Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Jan 15: The World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting this year, which will take place in Davos, Switzerland, from January 16 to 20, will have the theme ‘Cooperation in a Fragmented World’ as its focus.
The gathering of specialists, academics, investors, politicians, and commercial leaders will address some of the major challenges confronting the globe today, such as the crises surrounding the Ukraine war, global inflation, and climate change, and will support creative solutions.
Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, Olaf Scholz, chancellor of Germany, Roberta Metsola, president of the European Parliament, Cyril M. Ramaphosa, prime minister of Spain, Pedro Sanchez, president of South Korea, Yoon Suk-yeol, president of Switzerland, Alain Berset, and prime minister of Finland, Sanna Marin are among the world leaders attending.
There will be a significant presence of Indian leaders. Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde, BS Bommai, and Yogi Adityanath are rumoured to attend the meeting along with union ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw, Mansukh Mandaviya, Smriti Irani, and RK Singh.
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In addition, other influential figures from India Inc., such as Natarajan Chandrasekaran, chairman of Tata Sons India, Rajesh Gopinath, chief executive officer and managing director of Tata Consultancy Services, CP Gurnani, CEO and MD of Tech Mahindra, Rishad Premji, executive chairman of Wipro, Byju Raveendran, founder and CEO of Byju’s, Vijay Shekhar Sharma, founder and CEO of Paytm.