Among the two dozen thought leaders, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to meet during his United States visit, is Twitter head Elon Musk. This will be Modi’s first meeting after the Tesla owner took over the social networking company.
Modi had met Musk at the Tesla Motors in 2015. “Enjoyed discussion on how battery technology can help farmers," he had then tweeted.
The others on the list are Nobel laureates, economists, artists, scientists, scholars, entrepreneurs, academicians and health sector experts.
These include entrepreneur and Tesla and Twitter owner Elon Musk, astrophysicist and author Neil deGrasse Tyson, Nobel laureate economist Paul Romer, author Nicholas Nassim Taleb and investor Ray Dalio.
Other notable personalities are Falu Shah, Jeff Smith, Michael Froman, Daniel Russel, Elbridge Colby, Peter Agre, Stephen Klasko and Chandrika Tandon, officials said. There will be conversations to achieve better synergy, understand the developments in the US and invite people to collaborate with India among other issues on the agenda, they said. As a means to enhance people-to-people connect, Modi often meets thought leaders in the countries he visits, they noted.
PM Modi will be in the city where he will celebrate the International Day of Yoga at the United Nations Headquarters with the UN leadership and members of the international community.
Prime Minister Modi is visiting the US from June 21-24 at the invitation of US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden. They will host Modi at a state dinner on June 22. The visit also includes an address to the joint session of the US Congress on June 22.
Elon Musk: A business magnate and investor, he is the founder, CEO and chief engineer of SpaceX; angel investor, CEO and product architect of Tesla, Inc.; owner, CTO and chairman of Twitter; founder of the Boring Company and X Corp.; co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI; and president of the philanthropic Musk Foundation
Falu Shah: An American singer whose music blends ancient classical Indian melodies with contemporary western sounds
Paul Romer: An American economist and policy entrepreneur, who is a University Professor in Economics
Nicholas Nassim Taleb: A Lebanese-American essayist and mathematical statistician
Ray Thomas Dalio: An American billionaire investor and hedge fund manager
Neil deGrasse Tyson: He is an American astrophysicist and author
Jeff Smith: A research fellow in Heritage’s Asian Studies Center, focusing on South Asia
Michael Froman: He is the vice-chairman and president, Strategic Growth for Mastercard.
Daniel Russel: An American diplomat who served as the Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs from 2013 to 2017
Elbridge Colby: The cofounder and principal of The Marathon Initiative, he served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy and force development from 2017 through 2018
Dr Peter Agre: He is an American physician, Nobel Laureate, and molecular biologist
Dr Stephen Klasko: He is the author and leader of healthcare reform. Between 2013 and 2021, he was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health
Chandrika Tandon: An Indian American businesswoman and Grammy-nominated artist.