Mark Zuckerberg looks forward to interact with Narendra Modi on connectivity

New York: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said that he is looking forward to having a conversation with  Prime Minister Narendra Modi about what connectivity means for  India's future at a Townhall session. "I'll host Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a Townhall Q&A at Facebook HQ, where I'm looking forward tohaving a conversation about what connectivity means for India’s future,"Zuckerberg wrote in a post on Facebook.   

Zuckerberg visited the United Nations headquarters, where he participated in several sessions on the  sidelines of the ongoing UN Sustainable Development Summit.He and singer Bono visited an innovation space at the UN that Facebook and the world body partnered on to show the importance of connectivity in giving citizens a voice around the world "The space demonstrates the state of connectivity in every country and includes physical exhibits of projects,  including our unmanned aircraft to beam down internet from the   sky and our laser communication system for delivering high bandwidth internet," he said.   

Narendra Modi began his visit to California with meetings with top CEOs including Apple's Chief Tim Cook, Microsoft CEO Satya  Nadella and Google CEO Sundar Pichai. All eyes are on now set on his interaction with Zuckerberg at Facebook's California's headquarters against the  backdrop of the Indian leader’s push for Digital India. In a Facebook post earlier this month announcing the  townhall interaction, Zuckerberg had said that he would   discuss with Modi how communities can work together to address  social and economic challenges.