India Inc`s top leaders break bread with Hillary Clinton

Mumbai, July 18 (PTI) US Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton Saturday had a breakfast meeting with top honchos of
India Inc at the iconic, sea-facing Taj Hotel here in the
India's commercial capital, Mumbai.

Amongst those from India Inc who were present at the
meeting included Ratan Tata, Chairman of Tata Group and
Reliance Industries' Mukesh Ambani.

Others present were the chiefs of India's two largest
banks, O P Bhatt of State Bank and Chanda Kochhar of ICICI
Bank, Swati Piramal and Sudha Murthy, wife of Infosys Founder
N R Narayana Murthy and a leading proponent of corporate
social responsibility (CSR) initiatives in the country.

Industrialist Jamshyd Godrej and Tata Group official R
K Krishna Kumar also interacted with Clinton along with
renowned corporates including Ashok Ganguly and Amrita Patel.

India Inc is widely expected to discuss the subject of
protectionism and outsourcing, issues which are bound to
impact them, especially in this period of global economic
meltdown, at the meeting with Clinton.

The meeting is also widely expected to focus on CSR, a
subject close to Clinton's heart.

Clinton arrived here Friday night on an official visit
to India during which high-level discussions are likely to
promote bilateral co-operation in USD 30-billion Indian civil
nuclear power programme and USD 43-billion bilateral trade.

Prior to the breakfast meeting, Clinton met with some
staffers of the Taj and Oberoi hotels.

"I am happy to see you all," Clinton told the staffers,
who had survived the incidents and also helped their guests
escape during that trying period. PTI