Ambani , Premji and Sanjay Dutt invited to meet Barack Obama

In view of the global meltdown and the choppy business atmosphere, prominent business tycoons are about to meet the U S President Barack Obama on Friday. The big names that represent the India Inc in the `Business Council’ are Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani and Wipro Chief Azim Premji.
According to sources, Mukesh and his wife Nita have left for the US on Wednesday and are expected to meet Barack Obama at White House for two hours on Friday morning. The couple will be joined by Premji. `The Business Council’ is an association of CEOs of the world’s most important business enterprises. It works as an independent forum for exchange of ideas and development of positive and practical recommendations for action.
Meanwhile, reports also confirm that Bollywood's Munnabhai Sanjay Dutt who is UNESCO's goodwill ambassador to fight against malnutrition is likely to have a meeting with newly elected President of the United States - Barak Obama. The meeting is likely to be in February and in New York.
Ever since its inception in 1933, `The Business Council’ it has been called upon by American presidents for advice. The Council limits itself to 150 active members, each of whom is selected on the basis of personal qualities and position as the CEO of leading private sector businesses. While Mukesh Ambani joins the elite team as the leader of the biggest private sector enterprise in India, Azim Premji represents the IT industry that has developed an indispensible work relation between India and the US.
Other global leaders in the delegation include Dow Chem CEO Andrew Leveris, Delta Air Lines CEO Richard H Anderson, Best Buy CEO Bradbury H Anderson, Motorola president Gregory Brown, Micheal Dell of Dell and Tony Haward of BP. Premji, whose presence in the group assumes significance in light of Obama's stand on outsourcing, has significant business interest in the outsourcing space.
Sanjay Dutt’s advocate Fali S. Nariman told the court that as a consequence of being appointed as UN's Goodwill Ambassador on malnutrition, Dutt's presence was required in United States in the first week of February.
He said the Director General, Head of Observer Delegation to United Nations Economic and Social Council, has addressed a letter to Sanjay in this regard.
The letter dated January 2 from UNESCO to Sanjay, on behalf of Intergovernmental Institution for the use of Micro-algae Spirulina against Malnutrition, invited the Bollywood star to join the gathering of goodwill ambassadors, including US president-elect Barack Obama's grandmother Sarah Obama, in New York in the first week of February 2009.