U.S., India Strategic Dialogue to Set Stage for PM Narendra Modi's Visit

This is "a sequence that will not be lost on Chinese policy makers," wrote Raymond E. Vickery, Jr. a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Centre in an article in "Diplomat".

"The Obama administration is pulling out all the stops," he suggested, to make the U.S. engagement with India "a success and a key demonstration that the administration's 'rebalance to Asia' is more than just rhetoric."

As the U.S. commerce department noted since 2010, the US-India Strategic Dialogue has been the primary forum to advance shared objectives in regional security, economic cooperation, defence trade and climate challenges.

"With a new commercial track, the U.S. and India will focus additional attention on shared priorities of generating economic growth, creating jobs, improving the investment climate, and strengthening the middle class in both countries," it said.

Later on Monday evening, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, Mr Kerry and Mrs Sushma Swaraj will headline a conclave of corporate America.

Other high-ranking government officials as also captains of industry from both countries, will also address the U.S.-India Business Council's 40th Annual Leadership Summit.

To increase the role of the private sector, the Commerce Department will host the U.S.-India CEO Forum on September 21, in close proximity to the Strategic and Commercial Dialogue.

The CEO Forum is the primary mechanism for engaging the U.S. and Indian private sectors and leveraging business leaders' recommendations to shape policy making discussions.

As part of the CEO Forum, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace will host an event featuring remarks from Ms Pritzker and Ms Sitharaman, and a discussion between U.S. and Indian CEOs on efforts to deepen bilateral economic engagement.

Other engagements on the sidelines of the strategic and commercial dialogue include official level India-U.S. Health Dialogue and a meeting of India-U.S. Joint Working Group on Climate Change.