PM Modi will be participating in the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland on January 23, the last time an Indian PM showed up at the high table of economic greats was H.D. Deve Gowda in 1997.

The Davos forum will be attended by at least 350 leaders from around the world, including 60 heads of state.

The Davos meeting&nbsp;clearly hasn&#39;t&nbsp;captured the imagination of India&#39;s top men in the past.&nbsp;PM Modi has decided to seize the moment this time as &quot;India&#39;s representative&quot;.

Modi&#39;s agenda will involve networking with the world&#39;s best, including meeting Trump&#39;s business team.&nbsp;

Modi won&#39;t be turning up at Davos alone, he will be accompanied by a host of top ministers, including finance minister Arun Jaitley, Railway minister Suresh Prabhu, Commerce &amp; Industry minister Piyush Goyal, Petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan among others.

Modi&#39;s ministers are set to represent India in 25 sessions at Davos where they will share the PM&#39;s vision of transforming the country into a &quot;new India&quot; by 2022.

India&#39;s Chamber of Commerce and Industry(CII) will also chip in with roundtables with potential investors.

President Trump would be in Davos to promote&nbsp;&quot;America First&quot; as informed by the White House, Modi&#39;s pitch is expected to be similar. India needs more investment in virtually every sector, a fact pointed out by the World Bank.

India&#39;s pitch at Davos is likely to mirror Modi&#39;s campaign in the next 14 months in the run-up&nbsp;to the general elections in 2019. Post-demonisation, India&#39;s GDP has fallen and GST hasn&#39;t really taken off but the &quot;India story&quot; has resonated worldwide because of India&#39;s perceived stability and strong fundamentals, however, the road ahead could be rocky if India fails to get its act together, especially PM Modi.

It is time India moved away from merely being tagged as a &quot;potential&quot; growth engine considering the fact that next-door neighbour&nbsp;China is ready to replace the US in the growth story sweepstakes.

PM Modi will have to push ahead with his &quot;New India 2022&quot;&nbsp;vision soon, a delay could&nbsp;prove disastrous with elections around the corner.

The Modi government&#39;s four-year report card has been poor on generating growth, the only sweet spot being stability and continuity in economic growth but the government has mainly played it safe, avoiding&nbsp;big bang reforms.

Experts would be looking very closely at Modi in&nbsp;Davos, his meeting with Trump might get the eyeballs but the real battle would be behind the scenes, in closed-door meetings aimed at boosting investment in India.

The window of opportunity is rather small for the current government, India@2018 stands at&nbsp;crossroads, Modi&#39;s definition&nbsp;of India in the next 1 year could make-or-break India&#39;s economy.&nbsp;

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(Disclaimer: The opinions expressed above are the personal views of the author and do not reflect the views of ZMCL).

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Modi's ministers are set to represent India in 25 sessions at Davos where they will share the PM's vision of transforming the country into a "new India" by 2022.

PM Modi will be participating in the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland on January 23, the last time an Indian PM showed up at the high table of economic greats was H.D. Deve Gowda in 1997. The Davos forum will be attended by at least 350 leaders from around the world, including 60 heads of state. The Davos meeting clearly hasn't captured the imagination of India's top men in the past. PM Modi has decided to seize the moment this time as "India's representative". Modi's agenda will involve networking with the world's best, including meeting Trump's business team. Modi won't be turning up at Davos alone, he will be accompanied by a host of top ministers, including finance minister Arun Jaitley, Railway minister Suresh Prabhu, Commerce & Industry minister Piyush Goyal, Petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan among others. Modi's ministers are set to represent India in 25 sessions at Davos where they will share the PM's vision of transforming the country into a "new India" by 2022. India's Chamber of Commerce and Industry(CII) will also chip in with roundtables with potential investors. President Trump would be in Davos to promote "America First" as informed by the White House, Modi's pitch is expected to be similar. India needs more investment in virtually every sector, a fact pointed out by the World Bank. India's pitch at Davos is likely to mirror Modi's campaign in the next 14 months in the run-up to the general elections in 2019. Post-demonisation, India's GDP has fallen and GST hasn't really taken off but the "India story" has resonated worldwide because of India's perceived stability and strong fundamentals, however, the road ahead could be rocky if India fails to get its act together, especially PM Modi. It is time India moved away from merely being tagged as a "potential" growth engine considering the fact that next-door neighbour China is ready to replace the US in the growth story sweepstakes. PM Modi will have to push ahead with his "New India 2022" vision soon, a delay could prove disastrous with elections around the corner. The Modi government's four-year report card has been poor on generating growth, the only sweet spot being stability and continuity in economic growth but the government has mainly played it safe, avoiding big bang reforms. Experts would be looking very closely at Modi in Davos, his meeting with Trump might get the eyeballs but the real battle would be behind the scenes, in closed-door meetings aimed at boosting investment in India. The window of opportunity is rather small for the current government, India@2018 stands at crossroads, Modi's definition of India in the next 1 year could make-or-break India's economy. (Disclaimer: The opinions expressed above are the personal views of the author and do not reflect the views of ZMCL).

Opinion: Modi is the first PM in 20 years to visit World Economic Forum

Harry Potter was an unheard name, tweeting was done only by birds and Amazon referred to dense forests in 1997, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today to stress upon the changes the world has seen in the past 20 years.

Addressing the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting, Modi said he is the first Indian Prime Minister to come here since H D Deve Gowda in 1997. The Indian economy has changed significantly since then and so has the rest of the world, he noted.

Speaking mostly in Hindi, Modi thanked WEF and the Swiss government for the reception accorded to him.

He also recalled that when Deve Gowda came here in 1997, the theme of the WEF summit was building a networked society. That theme now looks centuries-old as the world today is about big data and so many other new developments, the prime minister said.

Modi said very few people in 1997 had heard of Osama bin Laden and even Harry Potter was an unheard name.

&quot;Also, chess players did not have any big fear of the computer while Google was not there in cyberspace and Amazon of that time was about dense forests. Tweeting was done by birds at that time and not by humans,&quot; he said.

Modi, however, said at that time also, Davos was ahead of its time and was known for WEF. It is ahead of the times today as well with the theme of &#39;Creating a shared future in a fractured world&#39;.

&quot;The world is changing fast today and there are new and serious challenges related to peace and security and various other matters.

&quot;We believe in linking people, not bending them or breaking them. But the challenges the world faces are as numerous as they are daunting.

&quot;Mountains of data are getting created and there is a race to control those as the feeling is that the one who gets control of this data would rule the world,&quot; he said.

Modi said very few people in 1997 had heard of Osama bin Laden and even Harry Potter was an unheard name

Harry Potter was an unheard name, tweeting was done only by birds and Amazon referred to dense forests in 1997, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today to stress upon the changes the world has seen in the past 20 years. Addressing the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting, Modi said he is the first Indian Prime Minister to come here since H D Deve Gowda in 1997. The Indian economy has changed significantly since then and so has the rest of the world, he noted. Speaking mostly in Hindi, Modi thanked WEF and the Swiss government for the reception accorded to him. He also recalled that when Deve Gowda came here in 1997, the theme of the WEF summit was building a networked society. That theme now looks centuries-old as the world today is about big data and so many other new developments, the prime minister said. Modi said very few people in 1997 had heard of Osama bin Laden and even Harry Potter was an unheard name. "Also, chess players did not have any big fear of the computer while Google was not there in cyberspace and Amazon of that time was about dense forests. Tweeting was done by birds at that time and not by humans," he said. Modi, however, said at that time also, Davos was ahead of its time and was known for WEF. It is ahead of the times today as well with the theme of 'Creating a shared future in a fractured world'. "The world is changing fast today and there are new and serious challenges related to peace and security and various other matters. "We believe in linking people, not bending them or breaking them. But the challenges the world faces are as numerous as they are daunting. "Mountains of data are getting created and there is a race to control those as the feeling is that the one who gets control of this data would rule the world," he said.

When tweeting was done by birds and Amazon was a jungle: PM Modi recalls 1997

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Opinion: Modi is the first PM in 20 years to visit World Economic Forum

When tweeting was done by birds and Amazon was a jungle: PM Modi recalls 1997