More than 100 CEOs from India are expected to attend. From India, finance minister Arun Jaitley as also his cabinet colleague Dharmendra Pradhan have dropped out and so has Andhra Pradesh chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis. The political leaders from India attending the event include Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath, Union commerce and industry minister Suresh Prabhu, Andhra Pradesh minister Lokesh Nara and Punjab minister Manpreet Badal. Microsoft's Indian-origin CEO Satya Nadella will be among the co-chairs of the 2019 edition of this annual congregation of world leaders from January 21-25. "We need principals from all stakeholder groups in Davos to summon the imagination and commitment necessary to tackle it," he added.

Source: The Telegraph January 20, 2019 10:18 UTC