AIMA organised its CEO Delegation Visit from 2nd to 5th October 2023 to Silicon Valley, USA. The visit was an opportunity for Indian CEOs to interact with senior officials from iconic and innovative companies in Silicon Valley to gain firsthand experience in emerging trends and technologies.
The delegation included several industry stalwarts and was led by Mr Sunil Kant Munjal, Chairman, Hero Enterprise, and Mr Nikhil Sawhney, President AIMA, and Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Triveni Turbine Ltd. The delegation included Mr R. Mukundan, MD and CEO, Tata Chemicals Ltd; Mr Kartik Sharma, Director, Agnitio; Ms Rekha Sethi, Director General, AIMA; Mr. Saarthak Bakshi, Founder and CEO , RISAA IVF; Mr Shiv Grewal, Co-Founder, Auctus Global Capital; Mr. Shiv Shivakumar, Operating Partner, Advent International Private Equity and Former Chairman Pepsi India; Ms. Usha Thiagarajan, Managing Director, HEPL Group of Companies; Mr. Vikram Chandra, Founder, Editorji Technologies; Mr Vineet Agarwal, MD, Transport Corporation of India Ltd and Ms Vinita Bajoria, Chairperson, Nicco Cables Ltd.
The programme included visits to technology companies such as Google, Stanford University School of Medicine, Prysm Systems, Gilead Sciences, NASA, X, the Moonshot Factory, a division of Google, Levi’s Stadium, an American football stadium, in Santa Clara, The Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, Mighty Buildings, Inc., Bloom Energy, Paystand, Cruz Foam and interaction with Mr. Dipender Saluja, Managing Director, Capricon Investment. The delegation also visited Joby Aviation, a California-based company developing an all-electric, vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Joby's mission is to create a sustainable and equitable future of transportation by developing an eVTOL aircraft that is quiet, emissions-free, and accessible to everyone.
The group participated in an interaction with UC Santa Cruz faculty, hosted by Ms Cynthia Larive, Chancellor, UC Santa Cruz and Pradeep Kumar Khosla, Chancellor, University of California, San Diego.
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