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Gadkari invites Indian origin Silicon Valley professionals to participate in India's Start-up movement
San Francisco, July 17 (IBNS): Union 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, taking advantage of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious policy initiative of "Ease of doing Business" and contribute towards the success of 'Make in India'.
Addressing a series of meetings organized by various outfits of Indian origin professionals in San Francisco over the last two days, Gadkari said NDA government’s revolutionary policy initiatives have brought about 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.
Gadkari 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.
The Road Transport, Highways & Shipping minister came across a large number of entrepreneurs of Indian origin who, he found, were excited about the government’s schemes like Atal Innovation Mission, which they were convinced will promote innovation at the grass root level among professionals coming out of top business schools.
Gadkari explained at great length the relaxation of rules and regulations and other procedural bottle necks in the departments under him which he emphasized have made things simpler and easier for potential investors in India in the infrastructure sector.
He also visited Boom Energy establishment and evinced keen interest in the next generation energy generation system with modern technologies.
Speaking at another largely attended meeting, Gadkari said that positive impact of Indian policy initiatives in road transport, highways and shipping sectors have given a boost to the Indian economy which is now growing as one of the emerging economies in the world
During his interactions, Gadkari noticed that IIT and IIM graduates from India working in the US were excited about the success story of India in the last two years and were enthusiastic about making a positive contribution to the growth and progress of their country of origin.
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