PM to open India Economic Summit on Sunday
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will
inaugurate the three-day India Economic Summit on Sunday being
held here in the backdrop of the global financial crisis.
"The programme for this year's Summit will lead to
concrete recommendations for addressing key challenges such as
skill development, financial empowerment of the poor and
development of female talent," Director and Head of Asia at
the World Economic Forum Sushtant Palakurthi Rao told
reporters here.
Cabinet Ministers Pranab Mukherjee, Anand Sharma, Murli
Deora, P Chidambaram, Kapil Sibal, Kamal Nath, and Planning
Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia are
scheduled to address the Summit.
Besides, business leaders Chanda Kochhar (ICICI), Indra
Nooyi (PepsiCo-USA), Shumeet Banerji (Booz and Company-UK),
Carlos Ghosn (Renault-France, William D Green (Accenture-USA)
and Baba N Kalyani (Bharat Forge) will participate in the
event.
Rao further said India with its large population of youth
could become a hub for manufacturing and technological
innovations.
The WEF will be celebrating 25 years of its engagement
with India at the annual Economic Summit.
Bureau Report