About 1,500 delegates including entrepreneurs, investors and eco-system supporters from 150 nations participated in the event, more than half of them women.
Ivanka Trump arrived in Hyderabad on Tuesday to lead a U.S. delegation of 350 at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit being held in the city.
Addressing the session, Ivanka said technology offers tremendous opportunity to women and women entrepreneurs.
India, she said, is one of the fastest growing economies in the world and has a true friend in the White House.
"I want to applaud Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his firm belief that ‘the progress of humanity is incomplete without the empowerment of women’,” Ivanka said.
Speaking at the GES Summit in Hyderabad, the prime minister said that India has been an incubator for innovations and entrepreneurship over the ages.
Ivanka Trump, who is leading a delegation of senior Trump administration officials and entrepreneurs, also spoke at summit's opening session themed 'Be the change: women's entrepreneurial leadership'.
Sonam and Manushi will be the panellists at master class on "The Female Influencer: Advancing Women's Opportunities in the Media Industry".
Donald Trump’s response came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared the information on the upcoming summit to be co-hosted by India and US, in a series of tweets on Thursday night.
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