US REP. Jay Inslee currently in India to promote trade opportunities in the information technology sector. Inslee was the keynote speaker at the Third Annual Baramati Initiative on Information Communications Technology and Development, a three-day conference held to explore how information technology is being used as a tool to empower the poor.

As part of this, Inslee also visited seelampur madarsa on a Digital Partner and Datamation Foundation supported programme of educating Muslim girls on the use on information technology.

While in India, Inslee is also spoke to India business leaders at three CII (Confederation of India Industries) Iunches in New Delhi, Mumbai and Pune. He also met with technology firms, such as Microsoft, G.E., Datamation and MAQ Software.

Inslee's district includes many of the world's leading information technology firms. Inslee was keenly interested in finding ways to expand markets for Washington state technology products, and to enhance the power economic development in a country that is the world's largest democracy and second-largest Muslim population.
Inslee is a member of the Congressional Caucus on India. Inslee's trip was sponsored by Digital Partners, a non-profit development organization that seeks to alleviate poverty through the digital economy and information technology .