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43rd Annual Meeting INDIA IDEAS TSUMMIThe United States & India: Connecting our Futures September 5-6, 2018 | Mumbai, India ABOUT US Formed in 1975 at the request of the U.S. and Indian governments, the U.S.-India Business Council is a premier business advocacy organization representing 300 top-tier global companies advancing U.S.-India commercial ties. As part of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, USIBC is the largest bilateral trade association in the United States, with offices in Washington, D.C., New York, San Francisco, Mumbai, and New Delhi. U.S.-India Business Council | U.S. Chamber of Commerce A Note from our President Dear Colleagues, Welcome to the U.S.-India Business Council’s India Ideas Summit and 43rd Annual Meeting. USIBC has been a part of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for over forty years, and is a cornerstone of the Chamber’s international focus and commitment. While the USIBC has grown, both in terms of its membership and stature, the Chamber wanted to recognize the important shift that our companies are making by bringing our annual meeting to India. Mumbai, the “city of dreams” and a vibrant capital of commerce and entertainment, is the perfect location for an ideas-focused summit. The summit will bring together leaders from business, government and society for an exchange of ideas on the future of U.S.-India connectivity. We look forward to hearing these leaders share their vision for the future of investment, technology and collaboration that will help to create a bright future for people in the United States, India, and across the Asia-Pacific. Most importantly, we hope solutions are reached and deals are made in the process. India and the United States are the world’s oldest and largest democracies, and share a commitment to upholding the values that allow for free and open commercial exchange in the region. These shared values allow businesses in both countries to thrive, achieving not only their financial goals, but contributing to local communities in the cities and states where they operate. As we look forward, the incredible work of USIBC members makes it clear that the milestone and shared goal of $500 billion in two-way trade between the United States and India is well within our reach – but we must continue to work together to get there. We could not be more excited to kick off this dynamic summit, and I personally look forward to hearing ideas with the power to transform the U.S.-India relationship. Sincerely, Nisha Biswal USIBC | India Ideas Summit | Mumbai, India CONFERENCE SPEAKERS U.S.-India Business Council | U.S. Chamber of Commerce Vijay Advani CEO, Nuveen Vijay Advani is chief executive officer of Nuveen, the investment management arm of TIAA. He is responsible for Nuveen’s strategy, distribution and operations, as well as the investment affiliates that comprise Nuveen's multi-boutique structure. Before joining the firm in 2017, Mr. Advani was co-president of Franklin Templeton Investments, where in a career of more than 20 years he was responsible for long-term strategic initiatives and the firm’s investment management, trading and global retail and institutional channels. Prior to joining Franklin Templeton, Mr. Advani spent 11 years at the World Bank advising governments on developing their financial markets and arranging equity, quasi-equity and debt financing. He worked in several emerging economies in the former Soviet Union, Asia, Middle East and Africa. Mr. Advani is a member of the Board of Governors of the Investment Company Institute (ICI), board member at Jumpstart and the U.S. - India Business Council (USIBC). He is also an advisory board member for The Hive Incubator in Palo Alto, advisory council member of DocuSign in San Francisco, charter member of TiE Silicon Valley and past board member of the U.S. - India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) and the Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI) at the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Advani is a committee member of the San Francisco-Bangalore Sister City Initiative, member of the Investment Committee at the Santa Clara University (SCU) and former board member of Lok Foundation. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Mumbai and an MBA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. USIBC | India Ideas Summit | Mumbai, India U.S.-India Business Council | U.S. Chamber of Commerce Banmali Agrawala President, Infrastructure and Defence & Aerospace, Tata Sons Limited Banmali Agrawala is the President, Infrastructure and Defence & Aerospace, Tata Sons Limited. In his earlier role, he was President and CEO of GE, South Asia, where he was responsible for all of GE’s operations in the South Asia region. Prior to GE, he was Executive Director (BD & Strategy) and a member of the Board of Tata Power. A veteran in the energy domain, Mr. Agrawala has over 30 years of global experience. He started his career with the Wartsila Group where he spent over 20 years, both in India and in Finland. At the time of leaving the Wartsila Group, he was the Managing Director of Wartsila India Ltd, the Global head of the Bio Power Industries and a member of the Global Power Plant Management Board. An active member of the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), Mr. Agrawala has held several official positions within CII such as Chairman of the Western Regional Council, and currently is also a Member of CII’s National Council. Mr. Agrawala is a Mechanical Engineering graduate from Mangalore University and an alumnus of the Advanced Management Programme of Harvard Business School. USIBC | India Ideas Summit | Mumbai, India U.S.-India Business Council | U.S. Chamber of Commerce Kamal Ahluwalia President, Eightfold.ai Kamal Ahluwalia is the President of Eightfold.ai. He brings extensive experience in creating software categories, scaling businesses and ensuring that customer and partner success drives business success. As Chief Revenue Officer at Apttus, Mr. Ahluwalia led the company to market leadership in multiple product categories ahead of Salesforce, Oracle, SAP, IBM, etc. with active endorsements from Global 2000 companies that relied on Apttus solutions. Prior to his role at Apttus, Mr. Ahluwalia held various leadership positions at Selectica, Model N, Oracle and Apple. USIBC | India Ideas Summit | Mumbai, India U.S.-India Business Council | U.S. Chamber of Commerce Eric Allison Global CEO, Uber Aviation Programs Eric Allison is the CEO of Aviation Programs at Uber. Previously, Mr. Allison spent eight years at Zee Aero leading the development of the Cora vehicle, a two-place self-piloted air taxi. He was part of the founding team at Zee, and served as CEO from 2015 to 2018. Mr. Allison received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Milwaukee School of Engineering and his M.S. and Ph.D. from the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University, studying under a Stanford Graduate Fellowship. Mr. Allison lives with his wife and young daughter in Mountain View, CA and enjoys hiking and re-discovering the area through the eyes of his child. USIBC | India Ideas Summit | Mumbai, India U.S.-India Business Council | U.S. Chamber of Commerce Dinesh Arora Deputy Chief Executive Officer, National Health Agency (NHA) Dinesh Arora is an officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), 2002 Kerala cadre. Immediately prior to his appointment as Deputy CEO, National Health Agency, he worked as Director (Health & Voluntary Action) at NITI Aayog. He has contributed to shaping the Ayushman Bharat – National Health Protection Mission since its inception. In a career spanning 15 years, Dr. Arora has served as Executive Director, Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) and CEO RECPDCL to expedite India’s rural electrification drive to provide universal electricity access to all households. He played an instrumental role in formulating the 'Garv App', an award winning innovative monitoring and evaluation system. As Private Secretary to Former Indian Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology and Shipping, he was actively involved in drafting and implementing polices in the Communications Department. Dr. Arora is passionate about health sector and social issues. His educational training in medicine coupled with management acumen and experience of being a civil servant helped him contribute unique insights to the National Health Mission, Kerala where he served as Joint Secretary (Health), State Mission Director – Arogyakeralam and Director Social Welfare in early part of his professional career. Dr Arora has held administrative position as District Collector and District Magistrate where his work against illegal sand mining was recognized widely. Dr. Arora has been recipient of several awards, notably the National E-Governance award for Mission Village Electrification, 2017. USIBC | India Ideas Summit | Mumbai, India U.S.-India Business Council | U.S. Chamber of Commerce Deepak Bagla Managing Director & CEO, Invest India Deepak Bagla has a professional career of over 28 years, starting with the World Bank in Washington, DC before moving back to India to join the Corporate Projects team of RPG Enterprises. In 1989 he joined Citibank’s Global Corporate and Investment Banking team and for the next 18 years held several responsibilities across Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. In 2007 he joined 3i Private Equity to start an India dedicated fund for core infrastructure. Mr. Bagla is a special invitee to the Government of India’s “High Level Committee on Financing Infrastructure” (2011-2013). He was a member of the Banking & Finance Committee of the Bureau of Indian Standards (ISO affiliate 2005-06) and was also a member of the committee established by the Government to recommend corporate governance norms for independent directors (2006). He was elected President of Delhi Management Association (2008-09). Mr. Bagla is currently Managing Director & CEO of Invest India, the national investment promotion and facilitation agency for India.