Consul General
@srikar_koppula delivered the opening address at the 5th annual Envision India Conference 2026 of
@asiasocietysf, hosted at the iconic
@Salesforce Tower on June 11, highlighting India's robust economy, digital public infrastructure, ease of doing business reforms, manufacturing growth, and FDI momentum. He also underscored the growing India-US economic partnership across trade, investment, emerging technologies, and startup ecosystems.
Introductory remarks were delivered by Margaret Conley, executive director, Asia Society Northern California & Seattle, and Relina Bulchandani, executive vice president, Real Estate & Workplace Services, Salesforce.
The conference brought together leading voices from business, government, technology, academia, and entrepreneurship across four sessions exploring AI infrastructure and capital, Indian cinema's growing global influence, the role of Indian immigration in shaping the US tech sector, and India's energy transition.
Speakers included Shanker Trivedi, former SVP, NVIDIA; Dev Khare
@dkhare, partner,
@LightspeedIndia; Manthan Shah
@Manthan_3, principal, WestBridge Capital; filmmaker
@SmritiMundhra; Anne Lai, executive director,
@SFFILM; Vinita Gupta, Asia Society board member and tech entrepreneur; Prof. Sital Kalantry
@skalantry, Seattle University School of Law; Ajay Bhutoria
@ajainb, former advisor to President Biden; Mansi Shah, founder, Lockwood AI; Shruti Deorah, executive director, India Energy and Climate Center,
@UCBerkeley; and Rajesh Swaminathan
@rajesh_swamin, partner,
@khoslaventures.
@MEAIndia @IndianEmbassyUS @diaspora_india