Facebook announces town hall meet with Modi on Sept 27

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The young billionaire, Mark Zuckerberg, had called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss digital expansion in the country. File Photo

Facebook will host Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at its headquarters at Menlo Park, California. Modi and Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg will also be participating in a townhall on Sunday, September 27.

"Prime Minister Modi and I will discuss how communities can work together to address social and economic challenges. We want to hear your questions. Please ask them in the comments below and we'll try to get to as many as possible,” Zuckerberg said in his post announcing the townhall.

I'm excited to announce that Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India will be visiting Facebook HQ later this month for a...

Posted by Mark Zuckerberg on  Saturday, September 12, 2015

The event will be held on Sunday, September 27 at 9:30 am pacific time.

According to media reports, Modi will arrive at New York on September 23, where he will attend the UN general assembly and the launch of Sustainable Millennium Goals.

The Prime Minister will leave on September 26 for Silicon Valley, where he is slated to meet Zuckerberg, Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Cisco chief Chuck Robbins among others.

He is also scheduled to visit Tesla’s, a manufacture of electric sedans, facility.

Published on September 13, 2015 09:18