The latest batch of emails released by WikiLeaks from Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta gives an insight into the planning done by the Obama administration to ensure a successful visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Silicon Valley in 2015. More than a month and half before Modi was to visit Silicon Valley in the last week of September, US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Nisha Desai Biswal wrote an email to John Podesta, who had by then joined the Clinton campaign, seeking his advice and input on making the trip successful.
She also sought to know if former US president Bill Clinton could co-host a clean energy event with Modi at Stanford. In an email to Podesta dated 12 August, Biswal said there is a lot of interest in the Indian government to focus on two themes for the Silicon Valley visit.  First is the digital economy, she wrote, and added that the focus will be a visit to Google and some announcements on Google’s massive investments in India, she said.
“The other focus is on clean energy. Here, the Indians want to visit Tesla and hopefully announce a Tesla partnership/venture with India focusing on