Ivanka Trump visits India tomorrow: To attend Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Hyderabad; meet PM Modi

 BT Online   New Delhi     Last Updated: November 27, 2017  | 18:20 IST
Ivanka Trump visits India tomorrow: To attend Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Hyderabad; meet PM Modi

US President Donald Trump's daughter and advisor Ivanka Trump is all set to visit India tomorrow for the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) in Hyderabad. Ivanka Trump will be leading a delegation of senior administrative officers and entrepreneurs. This year's summit, the first in South Asia, is co-hosted by India and America and is likely to be attended by 1500 business leaders from 170 countries out of which more than 50 percent attendees would be women, reports mention. Trump will be here to promote female entrepreneurship and economic power in the summit that will go on from November 28 to 30.

Trump will be part of two panels and will be in conversation with Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and ICICI CEO Chanda Kochar, amongst other leaders. Ivanka Trump will also give a keynote speech in at the summit that is themed 'Women First, Prosperity for All'.

Moreover prominent personalities from 35 countries such as John Chambers, Prem Watsa, Marcus Wallenberg, Anousheh Ansari, Sibongile Sambo, Carlo Ratti and Danielle Wood, Ritesh Agarwal, Sonam Wangchuk, Piyush Pandey, Chatri Sityodtong, Sania Mirza, Pullela Gopichand and Vikas Khanna would be speaking at the summit.

According to reports, five per cent of entrepreneurs at GES are 30 years or younger. The youngest entrepreneur is 13, while the oldest is 84.

PM Modi is scheduled to have a meeting with Ivanka Trump before the inauguration of the GES. In fact, he himself invited Trump to support this year's GES. After Ivanka's keynote speech, PM Modi will address the gathering. PM Modi will also meet several dignitaries one on one before they head to Taj Falaknuma, said to be world's largest dining hall for dinner. At Taj Falaknuma, Indian fabric and crafts will be showcased and there will be a live show on the cultural heritage of India for the visitors.
 
However, long before the summit, Ivanka Trump's visit has garnered bad press because of reports that claim that authorities in Hyderabad have been rounding up beggars to put them out of sight of the Ivanka Trump-led delegation. There have been reports that stray dogs have been poisoned to clean the city before Ivanka's visit, who might take a trip to Charminar. Annie Gowen, India bureau chief of the Washington Post also tweeted that a bridge in Hyderabad has been painted in multiple colours because Trump is set to take that route.

 


Not very unlike this was the fanfare that Ivanka Trump experienced ahead of World Assembly of Women organised by the Japanese government. However, the actual event saw a jarring lack of attendees at the event. According to The Guardian, Ivanka Trump was greeted with "boos and hisses" at the W20 summit held in Berlin as she boasted of her father being a "tremendous champion of supporting families".  
 

It remains to be seen how the GES ends up for Ivanka.