India Inc's top leaders break bread with Hillary

MUMBAI: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today had a breakfast meeting with top honchos of India Inc at the iconic, sea-facing Taj Hotel here.

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 last 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.