Dr. Krishna Gupta, IAS Chairman WBIDC and Principal Secretary Commerce & Industry chaired the meeting. The purpose of the meeting with all the Chambers was to request Chambers to have their member companies participate in the upcoming Bengal Global Business Summit 2016. He asked AmCham to share with their members the opportunities that were available in Bengal and mentioned that AmCham East had already organized Road Shows in Delhi and Bangalore in this respect.

Additionally Dr. Gupta mentioned that the second day of the Summit is planned to have break out session divided in market sectors however he specifically requested a geographical sub sessions to be promoted by AmCham for all interested American companies.

AmCham Eastern Region was represented by Vice Chairperson Britta Leick-Milde and Regional Director Amada Kidwai.