Modi in US: Indian PM to meet Elon Musk, Nobel laureates during his landmark trip

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who embarked on a four-day visit to the United States on Monday (June 20), will meet 24 prominent personalities in New York including Nobel laureates, economists, artists, scientists, scholars, entrepreneurs, academicians, health sector experts, and more.

According to the news agency ANI, Modi will meet billionaire and Tesla's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Elon Musk, Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, Grammy award-winning Indian-American singer Falu (Falguni Shah), Paul Romer, Nicholas Nassim Taleb, Ray Dalio, Jeff Smith, Michael Froman Daniel Russel, Elbridge Colby, Dr Peter Agre, Dr Stephen Klasko and Chandrika Tandon.

Modi expected to meet CEOs of top 20 American companies

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News agency ANI reported on June 13 that Indian PM Modi was expected to meet the CEOs of the top 20 American companies including Mastercard, Accenture, Adobe Systems, and Visa.

On Friday, the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) will host "We The People: Celebrating the US-India Partnership" in Washington DC. A reception at the Hall of Nations Terrace (Kennedy Centre) will follow Modi's address. A person familiar with developments told ANI that the event will witness eminent industry leaders from across various sectors including IT, telecom, FMCG, logistics and industrials, the ANI report said.

Visit an opportunity to enrich depth, diversity of Indo-US partnership: Modi

Before departing for the US, Modi said his visit would be an opportunity to enrich the depth and diversity of the Indo-US partnership and asserted that together the two countries stand stronger in meeting shared global challenges.

"India-US ties are multifaceted, with deepening engagements across sectors. The USA is India’s largest trade partner in goods and services. We collaborate closely in science & technology, education, health, defence and security fields. The initiative on Critical & Emerging Technologies has added new dimensions and widened collaboration to defence industrial cooperation, space, telecom, quantum, Artificial Intelligence and biotech sectors," Modi said in his departure statement.

"My discussions with President Biden and other senior US leaders will provide an opportunity to consolidate our bilateral cooperation as well as in plurilateral forums such as G20, Quad and IPEF," he added.

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