WASHINGTON: The US-India Political Action Committee (USINPAC) Leadership Committee will visit Mumbai in April and Bangalore in June. There will be two business delegations in the first half of 2008 for members of the USINPAC Leadership Committee to explore avenues for increased investment and trade.

The business delegation in April (7, 8 and 9) will visit Mumbai, India's commercial center, for high level talks with leaders of corporate India. Meetings will focus upon IT, BPO, infrastructure, real estate, investment banking and pharmaceutical industries.

The meetings so far planned include those with Warburg Pincus India, WNS Global Services, Hexaware Technologies, Tata Consultancy Services, Jones Lang Lasalle Meghraj, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA), Shapoorji Pallonji, Deewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd. A subsequent delegation in June will visit Bangalore, the heart of India's IT, BPO, and pharmaceutical industries.

Meetings with business leaders are being planned in addition to the above schedule. In a press release USINPAC says, its delegations to India have generated considerable interest in the United States and India. "We exist to serve the interests of our members, many of who are entrepreneurs and professionals in the US with close ties to India and a desire to invest in its burgeoning economy. USINPAC delegations to India have always drawn much interest in India.

We arrange productive meetings and networking sessions with the highest levels of political and business leadership in India. We make every effort to provide enormous value for our Leadership Committee members."