Narendra Modi in Davos: PM meets global CEOs, Shah Rukh Khan recreates signature open arms pose in WEF 2018; see pictures

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World Economic Forum 2018: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meet where he would share his vision for India's future engagements with the international community. The annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meet of the rich and the powerful began here today with a special message from Pope Francis being read out at the opening ceremony. WEF Founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab declared the summit open amid the ski-resort receiving record snowfall. Modi, the first Indian prime minister to attend the summit in two decades, would deliver the opening plenary address at the summit today. (PTI Photo)

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Swiss Federal President Alain Berset and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, shake hands prior to a meeting one day before the start of the 48th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland. (AP Photo)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi told top CEOs here that India means business and presents exciting opportunity for the global businesses. (Image: Twitter/PMO)

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Meanwhile, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan recreates signature open arms pose at WEF 2018 in Davos. (PTI Photo)

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More than 130 participants from India would be attending the meeting of the rich and the powerful where the official sessions would kick off with the opening plenary address by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Image: Instagram/Narendra Modi)

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In his departure statement on Sunday, the prime minister had said that India's engagement with the outside world in the recent years has become "truly and effectively multi-dimensional covering the political, economic, people to people, security and other spheres". (PTI Photo)

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More than 3,000 world leaders from business, politics, art, academia and civil society would be attending the 48th WEF annual meeting, where the Indian presence would be the largest ever with over 130 participants. (AP Photo)

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Modi is the first Indian Prime Minister to attend Davos meeting in about 20 years since H D Deve Gowda in 1997. (PTI Photo)

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WEF Founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab declared the summit open amid the ski-resort receiving record snowfall. (AP Photo)

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Schwab welcomed members from business, politics, academia and media as well as the first timers with a round of applause. (AP Photo)