December 23, 2025 02:22 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Bangladesh on edge: Student leader shot as pre-poll violence deepens after Hadi killing | Historic deal sealed: India, New Zealand sign landmark Free Trade Agreement in record time | Supreme court snubs urgent plea to stop PMO’s chadar offering at Ajmer Sharif | Emergency landing drama: Air India flight heads back to Delhi after engine malfunction! | PM Modi slams ‘cut and commission’ TMC in virtual Taherpur address | US launches Operation Hawkeye Strike in Syria targeting ISIS after Americans killed | Horror on tracks: Rajdhani Express ploughs into elephant herd, eight killed in Assam | Horror in Bangladesh: Hindu man lynched and set on fire amid violent protests | Bangladesh in flames: Student leader Sharif Osman Hadi's death triggers massive protests, media offices torched | Chaos in Dhaka! Protesters assault New Age Editor, burn down newspaper offices amid deadly unrest

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, Oman’s Sultan witness MoU exchange
In Images: PM Modi, Oman’s Sultan witness MoU exchange Dec 19, 2025, at 12:06 am
In Images: PM Modi meets Oman’s Sultan in Muscat
In Images: PM Modi meets Oman’s Sultan in Muscat Dec 18, 2025, at 11:43 pm
In Images: PM Modi arrives in Ethiopian Parliament
In Images: PM Modi arrives in Ethiopian Parliament Dec 17, 2025, at 05:32 pm
Related Videos
#bangladesh: Hindu Man Lynched, Set Ablaze as Islamist Mob Runs Riot After Youth Leader’s Killing Dec 22, 2025, at 04:31 pm
PM #Modi witnesses soulful rendition of #vandemataram by Ethiopian singers in #Ethiopia Dec 22, 2025, at 04:30 pm
Moment Sydney Bondi beach shooter was disarmed by brave man in civilian clothes Dec 22, 2025, at 04:29 pm