{"id":2335,"date":"2016-06-08T19:05:38","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T19:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/YourChennai.com\/?p=2335"},"modified":"2016-06-08T19:07:25","modified_gmt":"2016-06-08T19:07:25","slug":"narendra-modi-addresses-the-u-s-india-business-councils-41st-leadership-summit-in-washington-d-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/index.php\/2016\/06\/08\/narendra-modi-addresses-the-u-s-india-business-councils-41st-leadership-summit-in-washington-d-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Narendra Modi addresses the U.S.-India Business Council\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 41st Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C."},"content":{"rendered":"
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USIBC Members On Track to Invest an Additional $45 billion<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Highlighting the potential of the U.S.-India strategic and commercial partnership, India\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed U.S.-India Business Council\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 41st<\/sup> Annual Leadership Summit on June 7.<\/p>\n

Welcoming Prime Minister Modi to the Summit were business leaders of top American companies including:\u00c2\u00a0 USIBC Chairman John Chambers (Executive Chairman, Cisco); Robert Ford (Abbott), James Taiclet (American Tower Corp); Marc Allen (Boeing); David Cordani (Cigna); Marillyn Hewson (Lockheed Martin); Ajay Banga (MasterCard);\u00c2\u00a0 Indra Nooyi (PepsiCo); and David Dvorak (Zimmer Biomet).<\/p>\n

At USIBC\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s CEO Roundtable, Prime Minister Modi met CEOs from both the United States and India to get an update on the progress in the bilateral commercial relationship. Also joining the CEO Roundtable were the honorees for USIBC\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 2016 Global Leadership Awards: Jeff Bezos (CEO and Founder, Amazon) and Dilip Shanghvi (Founder and Managing Director, Sun Pharmaceuticals).<\/p>\n

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Speaking after the roundtable, USIBC Chairman John Chambers spoke on the substantial investment by USIBC members. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153In September 2014, USIBC member companies indicated an investment number of $41 billion that was likely to be invested by members over a 2-3 year time period. Today, I am happy to announce that in less than two years, about 20 percent of USIBC member companies have already invested $28 billion. Over the next 2-3 years, we see this pace accelerating, again with about 20 percent of our member companies reporting, indicating that USIBC members are on track to invest an additional $45 billion, which is a conservative estimate. Given Prime Minister Modi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s track record towards implementing Digital India and key economic reforms, we are optimistic that this number will be dramatically exceeded, perhaps even doubled.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

USIBC President Mukesh Aghi said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We are honored to have Prime Minister Modi address the Council\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 41st<\/sup> Anniversary Leadership Summit. Forty-five billion is a good starting point for American companies to invest in India and this number will only go up in the future. This will translate into increased technology transfers and job creation. We are excited to expand the potential opportunities attached to this relationship.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

USIBC Chairman John Chambers also delivered the State of the Council address. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Today we are witnessing a new phase in India\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s growth story driven by the vision of Prime Minister Modi. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve had the opportunity to meet many government leaders around the world and I believe that Prime Minister Modi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s total approach \u00c2\u00a0in India -\u00c2\u00a0encompassing Digital India, skills, innovation and entrepreneurship – will ensure India remains the fastest growing economy over the next 5 years and provide inclusive growth, create new jobs and\u00c2\u00a0 increase the standard of \u00c2\u00a0living for its citizens. Prime Minister Modi has rapidly become the model for not just the developing countries, but the entire world.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

During the Summit, USIBC also presented \u00c2\u00a0its Global Leadership Awards to Jeff Bezos, Founder and CEO of Amazon and Dilip Shanghvi, Founder and Managing Director of Sun Pharmaceuticals<\/strong>.\u00c2\u00a0Both were honored for their contributions and commitment to integrating India into the global economy.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We have already created some 45,000 jobs in India and continue to see huge potential in the Indian economy,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Jeff Bezos, Founder and CEO of Amazon.com. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Our Amazon.in team is surpassing even our most ambitious planned milestones, and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m pleased to announce today that we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll invest an additional US $3 billion on top of the US $2 billion that we announced in 2014, bringing our total investment in India to over US $5 billion.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153At Sun Pharma we are focused on offering quality medicines to all our customers and patients worldwide. Under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Modi, we see an environment of technology-led innovation in India. It will enable us to bring innovative products meeting unmet medical needs of patients globally,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Dilip Shanghvi, who also received the Padma Shri honor this year.<\/p>\n

Additional investment announcements from the summit were as follows:<\/p>\n