Muni, who was India’s special envoy to Southeast Asian countries on UN Security Council Reforms and served as India’s Ambassador to Laos, said Modi’s foreign policy with respect to Islamabad had been inconsistent. Even as California’s tech giants prepare to roll out the “silicon carpet” for Modi, a veritable battle is raging among Indian-American academics supporting or opposing the Prime Minister’s Digital India initiative. According a 2104 estimate, India houses about 3,100 startups.

They insisted that Digital India programme is an “important mission” that can transform the lives of people here and lessons from Modi’s visit to the Valley are crucial in this regard.

Global financial markets have been rattled in recent weeks by China’s slowing economy and worries ahead of a meeting of U.S. Federal Reserve this week at which a rise in interest rates is possible.

“Indian companies collectively have a geographical footprint in every state in the nation, are diversified in sectors from IT to automotive to construction, and the overwhelming majority of these companies intend to make additional investments and hire more employees in the USA in the next five years”, he said.

Silicon Valley cash has adopted. The Indian restaurant-finder app Zomato, backed by Menlo Park-based Sequoia Capital, recently bought the restaurant review site Urbanspoon for about $60 million in one of the largest-ever US acquisitions by an Indian start-up. Modi’s two-day visit to Silicon Valley is turning out to be an extravaganza of the who’s who of the technology world, with CEOs of Facebook to Tesla to Google to Microsoft to Cisco. “There’s a extra welcoming tone, however there’s no substance but”.

“They should have the red carpet rolled out [for USA businesses], which I don’t see”.

Madhu Kishwar, founder of Manushi, said, “This group of intellectuals has crossed the “Laxman Rekha” between hitting out at Modi and hurting India…” Earlier than he turned prime minister, the US denied him a visa for almost a decade over allegations that he didn’t intervene to cease spiritual riots that killed no less than 1,000 individuals, primarily minority Muslims, whereas he was chief government of Gujarat state in 2002.

PM Modi is also scheduled to inaugurate Banaras Hindu University’s much awaited trauma centre through remote control from the DLW grounds at which he will also inaugurate Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS) and also lay foundation stone for a ring road project.