INDIA’S economic growth journey is a huge opportunity for its international partners, the country’s envoy in Washington Ambassador Vinay Mohan Kwatra said,underlining that the US is “front and centre” and amongNew Delhi’s most consequential partnerships. Kwatra made the remarks during a special address on Saturday at the Columbia Indian Economy Summit 2026: ‘The Quest for a Developed India’, hosted at Columbia University by the Deepak and Neera Raj Centre on Indian Economic Policies at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA).“India’s economic growth, our own journey, is not just for our own first principles of economic growth and prosperity, but it’s also a huge opportunity for our international partners. The United States is front and centre and among the most bconsequential partnerships that we have,”he said at the event attended by students, faculty and prominent members of the Indiandiaspora.

 

Highlighting the importance of bilateral ties, Kwatra said the India-US partnership is “among the most important and most consequential” in advancing shared priorities and navigating evolving global shifts. He expressed confidence that India will continue to drive economic growth and prosperity for its people while achieving the vision of ‘Viksit Bharat’ by 2047. “We in India are in a transformative phase of our journey, of our economic growth, the evolution of our society...At the same time, we also live in a uniquely instructive phase of global shifts,” the envoy said, reiterating that India remains confident in its priorities and firmly focused on attaining developed nation status by 2047.