Gadkari, Prabhu expected to attend AoL event

Railway Minister Suresh Parabhu, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari and former French prime minister Dominique de Villepin are among leaders expected to attend Global Leadership Forum, an event being held under of aegis of World Culture Festival organised by Art of Living here.

An Art of Living release said that other leaders "joing the forum" include Power Minister Piyush Goyal, Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Minister of State for External Affairs, Gen. V. K. Singh (retd.).

The Global Leadership Forum event is being held here March 12 and 13 while the World Culture Festival is scheduled to be held from March 11 to 13.

The release said that former Slovenian prime minister Alojz Peterle, Pakistani senator Sherry Rehman and Latvian Culture Minister Dace Melbarde would also attend.

Others expected to attend are Comptroller and Auditor General Shashikant Sharma, Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya, Virgin group founder Richard Branson and GMR Group executive chairman and managing director G.M.Rao.

"The forum among other issues will also examine the dilemmas of leadership and reflect on how they can balance these challenging dichotomies in today's world - ethical and profitable, current and farsighted, global and local, humane and digital, steadyand adaptive, dynamic and peaceful," the release said.