India, Oct. 29 -- When Lord Karan Bilimoria of Chelsea, CBE DL, Leader of the UK Delegation of Business Schools to India, arrived in the UK from India as a 19-year-old international student, he could hardly have imagined the journey ahead.

From qualifying as a chartered accountant and studying law at the University of Cambridge to founding Cobra Beer and entering the House of Lords, his career reflects the role education, entrepreneurial thinking and lifelong learning can play in shaping success.

In this interview with HT Digital, Lord Bilimoria, former Chancellor of the University of Birmingham, reflects on his student days, the lessons he learnt from a decade at Birmingham, and the differences between higher education in India and the...