"If there's one thing we want (from the visit), it's chemistry", said one senior Indian official. The elite roundtable included Apple CEO Tim Cook, Amazon Founder & CEO Jeff Bezos, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Adobe Chairman Shantanu Narayen and a host of others.
They stress the importance of the huge Indian market to USA firms and major growth in areas such as aviation, which offer significant opportunities for United States manufacturers.
"Prime Minister Modi extensively talked about terrorism that has affected many countries and now, the whole world is listening", Sharad Amin, an Indian American from Texas said. Modi has said that India would go beyond the Paris agreement as climate protection was part of India's ethos.
Modi, in his almost 50-minute address in Hindi to the diaspora, outlined the achievements of his government in the past three years, including introduction of social benefits like the direct benefit transfer scheme, subsidy removal, opening of bank accounts, technological advancement in areas ranging from space to agriculture and opening a number of sectors to foreign investment.
India is seen as a glowing and attractive FDI destination. "Seven thousand reforms alone have been done by the government for ease of business", Modi said, as per another tweet by Baglay.
"The meeting between the two leaders is very significant, obviously, because the new administration's policies towards Asia and particularly India, are not very clear", said foreign policy specialist Sujit Datta at New Delhi's Jamia Millia Islamia University.
Modi's core goals for the meeting, analysts say, are simple: "ensure that India is on the US's radar and that the new U.S. administration maintains policy continuity with the last one", said Shailesh Kumar of the Eurasia group. "When India spoke about terrorism about 20-25 years back, for many countries, it was beyond their understanding".
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"If America becomes stronger, India will be a natural beneficiary", he said. "The startups here is an exciting space that blends youth, idea, technology, innovation and creativity to generate value and wealth for the benefit of the society", he said. He also pointed out opportunities for tourism through developing hotels through the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model at 500 railway stations.
"Indians hate corruption", he told the almost 600 Indian-American community members at a reception in Virginia.
In his conference with USA business honchos, Prime Minister Modi stressed that the whole world is looking at India today adding that growth for New Delhi also presents a win-win partnership for the United States.
India and Portugal June 24 launched a joint global startup hub soon after Narendra Modi expressed his amazement that there has been no bilateral Indian Prime Ministerial visit ever to this European nation that is home to around 70,000 people of Indian origin.
Hours after arriving in the U.S. capital, Modi thanked Trump for his "warm welcome" and said he looks forward to meeting him. We're really seeking to roll out the red carpet.
Officials, however, have downplayed expectations of the visit, describing it as "no frills", AFP reported.
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