kolkata amit mitra who has been chosen by chief minister mamata banerjee to hardsell bengal as an investment destination in the us will fly to washington dc to address a gathering of ceos of 450 top us firms after his participation in the north american bengali conference nabc in las vegas sources close to the development said that us india business council usibc an associate of the us chamber of commerce one of the biggest trade bodies in the country has organized an interaction between the bengal finance minister and the officials of top us companies the meeting is likely to be organized at the historical hall of flags which shows the kind of interest us has about the change in bengal added sources the members of usibc include companies like franklyn templeton citi cargill cognizant ge dow boeing kpmg pepsico warburg pincus ford adobe ibm bank of america amex deloitte kkr caterpillar and others it is learnt that mitra will meet us government officials as well in washington after the high profile business meeting before leaving for the us capital the state finance minister will meet 150 bengali investors professionals at a business roundtable at nabc in las vegas on june 7 a recorded version of an address by mamata banerjee will be played at the bengali conference the state is trying to encourage usbased bengali community to engage in the building of new bengal this could be through investment by rendering professional skills technical skills adoption of village anything a bengali industrialist can invest in the state similarly a top executive can help us through his professional skills added sources it has also been learnt that mitra will stop over for one day in london on june 9 and would meet members of uk india business council like usibc the ukibc is the representative body of top uk companies operating in india mitra is meeting uk government officials as well