3 About Us & Vision 4 Mission 5 Board of Directors 8 Board Emeritus 9 Advisory Board 11 Advisors to the Board 13 6 Pillars of USISPF 15 Initiatives 17 Industry Analysis 19 Our Story About Us As the only independent not-for-profit institution dedicated to strengthening the U.S.-India partnership in Washington, D.C. and in New , USISPF is the trusted partner for businesses, non-profit organizations, the diaspora, and the governments of India and the United States.

Vision The US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) is committed to creating the most powerful partnership between the United States and India. Mission We build, enable, advocate, facilitate, and guide partnerships between the two countries by providing a platform for all stakeholders to come together in new ways that will create meaningful opportunities with the power to change the lives of citizens in both countries.

03 Chairman Board of Directors John D. James Dave Amit Jim Mike T. Chambers Umpleby, III West Midha Fitterling Train Chairman Emeritus of Cisco, Chairman and CEO, President, Asia Pacific, President of Asia Chairman &CEO, President, Emerson Founder & CEO, JC2 Ventures Caterpillar Japan and Greater Pacific and Japan Dow & Chairman, China, Cisco & Global Digital Emerson Automation Cities, Dell Limited, Emerson Technologies

Vice Chair Vice Chair

Punit Shantanu Seifi Ambassador Nik Edward Rajesh Roshni Nadar Omar Sanjiv Renjen Narayen Ghasemi Tim Roemer Deogun Monser Subramaniam Malhotra Ishrak Puri CEO, Chairman, Chairman, Executive Director CEO of the Americas Former President, President & COO, Chairperson, Chairman of the Managing Director, Deloitte Global President and Chief President and CEO, & Senior Counselor, and U.S Senior Partner, Emerson Electric FedEx Corp HCL Technologies Board, Intel, ITC Executive Officer, Air Products APCO Worldwide Brunswick Group and President Former Chairman Adobe and CEO, & CEO, Medtronic FedEx Express

Purna Jillian Nandita Bertrand-Marc Malcolm Sanjay Frank A. Bob Nelson Dr. Saggurti C. Evanko Bakhshi Allen Frank Nayar St. John Patel Cunningham Anish Shah Chairman of Global President & CEO, President and Chief Chief Strategy Officer, President, CEO, Chief Operating Chairman and President, Deputy Managing Corporate and Chart Industries, Inc. Executive Officer, Boeing Cognizant Digital KKR India Officer, CEO, McLarty Associates Director & Group CFO, Investment Banking, Bank of the West Business, Cognizant Lockheed Martin LyondellBasell member of group Bank of America executive board, Mahindra Group

05 06 Ajay Sanat Robert Bipul Sumant Sumir Ernie Banga Chattopadhyay E. Moritz Sinha Sinha Chadha Thrasher Executive Chairman, Executive Vice Chairman, Co-Founder & CEO, Chairman and Co-founder and Founder, CEO and CMO, Mastercard President and PWC Rubrik, Inc. Managing Managing Director, Xcoal Energy President of Director, WestBridge Capital and Resources Manufacturing ReNew Power Division, Merck & Co. Inc.

Ambassador George Diane Ajay Ambassador Board Susan R. Oliver E. Jurgens Singh Frank Wisner Esserman Chairman and CEO, Executive Vice Chairman & International Partner, Steptoe Johnson Controls President, Enterprise Managing Affairs Advisor, & Johnson Technology and Chief Director, Squire Patton Information Officer, SpiceJet Limited Boggs Emeritus The Walt Disney Company

Ambassador Secretary Dow John Charles Dr. Anand John (Late) Richard William Cohen R. Wilson A. Luke R. Kaye S. Jaishankar Mahindra Rood Arne Sorenson R. Verma Chairman & CEO, President and Chairman, CEO, External Affairs Chairman, Former Under Former President & CEO, Executive Vice The Cohen Group Chief Executive WestRock Warburg Pincus Minister, Mahindra Group Secretary of Marriott International President, Officer (CEO), Government Defense for Policy Global Public Policy Varian Medical of India and Regulatory Affairs, Systems Mastercard

07 08 India Advisory

Rashi Rajiv Salil Sanjay Sanjeev Board Dhir Memani Gupte Gupta Krishnan Senior Partner, Chairman & President-India, Vice President & Chairman- DMD Advocates Regional Managing Boeing Country Head, India PwC Partner-India Region, Google India Ernst and Young

Kaku Virat William Kalpesh Mahesh Som Sunil Vishal William Zarin Nakhate Bhatia Davis Mehta Palashikar Satsangi Mehta Mahadevia Blair Daruwala President & Managing Director– CEO & Founder, President & CEO, Managing Director, Chairman– Managing Director- Vice President & Chief Executive Officer, Country Head-India Strategy & Policy Lead Country Tribeca GE South Asia HPE YES Bank India, Chief Executive, Standard Chartered Bank of America Apple India Manager South Asia Chairman & Member-Executive Lockheed Martin- Bank India ExxonMobil India Managing Director- Mgmt Group India SPM Capital Warburg Pincus Advisers Pvt Ltd

Mohandas N. Venkatram Neelam Pallavi Porush Pai Managing Partner Dhawan Shroff Singh Chairman, & CEO Director, Managing Partner, Division President- Manipal Global Deloitte India ICICI Bank Ltd. Shardul Amarchand South Asia, Mangaldas & Co Mastercard

09 10 Advisors to the Board

Professor Ambassador General (Ret) Adil Arvind Kanwal Sibal David Zainulbhai Panagariya Former Foreign H. Petraeus Chairman, Professor, Secretary, Chairman, Quality Council Indian Political Government KKR Global Institute of India Economy, of India Columbia University

Indra Sanjay Dr. Uday Nooyi Bhatnagar Vishal Sikka Shankar Former Chairman Former President Founder and CEO Former President, and CEO, & CEO, of Vian AI Systems The Walt Disney PepsiCo Waterhealth Company Asia Pacific International

11 BUSINESS POLICY ADVOCACY LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS

USISPF helps its member companies engage with federal and USISPF facilitates engagement state governments on sector-specific policy advocacy, between its member companies to provide ease of doing business and strengthen the economic and the legislative branches in both countries and commercial partnership between the two countries. through frequent structured dialogues with U.S. Members of Congress and with Members of Parliament in India.

B-B-G OPPORTUNITIES INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT

USISPF provides its USISPF helps its members member companies a work collaboratively with platform to work together 6 Pillars NGO partners. It assists and to track opportunities companies in identifying at the state and federal opportunities to level. USISPF also drives aggregate their CSR deeper collaboration by of investment with facilitating introductions government, non-profit, between government and private sector partners, and businesses, to bridge the gap between where appropriate. USISPF corporate initiatives and government priorities.

STRATEGIC ENGAGEMENT EDUCATION, INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP

USISPF leads initiatives to support public-private collaboration USISPF believes education, innovation, and entrepreneurship are engrained in the between businesses, governments, and other stakeholders, DNA of both countries. USISPF works with its members and partners to create an to tackle regional challenges through deeper stakeholder environment that promotes unrestricted student mobility, creates a robust engagement, theme-based research, and on-the-ground, IPR framework to support cutting-edge innovation, and offers entrepreneurs practical knowledge sharing. in the U.S. and India the ability to access both markets.

13 14 Initiatives

Startup Connect Program

India Tax Forum

Trade Policy

CEO Water Alliance (CEWA)

Inclusive Development

South Asia Women in Energy (SAWIE)

Collaboration in the Indo-Pacific

Renewable Energy Partnership with USAID

Collaboration in Intellectual Property Rights

15 COAL GASIFICATION OPPORTUNITIES IN INDIA

Industry Analysis India is planning to embark on a major push to produce alternative fuels and petrochemicals from coal. This industry could offer significant value addition to Indian economy by allowing savings in foreign exchange, revenue generation, and employment opportunities.

$ $ Our Projection for U.S.-India Bilateral

Trade by 2025 FOREIGN REVENUE EMPLOYMENT $283-$327 EXCHANGE GENERATION OPPORTUNITIES Billion

TRADE AT CROSSROADS

The report analyzes the state of the U.S.-India trade relationship and provides recommendations to the US and Indian governments on a way forward.

$ ₹ $ Potential of hi-tech Investment Potential: TRADE TRADE REGULATORY COHERENCE manufacturing NEGOTIATIONS POLICY FORUM & INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS industries $21 Billion in India Jobs: 550,000 direct & 1,400,000 indirect jobs in 5 years

17 18 Our Story

The relationship between the United States and India goes beyond trade— it is about people-people ties, culture, and the value systems between our USISPF is creating a new model for collaboration The US-India Strategic Partnership Forum between not just the United States and India, but considers both the commercial and strategic two countries. While policy-makers the rest of the world. From mentoring startups, to components of the bilateral relationship, and and lawmakers may come and advocating for ease of doing business and constructively works to identify opportunities go, USISPF stands as a trusted forming consortiums on some of the most and address challenges in a manner that pressing challenges that governments and supports a strong and enduring relationship and independent institution, citizens face today, USISPF has been able to between both countries committed to fostering the achieve what we set out to do strongest possible relationship Secretary William Cohen between the two countries. John Chambers Chairman & CEO, Chairman Emeritus of Cisco, The Cohen Group Founder & CEO, JC2 Ventures Mukesh Aghi President and CEO, USISPF

USISPF’s relationships, expertise and We at the USISPF are proud to be well positioned commitment to a strategic partnership between to bridge the relationship between the countries-- the U.S. and India are unparalleled across administrations and generations

Charles R. Kaye Purna Saggurti CEO, Chairman of Global Corporate Warburg Pincus and Investment Banking, Bank of America

When USISPF was founded, our goal was to go beyond traditional policy issues and into new areas that would form the foundation of a long-term, mutually beneficial partnership between the United States and India, including cybersecurity, data, agriculture, and healthcare. Going forward, we have the unique focus and expertise to advance these critical areas and, ultimately, strengthen the bonds of friendship and commerce between two of the world’s leading democracies.

Indra Nooyi Former Chairman and CEO, PepsiCo USISPF is uniquely positioned to help the United The world is on the brink of seismic change with States and India continue to forge a strong and shifts in technology, industry, and society as a lasting strategic cooperation which will benefit whole. USISPF is uniquely positioned to bring the businesses and economies of both countries together bi-lateral leadership from across sectors for years to come. to drive economic growth while creating path- ways for all people to thrive in this new world. Chairman, President Punit Renjen and Chief Executive Officer, CEO, Adobe Deloitte Global

With decades of experience and assured The US-India Strategic Partnership Forum contacts at the highest levels of government provides a trusted channel to connect and business, we are uniquely positioned to governments, businesses, and most influence policy on behalf of our membership importantly people interested in moving both in the United and in India countries forward in the 21st century

Ambassador Frank Wisner Edward Monser International Affairs Advisor, Former President, Squire Patton Boggs Emerson Electric

Now more than ever, it is critical to bring the best of government and the private sector together to address today’s challenges and move forward with tomorrow’s solutions. USISPF creates a peer-to-peer environment that fosters the dialogue, collaboration and commitment to move our great countries forward by emphasizing the greater good.

Ajay Banga Executive Chairman, Mastercard Washington DC. New York California New Delhi

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