<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a whirlwind tour of Silicon Valley met America's top tech leaders including Microsoft's Satya Nadella, Google's Sundar Pichai, and Apple's Tim Cook before heading for a digital economy dinner with 350 business leaders.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Modi, who is here to give a strong push to his drive for technological innovation in India, also met Adobe's Shantanu Narayen, Qualcomm's Paul Jacobs, Cisco's John Chambers and The Indus entrepreneurs president Venkatesh Shukla.<br /><br />"We have a unique tie with India. Our founder Steve Jobs went to India for inspiration," Cook told the prime minister.<br /><br />Modi also visited the Tesla Motors plant in Palo Alto, California to see the path-breaking inventions on renewable energy made by the makers of trend-setting electric cars.<br /><br />He was given a tour by Tesla CEO Elon Musk. "Prime Minister Modi and I talked about electricity generation and how there are ways to skip ahead with it as with cellphones," Musk, also the company's principal engineer, inventor and investor, said later.<br /><br />"Engines of the future. PM @narendramodi takes a tour of @TeslaMotors, leading builder of electric cars," tweeted External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup.<br /><br />With many an Indian at the forefront of innovation in the Silicon Valley, Modi will be looking at how to maximise opportunities at the digital economy dinner.<br /><br />Several Indian-American tech leaders as also Cisco Chairman John Chambers, and Qualcomm Chairman Paul Jacobs among others are attending.<br /><br />Modi began his tour of Silicon Valley with an interaction with the Indian-American community at the Imperial Ballroom of Hotel Fairmont here.<br /><br />Singer Kailash Kher met Modi and a woman tied a rakhi to him during the interaction. Members of the Sikh and Gujarati community also met him later.<br /><br />Earlier on arrival at the Norman Y. Minte San Jose International Airport, he was given a red carpet welcome with San Jose mayor Sam Liccardo and his wife receiving him.<br /><br />An enthusiastic crowd of supporters was on hand to welcome him amid chants of "Modi Modi" as he alighted from the Air India One aircraft greeting them with a Namaste.<br /><br />Amid tight security and barricading, fans reached out to the prime minister for handshakes and autographs.<br /><br />Many wearing tricolour scarves and waving paper Indian flags held aloft signs saying "We Support Digital India." There were also banners saying "USA loves India".<br /><br /></p>
<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a whirlwind tour of Silicon Valley met America's top tech leaders including Microsoft's Satya Nadella, Google's Sundar Pichai, and Apple's Tim Cook before heading for a digital economy dinner with 350 business leaders.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Modi, who is here to give a strong push to his drive for technological innovation in India, also met Adobe's Shantanu Narayen, Qualcomm's Paul Jacobs, Cisco's John Chambers and The Indus entrepreneurs president Venkatesh Shukla.<br /><br />"We have a unique tie with India. Our founder Steve Jobs went to India for inspiration," Cook told the prime minister.<br /><br />Modi also visited the Tesla Motors plant in Palo Alto, California to see the path-breaking inventions on renewable energy made by the makers of trend-setting electric cars.<br /><br />He was given a tour by Tesla CEO Elon Musk. "Prime Minister Modi and I talked about electricity generation and how there are ways to skip ahead with it as with cellphones," Musk, also the company's principal engineer, inventor and investor, said later.<br /><br />"Engines of the future. PM @narendramodi takes a tour of @TeslaMotors, leading builder of electric cars," tweeted External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup.<br /><br />With many an Indian at the forefront of innovation in the Silicon Valley, Modi will be looking at how to maximise opportunities at the digital economy dinner.<br /><br />Several Indian-American tech leaders as also Cisco Chairman John Chambers, and Qualcomm Chairman Paul Jacobs among others are attending.<br /><br />Modi began his tour of Silicon Valley with an interaction with the Indian-American community at the Imperial Ballroom of Hotel Fairmont here.<br /><br />Singer Kailash Kher met Modi and a woman tied a rakhi to him during the interaction. Members of the Sikh and Gujarati community also met him later.<br /><br />Earlier on arrival at the Norman Y. Minte San Jose International Airport, he was given a red carpet welcome with San Jose mayor Sam Liccardo and his wife receiving him.<br /><br />An enthusiastic crowd of supporters was on hand to welcome him amid chants of "Modi Modi" as he alighted from the Air India One aircraft greeting them with a Namaste.<br /><br />Amid tight security and barricading, fans reached out to the prime minister for handshakes and autographs.<br /><br />Many wearing tricolour scarves and waving paper Indian flags held aloft signs saying "We Support Digital India." There were also banners saying "USA loves India".<br /><br /></p>