A CII CEO’s delegation led by Mr Ajay Shriram, President CII & Chairman and Senior Managing Director, DCM Shriram Ltd is in the US from July 23-25, 2014, as part of CII’s ongoing commitment to bolster the US-India economic partnership. CII delegation arrives at a particularly pertinent time with the new Indian government taking positive strides towards revitalizing the Indian economy.
The CEOs mission seeks to convey to stakeholders in the US a sense of optimism amongst Indian Industry with regard to the policies and messages emanating from the new government, as well as an understanding of the new and emerging business opportunities for US-India collaboration.
CII continues to stress the tremendous potential for engagement between US and India in critical areas such as defense, infrastructure, clean energy, higher education, skills development as well as innovation and entrepreneurship cutting across various sectors. In particular, the increasing importance of science and technology in the bilateral partnership has led to CII partnering with the US to organize the 20th edition of the Technology Summit in New Delhi from 18-19 November, 2014 in collaboration with the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.
Mr. Shriram will be accompanied by Dr Naushad Forbes, Vice President, CII and Director, Forbes Marshall Private Limited; Mr Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, Confederation of Indian Industry; Mr Vikram Kirloskar, Vice Chairman, Toyota Kirloskar Motor Private Limited and Mr Rajan R Navani, Chairman, CII National Committee on India@75 and Managing Director, Jetline Group of Companies.
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CII team visiting US to bolster US-India economic partnership
