December 18, 2025 08:49 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Indian Visa Application Centre in Dhaka shuts down early amid rising security concerns | Market update: Sensex tumbles 120 points, Nifty below 25,850 at closing bell | ‘Won’t apologise’: Prithviraj Chavan stands firm on controversial Operation Sindoor remark despite backlash | India summons Bangladesh High Commissioner after provocative 'seven sisters' remark | Amazon eyes $10 billion investment in OpenAI — a gamechanger for AI industry! | Goa nightclub fire horror: Luthra brothers brought back to India from Thailand, arrested | Messi chaos costs minister his job: Aroop Biswas resigns after Salt Lake Stadium fiasco | Bengal SIR draft list out: Around 58 lakh voters’ names dropped | Relief for Sonia, Rahul Gandhi as Delhi court refuses to act on ED chargesheet in National Herald case | Centre moves to replace MGNREGA with 'G Ram G', sets stage for winter session showdown

Modi meets top US CEOs to pitch for investment in India

| | Sep 30, 2014, at 01:26 am
#Narendra Modi meets top US CEOs to pitch for investment in India
New York, Sept 29 (IBNS): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a five-day visit to the United States, met top American CEOs over a powerful breakfast meeting on Monday to pitch for investment to develop India's infrastructure.
"India is open-minded. We want change. Chnage that is not 1 sided. Am discussing with citizens, industrialists & investors," Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin tweeted, quoting the Prime Minister as saying. 
 
Modi said India has huge scope for infrastructure development.
 
"Infrastructure development is a big opportunity; it creates jobs & enhances quality of life of our citizens," he said to the captains of 11 top US corporations.
 
During the meeting, CEO of Boeing James McNerney told Modi that: " Boeing wants to accelerate  engagement with India."
 
The breakfast meeting reportedly included Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga, Cargill’s President and CEO David W MacLennan, Caterpillar’s Douglas Oberhelman, AES’ Andres Gluski, Merck’s Kenneth Frazier, co-founder and co-CEO of Carlyle Group David Rubenstein, Hospira’s Michael Ball and Warburg Pincus’ Charles Kaye.
 
The breakfast meet was followed by one-on-one meetings with six CEOs of Boeing, KKR, BlackRock, IBM, General Electric and Goldman Sachs.

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.
Related Images
In Images: PM Modi arrives in Ethiopian Parliament
In Images: PM Modi arrives in Ethiopian Parliament Dec 17, 2025, at 05:32 pm
PM Modi’s big honour from Ethiopia captured in pictures – don’t miss!
PM Modi’s big honour from Ethiopia captured in pictures – don’t miss! Dec 17, 2025, at 12:41 pm
In images: PM Modi arrives in Ethiopia
In images: PM Modi arrives in Ethiopia Dec 16, 2025, at 09:24 pm
Related Videos
Messi-chaos in Kolkata: Football fever turns into a citywide shame Dec 14, 2025, at 02:15 am
India’s drdo successfully conducts high-speed rocket-sled test of fighter aircraft escape system Dec 03, 2025, at 07:57 pm
tusharrkhanna & helidaruwala spotted together celebrity celebritynews Dec 03, 2025, at 07:54 pm