Over 100 Indian CEOs, Deepika Padukone to attend 50th WEF annual meet

Over 100 Indian CEOs, several political leaders and select Bollywood stars including Deepika Padukone will be in Swiss ski resort town of Davos in January for 50th anniversary of WEF Annual Meeting to discuss what requires to make it a 'cohesive and sustainable world'. annual jamboree of rich and powerful from across world is expected to be even a bigger affair this time because it would be its 50th anniversary and re are indications that several top global leaders might be present. While official list of public figures would be anunced closer to summit, slated for January 20-24, 2020, speculation abounds that US President Donald Trump, as well as Russian President Vladimir Putin both might be reafter both of m, skipped last year's Davos.

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Geneva-based WEF has selected 'Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable World' as me for its 2020 annual meeting, which will bring toger 3,000 global leaders. WEF has said 2020 meeting aims to give a concrete meaning to "stakeholder capitalism", assist governments and international institutions in tracking progress towards Paris Agreement and Sustainable Development Goals, and facilitate discussions on techlogy and trade governance. Those who are registered from India include industry leaders Gautam Adani, Mukesh Ambani, Rahul and Saniv Bajaj, Kumar Mangalam Birla, N Chandrasekaran of Tata Group, Sajjan Jindal, Uday Kotak, Rajnish Kumar of SBI, Anand Mahindra, Sunil Mittal, Ravi Ruia, Pawan Munjal, Nandan Nilekani and Salil Parekh of Infosys, Ajay Piramal, Rishad Premji, Ajay Singh, Pirojsha Godrej and Tulsi Tanti. Film star Deepika Padukone is also registered as founder of Live Love Laugh Foundation, which aims to reduce stigma, spread awareness and change way people look at mental health. foundation has been instrumental in creating a platform where people seek help for mselves or ir loved ones, find comprehensive kwledge, connect with professionals and find comfort kwing that y are t alone in ir battle with issues specifically stress, anxiety and depression. Among ors from Indian film industry, Shahrukh Khan and Karan Johar have been in Davos for WEF annual meetings in recent years.

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Among global business leaders, Michael Dell of Dell, James Dimon of JP Morgan, Deloitte's Punit Renjen, IBM's Ginni Rometty, Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg, kia's Rajiv Suri, and UBS' Axel Weber are expected to participate. WEF Founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab have said people are revolting against ecomic 'elites' y believe have betrayed m, and efforts to keep global warming limited to 1.5C are falling dangerously short.

"With world at such critical crossroads, this year we must develop a 'Davos Manifesto 2020' to reimagine purpose and scorecards for companies and governments. It is what World Ecomic Forum was founded for 50 years ago, and it is what we want to contribute to for next 50 years," Schwab said.

forum's first meeting in 1971 was established to furr idea put forward by Professor Schwab that business should serve all stakeholders - customers, employees, communities, as well as shareholders. It was reaffirmed in 1973 in 'Davos Manifesto', a document that has shaped work of WEF ever since. In a major update, this year's annual meeting will see publication of a universal 'ESG scorecard' by WEF's International Business Council, which is currently chaired by Brian Moynihan, CEO of Bank of America.

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