Washington (TIP)

India’s Ambassador to the US Harsh Vardhan Shringla participated in a conversation with Dow Wilson, President & CEO, Varian Medical Systems at the 2nd Annual Leadership Summit of the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) held in Washington DC July 11.

In his remarks, Ambassador highlighted the enormous potentials of the India-US bilateral economic & strategic partnership. Ambassador Shringla said that strengthening trade will require empowering ministers and coming up with solutions that are mutually beneficial for both sides.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and Senior Advisor to the President Jared Kushner were among the prominent speakers at the summit. “There is an opportunity to lift the values of the whole world, create more markets, and be more entrepreneurial through the US-India strategic partnership”, said Pelosi.

“Our trade differences are a lot less than the opportunities. Lets deepen our relationships with traditional trade partners through USMCA and NAFTA and turn to the real challenge i.e. China”, said Senator Dan Sullivan.

On the sidelines of the summit, Ambassador met Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Secretary Wilbur Ross, Senior Advisor Jared Kushner and senior industry representatives, including Ambassador Manuel Rocha, SVP, Global Corporate affairs, Xcoal Energy & Resources; Ankhi Das, Public Policy Director-India, South & Central Asia, Facebook; Dr. Vivek Lall, Vice President, Lockheed Martin Corporation; Harvinder Singh, Divisional VP, Abbott; Vishal Wanchoo, President & CEO, South Asia GE India; and Sudipta Bhattacharya, Country Head and Shailesh Vyas from the Adani Group.