Paolo Alto (California): Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his one-on-one engagement with the tech honchos of Silicon Valley with a 15-minute interaction with Apple chief executive Tim Cook.
During the meeting Tim Cook told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that Apple has a major connect with India and that the company's co-founder, the late Steve Jobs, went to India for inspiration.
Cook called his meeting with PM Modi "terrific".
Earlier, PM Modi took a tour of Tesla Motors and had discussions with its CEO Elon Musk.
Several tech giants including MicroSoft's Satya Nadella, Google's Sundar Pichai, Qualcomm's Paul Jacobs, Cisco's John Chambers, Adobe's Shantanu Narayen and TiE's Venk Shukla are scheduled to meet PM Modi.