Mr. Robert Garverick was accompanied by Mr. Jonathan T. Ward, Principal Commercial Officer, U.S. Consulate General Kolkata and Ms. Sangita Dey Chanda, Economic Advisor, Consulate General of the United States of America in Kolkata. From The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Deb A Mukherjee, Vice President, Mr. Subhodip Ghosh, Director General and Ms. Angana Guha Roy Chowdhury, Deputy Director were present in the meeting.

The economic strengths of Bengal, the regional dynamics, sectors of focus and cross-border trade and infrastructure issues were discussed.