PM Modi to meet Paytm, Myntra, BigBasket and 200 startup owners today

Key Highlights

•  PM Modi will attend a more than two-hour interaction with startup owners in India.
• 200 startup entrepreneurs will be lining up to meet the prime minister.
• Vijay Shekhar Sharma along with OYO Rooms, Myntra owners will attend the meet.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet more than 200 startup entrepreneurs and chief executives on Thursday. The meeting will be held to discuss about a range of issues including job creation, income growth and innovation at a session organised by federal policy think tank, NITI Aayog, a report by Live Mint said.

Startup owners who built their own businesses like Vijay Shekhar Sharma, owner of One97 Communications and Paytm are expected to attend the meet with PM Modi.

Along with Sharma the following entrepreneurs were named in the report - Aashish Dhawan, founder and chairman of Central Square Foundation; Ananth Narayanan, chief executive of Myntra; Hari Menon, founder and chief executive of Bigbasket; Deepak Garg, chief executive of Rivigo; Naveen Tiwari, chief executive of Inmobi; Alok Bansal, co-founder and chief financial officer of Policy Bazaar; and Ritesh Agarwal, founder and chief executive at OYO Rooms.

PM Modi will spend two and a half hours with the entrepreneurs and chief executives, listening to their ideas and suggestions on subjects such as digital economy, health and nutrition, travel and tourism, hospitality, financial sector reforms, sustainable growth, education and skill development, the report added.