Jitendra Singh reaches New York enroute to Washington on first leg of his 5 day US visit

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh reached New York on Tuesday evening enroute to Washington on the first leg of his five-day US visit. During the tour, he will participate in the Global Clean Energy Action Forum scheduled from 21st to 23rd September at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Minister was received by senior Indian Embassy officials at the JFK airport. After this, he left for Washington DC to hold an important Roundtable with senior executives of about 35 companies and federal representatives associated with Geospatial, Space, Earth and Ocean Science, Pharma and Biotech Sectors. The Roundtable is being organized by US-India Business Council at U.S. Chamber of Commerce headquarters in Washington DC.

AIR correspondent reports that the Minister is leading a high-level Joint Indian Ministerial official delegation of Ministry of Power, New and Renewable Energy and Ministry of Science and Technology to participate in the Global Clean Energy Action Forum. He will also interact with eminent academicians as well as Indian diaspora.