Schwarzenegger plans visit to India

Chennai, March 9:The call of rising India is ringing too clear for American business world not to hear and California's actor-turned-governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, is likely to be next to rrive later this year at the head of a business delegation.

Schwarzenegger may visit India in November, along with a business team from the west coast state, David T. Hopper, US Consul General in Chennai for the south Indian states, said here Friday.He was speaking at a welcome gathering for an American business team touring India as part of the Indo-US Economic Summit.

Business teams from other states in the US will also visit India in the next few months, he said.
Delegations from Virginia, Minnesota and Maryland will tour India to explore further business opportunities and partner with Indian states in development and trade, officials here said.

Speaking to IANS here Friday, Ron Somers, president of the US India Business Council, said: "This visit has been an eye opener and 38 fresh ambassadors are going back to the US to tell the story of India's rising.""The visit of the US business delegation is to commemorate the first anniversary of President Bush's visit to India," Somers said.

"We have visited Kolkata to meet the coalition partners of the West Bengal government and now we are here to look at what Tamil Nadu has to offer. We have been moved by the visit which has been a very helpful one," he added.