Global Enterpreneurship Summit Starts Tomorrow With Women In Focus
Hyderabad is all set to host the eighth edition of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES), which will be inaugurated by Prime Minster Narendra Modi tomorrow.
Union ministers Sushma Swaraj, Nirmala Sitharaman and Suresh Prabhu will be attending the summit, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant today told reporters at a joint press conference with U.S. Ambassador to India Kenneth Juster.
After the inauguration, U.S. President Donald Trump's daughter and advisor Ivanka Trump and Indian Defence Minister Sitharaman will participate in a panel discussion on opening up of opportunities for women entrepreneurs, Kant said. The discussion will be moderated by John Chambers, Chairman Emeritus CISCO, he added.
Ivanka will lead a delegation from the U.S. at the three- day event.
The closing session of the GES will bring together key influencers who support, promote and fund women entrepreneurs, Kant said. It will be moderated by Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu, according to a media statement.
More than 10 countries, including Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia and Israel, will be represented by their all-women delegation at the summit. With the theme of ‘Women First, Prosperity for All', this will be the first GES in which women are expected to form a majority (52.5 percent) of the participants, Kant said.
The theme of this year's summit demonstrates the commitment of the U.S. and the Indian governments to the principle that when women are economically empowered, their communities and countries thrive, he added.
Both India and the U.S. focus on innovation and events like this will boost the process further in this regard, said U.S. Ambassador to India Kenneth Juster.
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