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Obama would be travelling to India from November 6 to 9, during which he would visit Mumbai and New Delhi and hold a series of public and official meetings.
Prominent among those accompanying the US president would include Tom Donilon, the new national security advisor; the commerce secretary, Gary Locke; the agriculture secretary, Tom Vilsack; and Raj Shah, administrator of USAID.
Shah is the highest-ranking Indian American in the Obama administration.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is expected to be there for a part of the trip.
There would be no official business delegation travelling with the US president. However, a number of key American CEOs would travel to India on their own, and he would hold meetings with them in Mumbai.