1.   Mr. Nitin Gadkari, Hon'ble, Minister for Roads, Transport, Highways and Shipping, is currently visiting New York from 12-14, 2016. During his 2 days New Yorkleg of the tour, Hon'ble Minister will be visiting the New York City State Transport Department to discuss with the USA dignitaries and experts and identify areas of mutual cooperation in the field of intelligent transport management, city traffic management and control center and other technology- based transport solutions. 

2.   The Minister will havea series of interactions with investors at the meets organized by the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce, Business Council on International Understanding and Goldman Sachs etc.The interactions with the investors are to follow up the deliberations at the Maritime India Summit in Mumbai where a large number of US companies had evinced keen interest in promoting bilateral cooperation with India in Maritime sector. Besides, the delegation led by Hon'ble Minister would have detailed deliberations with the participating US companies for technology cooperation in road and highway building, road engineering, innovations in automobile sector, road safety and green fuels. 

3.   The Minister will also interact with local electronic and print media based in New York and some members of the Indian Community.