{"id":253481,"date":"2022-02-09T14:57:20","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T22:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/?p=253481"},"modified":"2022-02-09T14:59:57","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T22:59:57","slug":"make-in-india-roundtable-discussion-in-silicon-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/make-in-india-roundtable-discussion-in-silicon-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Make in India&#8217; &#8211; Roundtable Discussion in Silicon Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Consul General of India, San Francisco, Dr. T.V. Nagendra Prasad welcomes delegates from India and shares the gist of the \u2018Make in India\u2019 initiative. (All Photos: Vansh A. Gupta\/Siliconeer)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the \u2018State of the World\u2019 address at the World Economic Forum, 2022, India\u2019s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that, \u201cIndia is committed to become world\u2019s reliable partner in global supply chains. This is the best time to invest in India.\u201d PM Modi also says, \u201cIndia is making policies keeping in mind the goals of next 25 years. In this time period, the country has kept the goals of high growth and saturation of welfare and wellness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This was made evident in a recent roundtable discussion hosted by the Consulate General of India, San Francisco, and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, San Francisco (ICAI San Francisco). An insightful discussion on the Government of India\u2019s latest and current policies &amp; tax incentives under \u2018Make in India\u2019 initiative. Consul General, Dr. T.V. Nagendra Prasad and CA Geetha Ramakrishnan start off by delivering the keynote address. Panelists, based in India, were hosted virtually included Saurabh Gaur, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Electronics &amp; IT, Sujay Bose of National Investment &amp; Infrastructure Fund (NIIF), Dinesh Kanabar of Druhva Tax Advisors, and Ankur Jain &amp; Nihar Jambusaria of ICAI. The discussion was hosted at Amber India Restaurant, Los Altos. Attendees from the Bay Area included tech entrepreneurs, businessmen, and venture capitalist. The Productivity Linked Incentive (PLI) was well appreciated by the participants.<\/p>\n<p>Siliconeer presents highlights of the roundtable discussion.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_253491\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-253491\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-253491\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-9.jpg\" alt=\"A slide highlighting India\u2019s digital adoption under the \u2018Make In India\u2019 initiative shared by Saurabh Gaur, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Electronics &amp; IT.\" width=\"800\" height=\"371\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-9.jpg 800w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-9-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-9-150x70.jpg 150w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-9-768x356.jpg 768w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-9-672x312.jpg 672w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-9-400x186.jpg 400w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-9-560x260.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-253491\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A slide highlighting India\u2019s digital adoption under the \u2018Make In India\u2019 initiative shared by Saurabh Gaur, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Electronics &amp; IT.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_253484\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-253484\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-253484\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-1.jpg\" alt=\"A roundtable discussion sharing latest fiscal incentives under the \u2018Make in India\u2019 initiative. Experts from India joined virtually to address the community in the Bay Area.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-1-558x372.jpg 558w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-1-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-1-560x373.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-253484\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A roundtable discussion sharing latest fiscal incentives under the \u2018Make in India\u2019 initiative. Experts from India joined virtually to address the community in the Bay Area.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_253485\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-253485\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-253485\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-2.jpg\" alt=\"CA Geetha Ramakrishnan, ICAI SF, welcomes the Bay Area community and kicks off the conversation for the evening.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-2-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-2-558x372.jpg 558w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-2-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-2-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-2-560x373.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-253485\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CA Geetha Ramakrishnan, ICAI SF, welcomes the Bay Area community and kicks off the conversation for the evening.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_253486\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-253486\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-253486\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-3.jpg\" alt=\"Consul General of India, San Francisco, Dr. T.V. Nagendra Prasad welcomes delegates from India and shares the gist of the \u2018Make in India\u2019 initiative.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-3-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-3-558x372.jpg 558w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-3-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-3-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-3-560x373.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-253486\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Consul General of India, San Francisco, Dr. T.V. Nagendra Prasad welcomes delegates from India and shares the gist of the \u2018Make in India\u2019 initiative.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_253487\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-253487\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-253487\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-5.jpg\" alt=\"A roundtable discussion sharing latest fiscal incentives under the \u2018Make in India\u2019 initiative. Experts from India joined virtually to address the community in the Bay Area.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-5.jpg 800w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-5-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-5-558x372.jpg 558w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-5-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-5-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-5-560x373.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-253487\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A roundtable discussion sharing latest fiscal incentives under the \u2018Make in India\u2019 initiative. Experts from India joined virtually to address the community in the Bay Area.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_253488\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-253488\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-253488\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-6.jpg\" alt=\"CA Nilesh Shah, ICAI SF, moderated the conversation for the evening.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-6.jpg 800w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-6-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-6-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-6-558x372.jpg 558w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-6-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-6-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-6-560x373.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-253488\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CA Nilesh Shah, ICAI SF, moderated the conversation for the evening.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_253489\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-253489\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-253489\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-7.jpg\" alt=\"Attendees at the roundtable discussion hosted at the Amber India Restaurant, Los Altos, CA.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-7.jpg 800w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-7-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-7-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-7-558x372.jpg 558w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-7-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-7-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-7-560x373.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-253489\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attendees at the roundtable discussion hosted at the Amber India Restaurant, Los Altos, CA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_253490\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-253490\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-253490\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-8.jpg\" alt=\"Experts joined virtually to address the community in the Bay Area. Currently on screen: Ankur Jain, Founder of Emergent Ventures.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-8.jpg 800w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-8-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-8-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-8-558x372.jpg 558w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-8-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-8-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CGI-EVENT-JAN22-8-560x373.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-253490\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Experts joined virtually to address the community in the Bay Area. Currently on screen: Ankur Jain, Founder of Emergent Ventures.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consul General of India, San Francisco, Dr. T.V. Nagendra Prasad welcomes delegates from India and shares the gist of the \u2018Make in India\u2019 initiative. (All Photos: Vansh A. Gupta\/Siliconeer) &nbsp; In the \u2018State of the World\u2019 address at the World Economic Forum, 2022, India\u2019s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that, \u201cIndia is committed to become&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/make-in-india-roundtable-discussion-in-silicon-valley\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":253483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,275,57978,57977,5,11744,23,72],"tags":[58056,57979,2278,58057,321,97,58058,58055,58053,58062,58054,58061,2280,49,55774,45063,58060,2563,58059,3127],"class_list":["post-253481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-tech","category-community","category-community-buzz","category-consulate-general-of-india","category-current-affairs","category-india-south-asia","category-photos","category-politics-current-affairs","tag-cgi-sf","tag-consulate-general-of-india","tag-digital-india","tag-dr-tv-nagendra-prasad","tag-entrepreneurship","tag-finance","tag-geetha-ramakrishnan","tag-icai","tag-icai-sf","tag-india-supply-chain","tag-institute-of-chartered-accountants-of-india","tag-investment-in-india","tag-make-in-india","tag-narendra-modi","tag-pli","tag-pm-modi","tag-productivity-linked-incentive","tag-san-francisco","tag-saurabh-gaur","tag-sf"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}