Minister of Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari has invited Silicon Valley professionals of Indian origin to participate in the Start-ups India movement.
By Belal Khan
Addressing a series of meetings organized by various outfits of Indian origin professionals in San Francisco over the last two days, Gadkari said government initiatives have brought a lot of positivity among the entrepreneurs across the globe and today India has the world’s third largest number of start-ups.
Speaking at the Global Indian Technology Professionals Association (GITPRO), Gadkari invited Indian professionals to bring their innovations and technologies to India in key sectors of the economy, particularly in the infrastructure sector like roads transport, highways and shipping as well as in the road safety programmes. He said agriculture sector was another area of cooperation between India and the US.
He assured the entrepreneurs from the US of all possible assistance in making the ease of doing business a hassle free process.
The minister also met TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) US Chapter members and shared with US entrepreneurs his ministries’ policy innovations with a view to motivating young creative minds to turn up ideas into action in the new Indian scenario which he said will help in jobs creation.
Gadkari also visited Boom Energy establishment and evinced keen interest in the next generation energy generation system with modern technologies.
