Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet top business executives of Silicon Valley in the East Room of the White House.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet chief executives of Indian and American firms today at the White House to discuss innovation, investment, and manufacturing in a variety of technology sectors, including Artificial Intelligence, semiconductors, and space. The top business leaders, including CEOs of Boeing, Amazon and Google, will gather in the East Room at 9:05 pm IST for the meeting with the Indian prime minister. After the meeting, Vice President Kamala Harris and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will host Modi for a luncheon.
Modi's meeting with Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun comes a day after the aircraft manufacturing company announced a $100 million investment in infrastructure and programs to train pilots in India. The announcement comes on the heels of Air India signing orders of over 200 jets earlier this week from Boeing, which include 20 787 Dreamliners, 10 777Xs, and 190 737 MAX narrowbody aircraft.