Philip Abraham

SR One, a trans-Atlantic biotech venture capital firm announced the close of its first independent fund after raising $500 million. SR One Chief Executive Officer Simeon George and his team at SR One have also completed their spinout from its parent company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). However, GSK will remain as the largest investor in the oversubscribed…

  Several people from the South Indian communities are finding it difficult to get things done at the High Commission of India, London. Many people have reported that it was difficult and time-consuming to submit applications at the High Commission because of minor errors noticed at the time of submission, which could be solved instantly…

The Southampton based Kala Chethana Kathakali Company has been awarded a grant from the government to survive the coronavirus pandemic and continue their work in the UK. A total of 1385 arts organisations in the UK have been awarded similar grants to survive the downturn caused by the pandemic. The grants are part of the…

COMMUNICATION AS A LEADERSHIP TRAIT’ will be the theme of Nanma Foundation’s weekly POS-POSS talk series on Friday 20th November. This week’s talk series will feature prominent media person/writer Sashi Kumar and N Prasanth IAS, Managing Director, Kerala Shipping and Inland Navigation Corporation (KSINC). These talks are organised by Mission Better Tomorrow, the Global Platform…

The Overseas Indian Cultural Congress (OICC) UK has started a campaign for direct Air-India flights from London Gatwick to Trivandrum. Air India’s Vande Bharat Mission initially offered one direct flight a week from London to Kochi following similar demands from the Kerala community leaders in the UK. When Air-India witnessed a huge surge in passenger…

Shiju Joseph from Chertsey, who works for Barclays has taken up the challenge to help Battens Disease Family Association (BDFA, impacted by the amazing work that the BDFA provide to families affected by Battens disease and in particular Addy Clarke. Several of his colleagues at Barclays Thames Valley branch are also coming together to get…