ANSWER: Chandrababu Naidu
Explanation:
The US-India Business Council (USIBC) has selected Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Chandrababu Naidu for the ‘Transformative Chief Minister Award.'
This is for his role in advancing the US-India partnership at the state level.
The award will be presented to him at the USIBC West Coast Summit in the Silicon Valley on May 8th.
The USIBC West Coast Summit will see the participation of Indian government officials.
Also part of this are 150 industry leaders from sectors such as information technology, banking, food processing, healthcare, clean energy, digital payments, and manufacturing.
The organisation aims to explore the impacts of manufacturing in India, digitisation, move towards adoption of a cashless society and the future of the US-India trade relations.
The companies such as Amazon, Paypal, Deloitte, Facebook, Mastercard, Dell, TransAsia, Varian Medical and Visa will attend the summit.
In addition, the Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and IT Aruna Sundararajan will also be honoured with the ‘Transformative Leadership Award’ for excellence in public service and for her role in advancing US-India cooperation and Digital India.
Amitabh Kant, CEO of Niti Aayog was the last year’s recipient of this award.
USIBC: Know More
- USIBC was established in 1975 as a business advocacy organization for encouraging the private sectors in the US and India to enhance investments.
- It acts a direct link between business and government leaders to enhance the trade and investment ties between the two nations.
- USIBC works in partnership with major trade associations of India like The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) among others.
- President and CEO of MasterCard Ajay Banga is the current chairman of USIBC.
