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Tuesday 15 September 2015

PM Narendra Modi To Visit Facebook Headquarters In September 2015

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting the headquarters of Facebook in California on September 27 2015. The announcement was done by none other than Mark Zuckerberg through a Facebook post. It will be a privilage for Mr. Modi as he becomes the second leader after US President Barack Obama to hold town hall interaction at the Facebook headquarters.



"I'm excited to announce that Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India will be visiting Facebook HQ later this month for a Townhall Q&A. Prime Minister Modi and I will discuss how communities can work together to address social and economic challenges," Zuckerberg posted on Facebook.

Modi also responded on Facebook to thank Mark Zuckerberg for the invite "I thank Mr. Mark Zuckerberg for the invite to visit the Facebook HQ. I look forward to the Townhall Q&A on Sunday 27th September at 10 PM IST (9:30 am Pacific time)," PM wrote on Facebook. He also invited questions from the people for the town hall session. "This programme will be incomplete without your participation! Share your questions on Facebook. I urge you all to share your questions on the 'Narendra Modi Mobile App.' Your questions will make this a programme to be remembered. The interaction will cover a wide range of issues and will surely be a memorable one." 

The San Francisco event will be webcast live on the Facebook profiles of both Modi and Zuckerberg. The Facebook CEO also referred to his last meeting with Modi in New Delhi and said, “I had the chance to visit Prime Minister Modi in India last year and it’s an honor to have the chance to host him here at Facebook." He also posted a picture of that meeting. 

Modi will be visiting US and  Ireland from 23rd to 29th September to visit Google headquarters in the Silicon Valley and address at the UN General Assembly. India has a record Facebook user base outside the US territory. In June 2015, Facebook quoted that 125 million users of its global base of 1.44 billion come from India. 

Source: Indian Express

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