In addition, Minister of External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee will present the Schwab Foundation's 2007 Indian Social Entrepreneur of the Year award and address the Closing Session of the 23rd India Economic Summit.
"Sustaining a double-digit GDP growth will require intense efforts on several fronts by a multitude of stakeholders. India will need to especially focus on enhancing skills, ensuring inclusive growth and linking India to the globe," said Sunil Bharti Mittal, President, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Chairman and Group Chief Executive Officer, Bharti Enterprises, India, while addressing the Pre Summit Press Conference.
"India will be able to achieve its goal of inclusive growth if it succeeds in creating new centres of excellence not only in emerging industries, but also rural communities," added W. Lee Howell, Senior Director, Head of Asia and Global Agenda, World Economic Forum.
Lt Gen S S Mehta, Director General, CII and Mrs Collette Mathur, Senior Advisor, World Economic Forum also participated in the Press Conference.
The programme is organized under four thematic pillars. State and National Competitiveness will examine how policy-makers aim to improve the environment for business growth at the state and national levels.
Inclusive Growth will explore how states, industries and companies are adapting to changing political, economic and consumer expectations.
Infrastructure Development will examine how policy-makers and CEOs are developing the country's hard and soft infrastructure and implementing public-private partnerships. Risk Management will examine how to address key challenges to future growth.
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