Over 700 corporate honchos will assemble here for three days from November 14 to network among themselves and political leaders during the annual India Economic Summit here, being organised by the prestigious Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF).
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Home Minister P Chidambaram will be among the political leaders who will be interacting with the captains of the Indian and global industry.
Others on the political and government side of the WEF India meeting would include Road and Transport Minister Kamal Nath, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma and Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia.
Haryana Chief Minister B S Hooda would also attend a session on agricultural reforms.
"This conference will focus on networking and learning," said Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General of CII, which is a partner of the WEF.
Reliance Industries Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani, SBI Chairman O P Bhatt, ICICI Bank Managing Director and CEO Chanda Kochhar and Bharti Enterprises Chairman and Group CEO Sunil Bharti Mittal will be among the leading CEOs participating in the annual event which has been organised here for the past 25 years.
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The main theme of the summit will be 'Implementing India.'
"While India has tremendous potential to sustain the high growth and inclusive economy, it needs to get from words to action by keeping up with crucial reforms and addressing the country's poor infrastructure," WEF Director and Head of Asia Sushant Palakurthi Rao said.
He said, the summit would also take up for discussion the burning issue of protectionism. Several countries in the world are resorting to protectionist measures even as the global economy is grappling with a fragile recovery.
India head of Walmart and the Metro Cash and Carry Rajeev Bakshi are expected to press for liberalising policy in multi-brand retail during the deliberations.