Prominent Bengalureans and the Irish community celebrated St Patrick’s Day together.
Story so far: At Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw’s exclusive gathering to celebrate St Patrick’s Day, the city’s Irish community and locals were dressed and coloured in green. Bengaluru’s connection with Ireland runs deep. Shaw conceived the idea to set up the Science Gallery in Bengaluru while studying at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland.
- Former badminton player Prakash Padukone, MAP founder Abhishek Poddar, and TTK Prestige chairman TT Jagannathan attended the gathering with their spouses.
- Shaw opined that India and Ireland share great synergy in the technology and life sciences vision.
Who said what? Elaine Kennedy, Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Ireland to India, said 2023 is the centenary of Ireland’s inclusion in the League of Nations (now United Nations). It is also the 25th year after the Good Friday agreement.