Other prominent names from India would include Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian, as also Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh Chief Ministers -- Devendra Fadnavis and Chandra Babu Naidu, respectively.
Among other engagements, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is expected to talk at WEF on how new leadership is transforming the business, political and social landscape of India.
In another session, Jaitley would participate in a discussion on how India as the world's most populous democracy will revive and accelerate economic modernisation, growth and job creation.
Power and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal will discuss on how new business models are scaling energy decentralisation and emissions reduction, besides his other engagements.
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Meeting against the backdrop of the world economy facing multiple challenges, the 45th edition of the WEF annual meet would discuss 'The New Global Context' as this year's theme, while issues like terrorism are likely to hog the limelight in the wake of recent terror attacks including in France.
German Chancellor Angel Merkel, French President Francois Hollande, Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang, Pakistan Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and Switzerland President Simonetta Sommaruga would be present among top global leaders.
Among Indian business leaders, those expected at the annual meeting of the rich and powerful from across the world include Tata group chief Cyrus Mistry, RIL's Mukesh Ambani, ICICI Bank's Chanda Kochhar, Jet Airways' Naresh Goyal, TCS' N Chandrasekaran and SBI's Arundhati Bhattacharya.
Jubilant Bhartia Group Co-Chairman and Founder Hari S Bhartia is among the six co-chairs for this year's WEF meet.
Other co-chairs are World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, Oxfam International Executive Director Winnie Byanyima, UK-based Alliance Trust's CEO Katherine Garrett-Cox, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt and Brazil's Itau Unibanco vice chairman and CEO Roberto Egydio Setubal.