A visiting Karnataka delegation headed by M.B. Patil, Minister of Large & Medium Industries & Infrastructure Development, met senior executives of Boeing and GE in Washington D.C. to discuss and explore investment opportunities for the State.
The delegation also met Gita Gopinath, Deputy Managing Director of International Monetary Fund (IMF), and discussed various investment and partnership options for Karnataka.
The Minister, who is on a 12-day official tour to the U.S. along with senior officials of the Industries Department, also discussed strategies with the IMF on how to address imbalances in the skilled labor force. He explored possibilities of collaboration in upskilling the workforce for artificial and machine learning capabilities with the help of GE Healthcare.