Ivanka's India summit: 44,000 cos eager to attend, only 400 slots available

The theme of three-day Global Entrepreneurship Summit, starting Nov 28, is 'Women First, Prosperity for All'

A US-backed entrepreneurship conference that President Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, is attending in India this month has been flooded with applications amid deepening ties between India and the United States.

Thousands of Indian entrepreneurs want to attend the three-day Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES), from November 28 in the city of Hyderabad, though organisers say they can accommodate only 400 from India and 800 from the United States and the rest of the world.

“Definitely, the response was much, much more than the 400. India has become a very important start-up destination,” said Jayesh Ranjan, a government official in Hyderabad