Ahmedabad, January 11, 2015: The U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on Saturday hosted a joint dinner in Ahmedabad to welcome the new U.S. Ambassador to India, Richard Rahul Verma, on the eve of the 7th edition of the Vibrant Gujarat summit.
U.S. Ambassador to India, Richard Verma, Arun Kumar, Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce, and Thomas Vajda, U.S. Consul General, Mumbai were also present on the occasion. The Saurabh Bhai Patel, Minister of Finance, Government of Gujarat, as well as several other senior government officials also attended the dinner, along with other distinguished invitees from the US and India. This included the 130-member strong Executive Business Delegation led by USIBC for the Vibrant Gujarat 2015 Summit.
Welcoming U.S. Ambassador Verma and his U.S. delegation colleagues, USIBC Chairman Ajay Banga, President & CEO of MasterCard said, “I am pleased to welcome Rich Verma as U.S. Ambassador to India as a new generation of leadership in India is rekindling hopes for India’s future, including the future of India and U.S. bilateral relations. The importance of advancing the strategic and economic ties we share cannot be overstated.”
Diane Farrell, Acting President, USIBC, added, “USIBC members are very appreciative to the Ambassador for his remarks this evening. Having been in his post for less than two weeks, his personal commitment to strengthening the U.S-India economic relationship, give a strong indication of his considerable capabilities as a top diplomat in Delhi.”
Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General of CII, mentioned, “As India takes bold, brave and transformational steps towards development, immense opportunities would arise for the U.S. and India to collaborate by not only aligning our economies for a sustainable mutual growth trajectory, but also emerging truly as friends and partners in the global foreign policy arena.”
“Both the governments are now taking efforts to create a mutually beneficial agenda that will broaden and deepen our trade and investment aligning with India’s ambitious developmental agenda as well as U.S. business economic interests, “ noted CII President Ajay S. Shriram.
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