New Delhi, 2 September 2022: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s U.S. India Business Council (USIBC) announced that they will confer the USIBC 2022 Global Leadership Award to Gautam Adani, Founder and Chairman of the Adani Group, in recognition of his visionary leadership. The Global Leadership Award will be presented to Mr. Adani at USIBC’s India Ideas Summit on 7 September 2022 in New Delhi.


On Thursday, USIBC President and Ambassador (ret.) Atul Keshap visited the Adani Mundra Industrial Park in the coastal district of Kutch in western Gujarat. 


“During my first-ever visit to Gujarat, I was delighted to meet Mr. Gautam Adani to discuss his vision of India's rise. I was impressed by the Adani Mundra Industrial Park. The Adani Group's investments into world class infrastructure in Mundra is one of the many reasons that Gujarat leads in places to do business. We look forward to presenting our Global Leadership Award to Mr. Adani at our Summit in New Delhi on 7th September, where we will celebrate 75 years of the Indian growth story and chart the next 75 years of U.S.-India prosperity” said Ambassador (ret.) Atul Keshap, President, USIBC.


Given annually since 2007, the Global Leadership Award recognizes top corporate executives from India and the United States who demonstrate an active and dynamic commitment to strengthening the U.S.-India partnership. Previous recipients of this award have included Jeff Bezos, founder, executive chairman and former president and CEO of Amazon; Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google; Adena Friedman, President and CEO of Nasdaq; Fred Smith, Founder and Chairman of FedEx Corporation; and Uday Kotak, CEO of Kotak Mahindra. 


The U.S.-India Business Council’s India Ideas Summit will be held on 7 September 2022 at the Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi. This year’s summit will feature remarks from top government officials such as Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Hon’ble Minister of External Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman, Hon’ble Minister of Finance, Jennifer Granholm, U.S. Secretary of Energy, Donald Lu, Assistant Secretary of State for Central and South Asia Affairs, and many more.


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About U.S.-India Business Council India (USIBC)


Established in 1975 at the behest of the U.S. and Indian Governments, the U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) represents hundreds of top global companies operating across the United States, India, and the Indo-Pacific. Amid dynamic growth within the U.S.-India commercial partnership, we serve as the premier voice of industry and create connections between businesses and governments across both countries. Through our flagship Washington, D.C. and New Delhi offices and presences across both countries, we work with members to identify and advance key policy priorities. Recognizing that U.S.-India trade is increasingly driven by new business hubs, USIBC is also focused on strengthening connections between cities and states. USIBC’s policy expertise and impact is enhanced by being a part of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, whose thousands of member companies represent the power of free enterprise to enhance the peace, freedom, and security of people in America and around the world.


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