WASHINGTON (TIP): Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Chandrababu Naidu was awarded the Transformative Chief Minister Award by The U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) during their annual summit, an honor that has been instituted by the Council to acknowledge excellence in public service and recognize the honoree’s achievement in championing U.S.-India ties in the areas of trade, politics and culture. Recognized alongside Chief Minister Naidu, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and IT, Aruna Sundararajan was honored with the USIBC Transformative Leadership Award for distinguished public service and her commitment to advancing U.S.-India cooperation and Digital India.

USIBC hosted its annual summit in Silicon Valley in first week of May, calling for collaboration. The theme of this year’s summit was U.S.-India Technology Partnership. Industry and government leaders from the U.S. and India discussed the power of digital transformation to accelerate economic growth, create jobs, and encourage the start-up and entrepreneurial environment.

USIBC brought together key stakeholders, including Government of India officials, industry leaders in fintech, digital payment service providers, IT, sharing economy, Ecommerce, and venture capitalists to renew key linkages and advance the convergent interests of the two countries.

Senior policy makers and heads of global organizations held discussions on dynamic aspects of the U.S.-India commercial relationship that included panel discussions on: (1) Enabling Entrepreneurship and Corporate Responsibility; (2) Make in India; (3) Digital Payments, Internet of Things and Smart Planning; (4) Future of U.S.- India Technology Partnership featuring the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Chandrababu Naidu and IT Secretary Aruna Sundararajan, alongside tech innovators Dheeraj Pandey, CEO of Nutanix, and USIBC Chairman and Cisco Executive Chairman, John Chambers. The panel was moderated by CNBC’s senior technology reporter, Ari Levy.

Approximately 200 senior level business leaders and investors attended the summit. Attending companies at the summit included Amazon, PayPal, Deloitte, Facebook, iCreate, Nuveen, Mastercard, Mobility Infrastructure Group, Varian Medical, and Visa.