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Kildare minister Lawless in India for St Patrick's Day celebrations

Visiting New Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai cities

Kildare minister Lawless in India for St Patrick's Day celebrations

Mumbai (File Photo: Pixabay)

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Kildare Reporter

16 Mar 2025 9:46 PM

Kildare North TD and Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science James Lawless TD has begun an official visit to India to promote Ireland as a destination for study, research, investment and trade.  
The visit, part of the Government’s St Patrick’s Day programme, will celebrate and encourage academic and business relations between the countries, reinforcing Ireland’s position as an open economy, committed to building global partnerships.
Speaking ahead of the visit, Minister Lawless said: “I am honoured to represent Ireland on this trip to India, a country with which we share strong historical and cultural connections. This visit presents an exciting opportunity to build on those ties.
“Our societies value enterprise, innovation and an agile, ‘can-do’ attitude. This shared outlook creates a strong foundation for collaboration, and I look forward to meaningful discussions that will foster new partnerships to drive innovation, generate knowledge and contribute to solving global challenges.”
Minister Lawless will visit New Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai, engage with senior Indian Ministers, meet with Irish and Indian business leaders and contribute to the Raisina Dialogue, India’s premier conference on geopolitics and geo-economics committed to addressing the most challenging issues facing the global community.
A focus for Minister Lawless will be his visits to Indian educational institutions where he will highlight the successful partnerships Ireland has nurtured, as well as fostering new relationships.
“I am particularly excited about visiting leading institutions such as Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and IIT Madras, world-renowned for their academic excellence, to explore opportunities for deeper academic collaboration, and to highlight Ireland’s growing importance as a hub for international research,” Minister Lawless concluded.

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