Govt Focused On Putting Economy On Upward Trajectory: Modi

"Our growth story will move forward on its own," he said and assured the people that his government is trying to move in that direction with all seriousness and sincerity. Modi sought cooperation from Indian-Americans in his effort to revive the Indian economy.

The reception was attended by about 712 invited guests including Pepsi Co chief Indra Nooyi, Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga and Harvard Business School Dean Nitin Nohria among scores of other eminent Indian-Americans, US government officials, lawmakers and business tycoons.

The guests on the Prime Minister's table were Representative Ed Royce, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Nooyi, Asia Scholar Visakha Desai, the Indian ambassador. Among the Congressmen who were invited to the reception were Joe Crowley, Ed Royce, Ami Bera, Tulsi Gabbard, Jim McDermott and Frank Pallone.

The other eminent guests included Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Nisha Desai Biswal, Director General of the US and Foreign Commercial Service Arun Kumar, American physician nominated by U S President Barack Obama to serve as the 19th Surgeon General of the United States Vivek Murthy, New President of Indian-American Doctors' Association Ravi Jahagirdar, filmmaker Trilok Malik, senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Ashley Tellis, Chairman of the Mississippi Board of Mental Health Sampat Shivangi and Former Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, AppNet Ken Bajaj.

Among the eminent Indians present were vice-president and general secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party Ram Madhav, former head of the Confederation of India Industry Tarun Das and veteran journalist M J Akbar.
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