The Indian PM, Dr. Manmohan Singh began his official visit to the US today. Even as the media are playing their part by reporting every detail of the visit including what the PM and his wife were wearing (and no doubt, later on had for dinner), we all wait to see what actual work is done during the 'historic' meet.
The highlights will be the PM's address to the US congress, the talks for elevated nuclear cooperation, talks for sharing defense practises and technology and also two new initiatives - the CEOs forum and linking the agricultural universities in India with those in the US. I like this new agricultural focus as if undertaken properly, it will renew agricultural research in India.
In the CEO's Forum. 10 CEOs from each side will sit down and discuss FDI inflow into India. The forum will also address the difficulties in setting up investments in India, including but not limited to Red Tape, and also aim towards cooperation in research in various fields. This is a very good step - leaving politicians and the babus out of this discussion. It will probably be 'guided' by bureaucrats, but hey, something is better than nothing. The selection of both groups clearly indicates the wide spectrum of discussions to take place. It is a neat mix of Infrastructure support in the areas of Finance, Agriculture, Industry and Technology.
The list -
CEOs from the US-
Charles O. Prince, Citigroup
Paul Hanrahan, AES
Stanley Warren, Cargill
David Cote, Honeywell International,
William B. Harrison, Jr, J P Morgan Chase
Harold McGraw III, The McGraw Hill companies
Thomas J. ONeill, Parsons Brinckerhoff
Steve Reinemund, Pepsi
Christopher Rodrigues, VISA International
Anne M. Mulcahy, Xerox
CEOs from India-
Ratan Tata, Tata Sons
Deepak Parekh, HDFC
Mukesh Ambani, RIL
Nandan Nilekani, Infosys
Ashok Ganguly, ICICI OneSource Ltd
Y C Deveshwar, ITC Ltd
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Biocon
Analjit Singh, Max (India) Ltd
Pratap C Reddy, Apollo Group of Hospitals
Baba N Kalyani, Bharat Forge Ltd
Lets hope this is the start of a new path leading towards cooperation and mutual benefits.
Posted by anya at July 18, 2005 12:02 AM | TrackBack"Even as the media are playing their part by reporting every detail of the visit"
are you sure? I have scanned the TV news, the papers, and online editions for it, and havent seen even a HINT that our PM is here. America dosent care you see!!
Posted by: Nupur at July 21, 2005 11:09 AMNupur: The Indian media :-P
Posted by: anya at July 21, 2005 11:31 AMThe left is already making noises about the nuclear deal... wtf man! when will these commies learn is wat i dont understand... god i wish we cud send them all to china for some crash courses in their economic policies which are conviniently capitalistic when it suits them :p...
Posted by: Prashant at July 21, 2005 10:49 PMI don agree with that comment that no one cared in US abt PMs visit. San Jose Mercury News, LA Times all carried front page sections, and headlines on this. The nuclear deal was a breaking news on all channels and websites. It was out of the blue for the whole world and incl Rep and Dem senators who are very influential in the State dept.
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