April 25, 2024 | Washington, D.C.
USISPF’s Senior Advisor for Trade Policy Mark Linscott convened an in-person USISPF Trade Taskforce meeting. Discussions with members across tech, financial services, education, pharma, logistics on strengthening US-india trade ties, the importance of the TPF and the renewal of the GSP in fostering stronger commercial links and enhancing bilateral trade.
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 | New Delhi
U.S. Grains Council and USISPF hosted the inaugural U.S. – India Biofuels Summit 2024 in New Delhi. Since the launch of the Global Biofuels Alliance under India’s G20 Presidency, the focus has been on working towards biofuels as a cost-effective and attainable energy transition strategy.
The U.S.-India Biofuels Taskforce under the U.S.-India SCEP is a bilateral forum where industry experts provide sharp insights on best practices to leapfrog biofuel adoption. Honored to have U.S. Ambassador Eric Garcetti provide the opening remarks.
Saturday, April 20 | New Delhi
He participated in a distinguished panel discussing “Opportunities for Transcontinental Cooperation & Emerging Space Frameworks.”
The discussion emphasized the benefits of collaboration in space exploration and development, highlighting the sector’s vast commercial opportunities for both states and private companies. Public-private partnerships are crucial for unlocking the full potential of this new economic frontier.
Friday, April 19th, 2024 | Virtual
As the first phase of the general elections commenced in India, USISPF hosted a curtain raiser webinar with Aparna Pande at Hudson Institute and Pramit Pal Chaudhuri at Eurasia Group. Topics and themes explored domestic and foreign policy and relations for the rest of 2024.
Monday, April 15th 2024 | Washington DC
A busy week in Washington, DC with the World Bank and IMF News spring meetings. On the sidelines of these meetings, USISPF was delighted to host Dr. V Anantha Nageswaran, the Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) to the Govt of India.
Dr. Nageswaran touched on India’s economic performance and future trends, particularly the growth outlook for the previous and current financial year. At a time of global economic headwinds, India bucks the trend and continues to be the fastest emerging economy, estimated to grow at near 7-8% .
Riveting insights on policies and outcomes on the Indian economy for our members across an eclectic mix of energy, financial services, tech, consumer goods, and logistics sectors. Thank you to our members and ficci india for partnering for this event.
Saturday, 13th April | Evanston, IL
USISPF’s Malachy Nugent moderated a spiritied discussion on “The Indian Boom: Understanding the Drivers of Rapid Economic Expansion” with Raghuram Rajan and Prof. Krishnamurthy V Subramanian at the Kellogg School India Business Conference 2024.
The panelists shared their personal journeys, drew from their experiences shaping India’s economic policies, and delved into the fundamentals of the Indian economy, manufacturing landscape, and investment climate.
As the Strategic Partner of the Conference, USISPF is honored to have facilitated this enriching exchange. We extend our gratitude to the panelists, organizers, and audience for making this session truly unforgettable.
Saturday, April 13, 2024 | Washington, D.C.
USISPF hosted a luncheon in New Delhi for David Druley, CEO of Cambridge Associates. The conversation focused on the investment landscape in India, ease of doing business and policy reforms and changes. Boston headquartered, Cambridge Associates, has 11 global offices and a diversified investment portfolio featuring foundations, endowments, pensions, private clients, and corporate and government entities. Thank you to our board members and members for attending.
Friday, April 12th, 2024 | Washington DC
USISPF was honored to host a luncheon with Amb Vinay Mohan Kwatra, Foreign Secretary, Government of India in Washington, D.C. Foreign Secretary Kwatra had a detailed discussion with our members across energy, technology, defense and aerospace, and financial services. Productive discussions on strengthening U.S.-India commercial ties in areas of semiconductors, AI, quantum computing, and space, with a vision of boosting India’s manufacturing economy, creating resilient supply chains, and enhancing the ease of doing business environment. Thank you to FS Kwatra, DCM Sripriya Ranganathan, colleagues from the Randhir Jaiswal, India in USA and to all our members.
Thursday, 11th April | Washington, D.C.
USISPF was honored to host CCI India Chairperson Smt. Ravneet Kaur in Washington, D.C., for a productive luncheon with our members.
Discussions highlighted CCI’s crucial role in promoting fair competition, easing business operations, and encouraging greater investment from US companies in India. Valuable insights shared on competition law, regulations, and India’s evolving business climate. Grateful to the Chairperson and our members for an engaging conversation!
Thursday, April 11, 2024 | New Delhi
Professor Chand shared his insights on the future of agriculture, the role of AgTech, best practices across the sector, FPOs, priorities of Vikas Bharat, and public-private partnerships in this sector.
April 11, 2024 | New Delhi
USISPF recently hosted a dinner in New Delhi with Caroline Vik, Senior Advisor, House China Select Committee, (Majority), and Mr. David Dorfman, Deputy Staff Director, House China Select Committee, (Minority).
Monday, 8 April, 2024 | New Delhi
USISPF President and CEO, Dr. Mukesh Aghi led a delegation to meet with Mr. Manoj Ahuja, Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Agriculture INDIA in New Delhi. Touched on strengthening the US-India commercial partnership across the food processing sector.
Monday, 8 April, 2024 | New Delhi
USISPF took a delegation of its Food Processing Industries and Agriculture sector. Delighted to meet with Ms. Anita Praveen, Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Mr. Clay Hamilton, Minister Counselor, Department of Agriculture, U.S. Embassy India, Mr. Manoj Ahuja, Secretary, Agriculture INDIA and Mr. Kamala Vardhana Rao, CEO, FSSAI.
The conversations focussed on the priorities, vision, and areas of partnership across the respective ministries and departments. The participating companies touched on the ease of doing business in India and highlighted their areas of expertise and willingness to partner with the government across technology, capacity building, financing, skilling, ESG, and supply chains.
Monday, 8 April, 2024 | New Delhi
USISPF organized a roundtable on setting up MROs in India. The meeting was chaired by Mr. Sameer Kumar Sinha, Additional Secretary and DG Acquisition at RMO India. Delighted to be joined by stakeholders from Ministry of Financeand members from the defense and aviation industry.
Wednesday, April 3, 2024 | New Delhi
USISPF was honored to have led a delegation of it’s members representing the Food Processing and Agriculture sector for a very productive discussion with Ms. Anita Praveen, Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries. The meeting aimed to understand the government’s priorities, vision, and areas of partnership in initiatives crucial to the industry’s growth.
We extend our gratitude to Secretary Praveen and the senior leadership of MoFPI for an insightful discussion on government priorities, including technology, skilling, capacity building, food processing, social transformation, and sustainability. Exciting opportunities lie ahead for both US and Indian industries to collaborate and contribute to the government’s vision. Let’s be partners in India’s journey of #Viksatbharat.
April 2, 2024 | Amritsar
A wonderful evening in Amritsar with Mr. Taranjit Singh Sandhu, the former Indian Ambassador to the U.S.
Discussed ways of strengthening the US-India commercial partnership with more opportunities and investments in Amritsar across key sectors from agriculture, healthcare, education, manufacturing, IT and startups.
As India achieves its aim of a $5 trillion economy, the focus will be building new economic hubs and growing new corridors of innovation.
