Team Blitz India
NEW YORK: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met a galaxy of leading experts from the health sector, industry, entrepreneurial world, technology, economy and others in New York on June 21 and held relevant discussions with them.
Among those he met included Michael Froman, President-designate and Distinguished Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), New York; Daniel Russel, Vice President for International Security and Diplomacy at the Asia Society Policy Institute, New York; Max Abrahms, Associate Professor of Political Science at Northeastern University, Boston.
In the second round he met the likes of Jeff M. Smith, Director, Asian Studies Center, The Heritage Foundation, DC; Elbridge Colby, Co-founder of ‘The Marathon Initiative’, based in Washington DC and Guru Sowle, Founder-member, Director (Indo-US Affairs), Indus International Research Foundation, Texas.
During his meeting PM Modi discussed geopolitics, the global economic situation and terrorism among other relevant issues.
Later the PM tweeted, “Met a group of people associated with key think tanks. We talked about different aspects of policy making and the emerging global trends. Emphasised on the positive changes in India and how they are being powered by our youth.”
Later, American billionaire investor Ray Dalio expressed his admiration for the India PM terming him as a “radical reformer” with the capability and popularity of bringing out transformative changes in India.