US President Donald Trump is set to meet a group of top global business leaders, including several prominent Indian executives, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos on Wednesday. Trump, who is returning to Davos for the first time in six years is scheduled to deliver a keynote address on Wednesday and will later host a high-profile reception. This year’s Davos summit has drawn more than 3,000 delegates from over 130 countries.
Indian corporate heavyweights to meet Trump
Among the Indian business leaders expected to attend the reception are some of the country’s most influential corporate names. The list includes Tata Sons Chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Bharti Enterprises Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal, Wipro CEO Srini Pallia, Infosys CEO Salil S. Parekh, Mahindra Group CEO Anish Shah, Bajaj Finserv Chairman and Managing Director Sanjiv Bajaj, and Jubilant Bhartia Group Founder and Co-Chairman Hari S. Bhartia.
Top Indian business leaders joining Davos 2026 summit
With over 100 Indian CEOs expected to represent the country at the 2026 World Economic Forum in Davos, a key corporate delegation will be led by:
1. Mukesh Ambani – Chairman, Reliance Industries
2. Natarajan Chandrasekaran – Chairman, Tata Group
3. Sanjiv Bajaj – Chairman, Bajaj Group
4. Hari S Bhartia – Chairman, Jubilant Bhartia Group
5. Sudarshan Venu – CEO, TVS Motor
6. Anish Shah – CEO, Mahindra Group
Other notable Indian leaders expected at Davos include:
7. Amitabh Chaudhry – MD, Axis Bank
8. Nadir Godrej – Chairman, Godrej Industries Group
9. Sajjan Jindal – Chairman, JSW Group
10. Nikhil Kamath – Co-founder, Zerodha
11. Sunil Bharti Mittal – Founder, Bharti Group
12. Nandan Nilekani – Co-founder, Infosys
13. Salil S Parekh – CEO, Infosys
14. Rishad Premji – Chairman, Wipro
15. Prashant Ruia – CEO, Essar
16. Vijay Shekhar Sharma – Founder, Paytm
17. Sumant Sinha – CEO, ReNew
Tariff pressure weighs on Indian exporters
The meeting comes at a sensitive time for Indian businesses with exposure to the US market. For over four months, Indian exporters have been dealing with a steep 50% tariff imposed by the Trump administration. With tariffs still in place, industry leaders are closely watching any signals from Washington that could indicate a shift in trade policy.
H-1B visa changes raise concerns for IT firms
The Davos discussions also come amid big changes announced by the US Department of Homeland Security to the H-1B visa programme. The long-followed random lottery system has been scrapped and replaced with a weighted selection process that favours higher-skilled and higher-paid foreign workers. Trump also imposed a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas last year. This has hit Indian immigrants the hardest, as India accounts for nearly 70 percent of H-1B visa users.
The revised visa rules are likely to have a direct impact on India’s information technology sector. Software services exporters such as Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys and Wipro, which have long relied on the H-1B programme, may now need to rethink hiring strategies.
India-US trade talks in the background
The strong Indian presence at Trump’s Davos events is being closely watched in both New Delhi and Washington. The United States and India are currently engaged in negotiations over a new trade framework, and business leaders are keen to understand how US policy may shape future economic ties.
In his Davos speech, Trump is expected to argue that the world is entering a new phase where traditional alliances, multilateral institutions and economic rules are giving way to a more transactional, power-driven international system.