PM Modi US Visit: Here’s the full guest list for State dinner at White House
PM Modi at White House: US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House for the State dinner on Thursday.
PM Modi State Dinner at White House
Amongst the US officials who arrived at the White House for the State Dinner was the US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and US Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti.
Meanwhile, around 380 guests were invited to the State Dinner at White House.
List of 380 guests includes various government officials, business entrepreneurs, directors, reputed designers and prominent Indian Americans.
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Some prominent personalities in Guest List includes
US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo,
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken,
US Ambassador to India Eric Garcett,
Vice President Kamala Harris and Douglas Emhoff,
US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy,
Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani,
Former Chairperson and CEO of PepsiCo Indra Nooyi,
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella,
Google CEO Sundar Pichai ,
Zerodha Co-Founder Nikhil Kamath,
Indian-American filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan,
Bela Bajaria and Rekha Bajaria,
Maria Grazia Chiuri and Karishma Swali,
Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani,
Ajit Doval, National security adviser of India.
The guest list does not end here. Several CEOs, designers, filmmakers were also invited.
What is State Visit?
A 'state visit' holds a special significance as compared to other foreign visits, as this is a formal visit by the head of state to a foreign country at the invitation of the head of state hosting him.
The visit signifies the highest expression of friendly bilateral ties between two sovereign nations. Also, during a State visit, the leader extending the invitation acts as the official host of the visiting head of state through the course of the trip.
PM Modi first visited the US in 2014, on a working visit and visited the US again in 2016.
In the same year, PM Modi embarked on another visit to the US. During this visit, he delivered his maiden address at the US Congress and spoke on a range of topics including terrorism, climate change and the strong Indo-US relationship.
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In 2017, PM Modi went to the US on a three-day visit and one more visit in 2019.
While POTUS (code name for the US president) is hosting his third State guest, it is the largest so far, considering the sheer numbers on the South Lawns of the White House to welcome PM Modi on Thursday.