New Delhi, Dec 28 (PTI) Union ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw, CR Patil, Chirag Paswan, K Ram Mohan Naidu and Jayant Chaudhary, along with three chief ministers – Devendra Fadnavis, Chandrababu Naidu and Revant Reddy, will join hundreds government and business leaders from around the world will join the Swiss ski resort of Davos next month for the 2025 annual meeting of the World Economic Forum.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Naidu will also be accompanied by his son and senior minister in his state Nara Lokesh, while Karnataka's Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister TRB Rajaa and Uttar Pradesh Minister Suresh Khanna will also be present for the five-day annual meet . congregation of the world's rich and powerful, starting on January 20, 2025.
Actor Bhumi Pednekar, known for films like Dum Laga Ke Haisha, Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, Shubh Mangal Saavdhan, Pati Patni Aur Woh, Badhai Do and Saand Ki Aankh, would also be present.
In addition to more than 50 presidents and prime ministers from around the world, top officials from international organizations such as the United Nations, IMF, World Bank, Interpol, NATO, European Central Bank and WTO are also expected to be in Davos for the WEF Annual Meeting 2025.
Senior ministers from Pakistan and Bangladesh, including Chief Advisor to the Government of Bangladesh and Head of the Interim Government Muhammad Yunus, were also expected to attend.
Vaishnaw, Minister of Railways, Information & Broadcasting and Electronics & IT, had also attended the last annual meeting of the WEF along with Smriti Irani and Hardeep Singh Puri of the Union Council of Ministers.
This time Vaishnaw is accompanied by Jal Shakti Minister Patil, Food Processing Minister Paswan, Civil Aviation Minister Naidu and Minister of State for Skill Development and Education Chaudhary.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also attended the meeting in the past, but nothing has been officially announced yet about his participation in the high-profile summit, where the main theme this time will be 'cooperation for the intelligent age'.
The annual meeting is expected to be attended by nearly 50 heads of state and government from around the world and will take place against the backdrop of regime change in the US and several geopolitical and macroeconomic issues, including the war in Ukraine and the ongoing crisis in West Asia. .
Both Modi and Donald Trump attended the WEF annual meeting for the first time in 2018 as Prime Minister of India and President of the US respectively.
While Modi became India's prime minister for a third consecutive term earlier this year, Trump will take office for the second time on January 20, and his return is expected to be one of the main talking points at Davos.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Fadnavis and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Naidu have been to Davos several times, while Telangana Chief Minister Reddy also attended the WEF annual meeting in January 2024.
Besides government leaders and members of civil society, the Indian presence would include top executives from business conglomerates such as Reliance, Tata, Adani, Birla, Bharti, Mahindra, Godrej, Jindal, Bajaj and Vedanta.
Besides Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani, the next generation of leaders from their groups are also expected to attend, while technology leaders including Salil Parekh of Infosys, Rishad Premji of Wipro, as well as Sumant Sinha of ReNew, Vijay Shekhar Sharma of Paytm and Adar Poonawalla of the Serum Institute is expected in the Swiss Alpine resort town.
The Geneva-based WEF, which describes itself as an international organization for public-private partnerships, will convene leaders from government, business and civil society, as well as scientific and cultural thinkers, for its 55th annual meeting under the theme 'Collaboration for the intelligent age'. '.
According to the WEF, the meeting will serve as a trusted global platform for dialogue and collaboration, bringing together a diverse community of stakeholders, seeking to connect the dots in an era of complexity and being firmly forward-looking – both in terms of insights. and solutions.
Indian leaders are expected to attend several sessions, including one on 'India's Economic Blueprint'.
As one of the fastest growing major economies in the world, India has grown by over 8 percent, and this growth is underpinned by a focus on fostering local innovation and startups in technology and manufacturing, marking a departure from traditional export-oriented models . .
The leaders would deliberate on how India has capitalized on this new blueprint and to what extent it can continue to drive global growth.
According to the WEF, the annual meeting will take place at a time when geo-economic fragmentation, geopolitical polarization and divisions over values continue to impact countries and communities around the world.
At the same time, exponential innovation and deployment across ranges of interconnected technologies – from AI and quantum technology to energy technology, biotechnology and health technology – offer an unprecedented opportunity to increase productivity and thus living standards.
Revitalizing and reshaping growth is critical to building stronger and more resilient economies, and the meeting would seek to discuss how to avoid an era of fragmentation and instead work together towards an achievable, people-centred agenda for an intelligent age.
World leaders would also consider how to reinvent the power of collaborative innovation to emerge from today's low-growth, high-debt global economy and tackle common challenges, from climate change to the ethical use of AI.
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