USIBC to visit India from March 5-9

Washington, Mar 2 (UNI) The US-India Business Council (USIBC) will mount a four-City Executive Mission to India on March 5-9, commemorating the first anniversary of the US Presidential Mission to India, which took place last year on March 1, 2006.

The jumbo-sized 38-company USIBC Executive Mission will attend a US-India Economic Summit organised by CII in New Delhi on March 6 to take stock of the progress achieved in the US-India Strategic Partnership over the past year, and to prepare a roadmap for the year ahead. Senior leadership of the Government of India and Captains of Indian Industry will greet the delegation.

''The US-India Business Council is pleased to accompany America's finest companies to India, where we can demonstrate our desire to participate in the India growth story across every sector.

We are here to take stock of the progress made thus far and chalk the roadmap for our future engagement,'' USIBC President Ron Somers said.

Nuclear power companies, high technology contractors and equipment suppliers will peal off from the USIBC Executive Mission and head to Mumbai to meet with the Nuclear Power Corporation of India and the Indian private sector to discuss collaborations and opportunities in India's nuclear power industry.

The USIBC Executive Mission, investing across all sectors of the Indian economy, will travel to Kolkata to visit with the Government of West Bengal and leadership of the UPA Coalition on March 7. This visit will mark USIBC's first foray into West Bengal in ten years.

Industry chamber CII will organise a conference in Kolkata, highlighting the 'View from the East: Opportunities and Promise'.

The USIBC Executive Mission will travel to Chennai to meet with the Government of Tamil Nadu and Captains of South Indian Industry to learn more about opportunities in India's infrastructure and manufacturing sector.

The Mission will be co-led by General Dan Christman, and AMEX's Tom Schick, member of the USIBC 's Executive Committee.

Companies that will be represented on the USIBC Executive Mission include Best Buy, Parsons Brinkerhoff, The Wire Group, Amex, AIG, Cargill, Max New York Life, Dow Chemicals, Exceed International, Lighthouse Funds, Emergent Biosolutions, The Chatterjee Group, eFunds, General Electric, Westinghouse, Edlow Corporation, US Enrichment Corporation, Bechtel, Cognizant, ITT, PSEG, and 20 others.

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