TRENTON– Governor Phil Murphy right this moment signed Executive Order No. 354 establishing the New Jersey-India Commission. The fee shall be charged with advancing bilateral commerce and funding and inspiring financial improvement in each New Jersey and India. As India is probably the most populous nation on this planet with one of many fastest-growing economies, the fee goals to advertise cultural and academic exchanges between New Jersey and India and to advertise sustainable long-term financial development.

“I am honored to establish the New Jersey-India Commission to strengthen the cultural and economic ties between New Jersey and India for generations to come,” mentioned Governor Murphy. “Following my visit to India in 2019, we have been committed to strengthening our relationship, building on the overlapping economic strengths that New Jersey and India have long shared. We take immense pride in the contributions of our vast Indian immigrant population and, through this commission, we can ensure that we seize a new century of opportunities to grow together and pioneer new possibilities.”

“I am delighted to join Governor Murphy today to establish the New Jersey-India Commission,” mentioned Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of State Tahesha Way. “As Secretary of State, I am thrilled to welcome the commission to my department and look forward to overseeing its work building on the deep-rooted economic, cultural, and societal ties between New Jersey and India. New Jersey’s Indian population enriches our state, and through this commission we are creating further opportunities for collaboration.”

India is New Jersey’s second-largest overseas direct investor and nearly all of New Jersey’s immigrant inhabitants hails from India. In September of 2019, Governor Murphy and Choose New Jersey led an financial mission journey to India, fostering financial relations and securing over 1,200 new jobs by increasing the presence of three Indian corporations inside New Jersey. Over the previous 20 years, India has invested $2 billion {dollars} into New Jersey, serving to to create practically 6,000 jobs in key sectors like life sciences and expertise.

“Our partnership with New Jersey is unique in several ways,” mentioned Consul General of India Binaya Srikanta Pradhan. “It is a potential story of dynamic convergence and confluence of India’s economic resilience, presence of a highly successful Indian-American community and America’s spirit of innovation, fostering a landscape ripe with opportunities across sectors. Governor Murphy’s initiative to establish the New Jersey-India Commission would add strength to already existing high level of economic engagement in terms of over $10 billion trade with New Jersey or several two-way investments. This would also give a boost to the strong people-to-people connect that exists between India and New Jersey including in areas of education and knowledge partnership. We also look forward to Governor Murphy’s visit to India in the near future to take forward our partnership to new heights.”

“We are thrilled that the Governor has established the New Jersey-India Commission,” mentioned Wesley Mathews, Chair of the Commission. “The multiple economic missions the State has taken to India since 2019, including the number of sister-state relationships established and MOUs signed across higher education, life science, and the technology sectors prove that we have shared visions for our economies and peoples. I am eager to get to work with my colleagues in pursuit of an even stronger and more robust partnership.”

The New Jersey-India Commission will include a minimum of 35 and not more than 45 members, every appointed by the Governor. The Governor shall choose one Chairperson from the appointees to guide. The fee is predicted to offer recommendation to the Governor, in addition to to the opposite New Jersey authorities companies and departments.

Governor Murphy has appointed the next to the fee:

Dini Ajmani

Natasha Alagarasan

Sri Atluri

Snehal Batra

Coleen Burrus

Ravi Dattatreya

Kirti Desai

Parimal Garg

Vin Gopal

Balpreet Grewal-Virk

Kiran Handa Gaudisoso

Pavita Howe

Jaime Jacob

Monica Jain

Gurbir Johal

Suchitra Kamath

Krishna Kishore

Vidya Kishore

Kris Kolluri

Indu Lew

Jose Lozano

Wesley Mathews

Anjali Mehrotra

Deelip Mhaske

Raj Mukherji

Suresh Muthuswami

Srinivas Pallia

Anand Paluri

Falguni Pandya

Carrie Parikh

Rajiv Parikh

Gurpreet Pasricha

Deepak Raj

Jatin Shah

Huzaifa Shakir

Sterley Stanley

Ragy Thomas

Steven Van Kuiken

Christina Zuk

For a replica of Executive Order No. 354, click on here