Image: Pranab in US to attend CEOs' Forum

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is leading a high-powered team of policymakers, including Commerce Minister Anand Sharma and Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia at the India-US CEOs Forum.

Mukherjee is expected to have a bilateral meeting with his US counterpart Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.

The forum-- with 12 CEOs from each side -- is co-chaired by Tata group chairman Ratan Tata from the Indian side and Honeywell chief executive David M Cote from the US side, reports said.

Image: Pranab Mukherjee at the Washington Airport from New York on Sunday.

Photograph: Jay Mandal/On Assignment