political and Media Literacy , United Nations Global Goals
Lord Camoys Portrait
Lord Camoys
Member
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
No other APPG Officer Positions
1 APPG Membership
Listed Properties
Lord Colgrain Portrait
Lord Colgrain
Member
Conservative - Excepted Hereditary
1 APPG Officer Position
Forestry and Timber Security
3 APPG Memberships
Defibrillators , Listed Properties , Mutuals
Lord Desai Portrait
Lord Desai
Member
Crossbench - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
2 APPG Memberships
Commonwealth , Humanist
Lord Dholakia Portrait
Lord Dholakia
Member
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Baroness Hazarika Portrait
Baroness Hazarika
Member
Labour - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
2 APPG Memberships
Beauty and Wellbeing , Theatre
Warinder Juss Portrait
Warinder Juss
Member
Labour - Wolverhampton West
No other APPG Officer Positions
4 APPG Memberships
Access to Justice , Bus and Coach , Fairtrade , Football Supporters
Lord Loomba Portrait
Lord Loomba
Member
Crossbench - Life peer
1 APPG Officer Position
United Nations Global Goals
2 APPG Memberships
Beer , Key Cities
Lord Massey of Hampstead Portrait
Lord Massey of Hampstead
Member
Conservative - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Maude of Horsham Portrait
Lord Maude of Horsham
Member
Conservative - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
2 APPG Memberships
Greece , Mutuals
Baroness Morgan of Cotes Portrait
Baroness Morgan of Cotes
Member
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge Portrait
Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge
Member
Conservative - Life peer
1 APPG Officer Position
Tigray
2 APPG Memberships
Beauty and Wellbeing , Environment
Lord Parekh Portrait
Lord Parekh
Member
Labour - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
1 APPG Membership
Classics
Lord Patel Portrait
Lord Patel
Member
Crossbench - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
4 APPG Memberships
Autism , Healthy Places , Internet, Communications and Technology , Life Sciences
Lord Popat Portrait
Lord Popat
Member
Conservative - Life peer
Lord Prior of Brampton Portrait
Lord Prior of Brampton
Member
Non-affiliated - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Shivani Raja Portrait
Shivani Raja
Member
Conservative - Leicester East
Lord Robathan Portrait
Lord Robathan
Member
Conservative - Life peer
1 APPG Officer Position
Hemp Carbon Capture and Rural Development
2 APPG Memberships
Environment , Fusion Energy
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon Portrait
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
Member
Labour - Life peer
1 APPG Officer Position
Iraq
4 APPG Memberships
Creative Health , Refugees , United Nations Global Goals , University
Lord Sahota Portrait
Lord Sahota
Member
Labour - Life peer
1 APPG Officer Position
Customer Service
1 APPG Membership
Autism
Lord Sedwill Portrait
Lord Sedwill
Member
Crossbench - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baggy Shanker Portrait
Baggy Shanker
Member
Labour (Co-op) - Derby South
1 APPG Officer Position
Small Modular Reactors
1 APPG Membership
Manufacturing
Lord Sikka Portrait
Lord Sikka
Member
Labour - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions
3 APPG Memberships
Fair Banking , Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services , Miscarriages of Justice
Jamie Stone Portrait
Jamie Stone
Member
Liberal Democrat - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Mike Tapp Portrait
Mike Tapp
Member
Labour - Dover and Deal
1 APPG Officer Position
Estonia
2 APPG Memberships
International Conservation , Water Pollution
Lord Truscott Portrait
Lord Truscott
Member
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Lord Tugendhat Portrait
Lord Tugendhat
Member
Conservative - Life peer
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Udny-Lister Portrait
Lord Udny-Lister
Member
Conservative - Life peer
3 APPG Officer Positions
Bahrain , Indonesia , Somaliland
1 APPG Membership
Commonwealth
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Dr Jeevun Sandher MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

Email: jeevun.sandher.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Nikita Singh, The 1928 Institute

Email: welcome@1928institute.org

Secretariat:

The 1928 Institute acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.1928institute.org/

Group's Website:

https://www.appgindia.org/

Date
21 May 2025
Source
UK India Business Council
Description
Roundtable event
Value
£1,501
Date
17 Nov 2024
Source
Observer Research Foundation
Description
Visit to India   From : 17/11/2024 To : 22/11/2024   Cost Met : Flights, accommodation and food
Value
£10,501
Date
17 Nov 2024
Source
The 1928 Institute
Description
Visit to India   From : 17/11/2024 To : 22/11/2024   Cost Met : Flights, accommodation and food
Value
£3,001
Date
9 Oct 2024
Source
ICICI Bank
Description
Reception
Value
£1,501
Date
9 Oct 2024
Source
Infosys
Description
Reception
Value
£1,501
Date
29 Jul 2024
Source
The 1928 Institute
Description
Secretariat   From : 29/07/2024 To : 28/07/2025
Value
£9,001
Date
9 Apr 2023
Source
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Description
Visit to India   From : 09/04/2023 To : 15/04/2023
Value
£42,001
Date
16 Oct 2018
Source
Corporation of the City of London
Description
Breakfast event
Value
£3,001
Date
17 Jul 2018
Source
PB Consulting (with some funding from the Corporation of the City of London)
Description
Secretariat   From : 17/07/2018 To : 16/07/2019
Value
£7,501
Date
9 May 2018
Source
PB Consulting
Description
Breakfast event held on 09/05/2018
Value
£3,001
Date
9 May 2018
Source
PB Consulting
Description
Breakfast event
Value
£3,001
Date
17 Jul 2017
Source
PB Consulting
Description
Secretariat   From : 17/07/2017 To : 16/07/2018
Value
£1,501
Date
17 Jul 2017
Source
PB Consulting
Description
Secretariat   From : 17/07/2017 To : 16/07/2018
Value
£6,001
Date
12 Feb 2017
Source
Indian High Commission/Government of India
Description
Visit to India   From : 12/02/2017 To : 18/02/2017
Value
£31,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the India APPG

Former APPG Officers
Lord Anderson of Swansea Portrait
Lord Anderson of Swansea
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Officer Position
Egypt

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Barker Portrait
Baroness Barker
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 17th May 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Officer Positions
HIV, AIDS and Sexual Health , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK

No other APPG Memberships

Kirsten Oswald Portrait
Kirsten Oswald
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for East Renfrewshire
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Gagan Mohindra Portrait
Gagan Mohindra
Vice Chair
Conservative - South West Hertfordshire
Joined: 15th June 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Mark Logan Portrait
Mark Logan
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Bolton North East
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Henry Smith Portrait
Henry Smith
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Crawley
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Valerie Vaz Portrait
Valerie Vaz
Vice Chair
Labour - Walsall and Bloxwich
Joined: 21st July 2016
Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Officer Positions
Classical Music , Gardening and Horticulture , Parkrun , Portugal , Publishing

No other APPG Memberships

Shailesh Vara Portrait
Shailesh Vara
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for North West Cambridgeshire
Joined: 21st April 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Dholakia Portrait
Lord Dholakia
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Alison Thewliss Portrait
Alison Thewliss
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow Central
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Sam Tarry Portrait
Sam Tarry
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Ilford South
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Naseby Portrait
Lord Naseby
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Hydrogen , New Towns , Responsible Vaping

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Kilclooney Portrait
Lord Kilclooney
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Seema Malhotra Portrait
Seema Malhotra
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Navendu Mishra Portrait
Navendu Mishra
Secretary
Labour - Stockport
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 6th March 2024
1 APPG Officer Position
British Hindus

No other APPG Memberships

Bob Blackman Portrait
Bob Blackman
Co-Chair
Conservative - Harrow East
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
Virendra Sharma Portrait
Virendra Sharma
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Ealing, Southall
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Baroness Flather Portrait
Baroness Flather
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Viscount Waverley Portrait
Viscount Waverley
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 17th May 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Sheikh Portrait
Lord Sheikh
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 7th September 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Shailesh Vara Portrait
Shailesh Vara
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for North West Cambridgeshire
Joined: 8th April 2020
Departed: 10th March 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Valerie Vaz Portrait
Valerie Vaz
Vice-Chair
Labour - Walsall and Bloxwich
Joined: 23rd October 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
5 APPG Officer Positions
Classical Music , Gardening and Horticulture , Parkrun , Portugal , Publishing

No other APPG Memberships

Stephen Pound Portrait
Stephen Pound
Secretary
Labour - Former Member for Ealing North
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Yasmin Qureshi Portrait
Yasmin Qureshi
Treasurer
Labour - Bolton South and Walkden
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
5 APPG Officer Positions
Dentistry and Oral Health , Maldives , Obesity , Pakistan , Primodos

No other APPG Memberships

Neil O'Brien Portrait
Neil O'Brien
Vice-Chair
Conservative - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
1 APPG Officer Position
Leasehold and Commonhold Reform

No other APPG Memberships