N Chandrababu Naidu to take part in 46th WEF annual summit in Davos

VIJAYWADA: A high-level delegation led by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu would participate in World Economic Forum's 46th annual meeting to be held from January 20 to 23 in Davos, Switzerland.

Building on 'Brand AP', the Chief Minister would project Andhra Pradesh as the best investment destination before the heads of the countries and CEOs, while explaining the state's achievements in agriculture, water resources, technology and health, according to an official release.

For the WEF event on 'Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution', Naidu has been invited as a special guest and he would be attending the session along with ministers of other countries and CEOs, it said.

Naidu would also hold bilateral meetings with industrialists, businessmen and experts from various fields, the release said.

He would hold meetings with delegates from Nestle, Johnson Controls, Trina Solar, Siemens, McKinsey, Lockheed Martin - Airbus, ACCIONA Energy, Spain, JETRO, UBER, Hanwha Q Cells, Philips, Antwerp Port Authority, Swiss Re, Roland Berger, Hewlett Packard Enterprise - PES Foundation, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Marriott International, Medtronic, Salesforce and Intercontinental Hotels.

The delegation from Andhra Pradesh includes Finance Minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu, Advisor (Communications) Parakala Prabhakar, Principal Secretary (Finance) P V Ramesh, Secretary to Chief Minister Sai Prasad, Secretary (Energy) Ajay Jain, Secretary (Industries) S S Rawat, CEO (Economic Development Board) Jasthi Krishna Kishore and Director of Industries Kartikeya Misra.