Piyush Goyal Meets
Entrepreneurs and Venture Capitalists from Silicon Valley
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Roundtable
discussions with prominent academicians from American universities and
interaction with members of ICAI
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Meeting
with CEOs of Micron Technology and YouTube
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Mr.
Goyal participated in a roundtable discussion with prominent academicians at
Stanford University, where members of various universities, including Stanford,
UC Berkeley, Fresno State, UC Santa Cruz, UC Davis
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One-to-one
meetings with Mr. Sanjay Mehrotra, CEO Micron Technology and Mr. Neil Mohan,
CEO YouTube Inc.
Union
Minister for Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public
Distribution and Textiles Piyush Goyal, interacted with Silicon Valley
entrepreneurs and venture capitalists (VCs) of Indian origin on the third day
of his US visit. During the interaction, the Union Minister
encouraged the participants to share their ideas to make India a better
investment avenue for investors from around the world. The Minister also shared
his vision for Indian startup ecosystem and urged the
entrepreneurs and VCs present to contribute and help India’s young talent
working in critical and emerging technological areas such as Artificial
Intelligence.
Thereafter,
Mr. Goyal participated in a roundtable discussion with prominent academicians
at Stanford University, where members of various universities, including
Stanford, UC Berkeley, Fresno State, UC Santa Cruz, UC Davis, and University of
Silicon Andhra, deliberated on various relevant global issues. The roundtable
saw an active exchange of ideas on how India can collaborate and set up
joint-campuses with foreign universities, institutions like Stanford.
He
also participated in the event “Charting New Horizons: CAs as Catalysts in the
US-India Partnership” which was hosted by the Institute of Chartered Accounts
of India (ICAI) San Francisco Chapter. The event consisted of an interactive
session with members of ICAI where the Minister emphasised on the role that CAs
can play in enhancing the collaboration between India and US.
In
the later part of the day, Mr. Goyal held one-to-one meetings with Mr. Sanjay
Mehrotra, CEO Micron Technology and Mr. Neil Mohan, CEO YouTube Inc. As part of
these bilateral meetings, the Minister discussed prospects of these companies
with respect to their India presence and offered his support in their expansion
to Indian markets. In his discussion with Micron, the Minister highlighted how
India’s growing semiconductor ecosystem presents vast opportunities for
companies to collaborate & expand their businesses. While discussing with
Mr. Neil Mohan, the Minister emphasised on how India’s potential lies in its
thriving digital ecosystem, growing content space, and young & diverse
demography.
To
conclude the day’s engagements, the Union Minister
participated in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) welcome reception
for leaders of APEC and guest economies, including India. The reception was
hosted by President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden. APEC membership
includes Australia; Brunei Darussalam; Canada; Chile; People's Republic of
China; Hong Kong, China; Indonesia; Japan; Republic of Korea; Malaysia; Mexico;
New Zealand; Papua New Guinea; Peru; the Philippines; the Russian Federation;
Singapore; Chinese Taipei; Thailand; the United States of America; and Vietnam.