Bollywood’s celebrity filmmaker Karan Johar has received a special invite to attend the prestigious World Economic Forum annual meeting this year. And the director-producer-actor is visibly elated. “I am honoured to be invited as one of the cultural leaders on this prolific platform. Representing my country and reflecting my ethos and the sentiments of my land on a global level like World Economic Forum is always exhilarating and empowering. Also, it’s a solid meeting ground of minds and personalities, which I am looking forward to engulf and experience fully,” says Karan Johar. KJo is not the first Bollywood personalities to have been invited as the cultural leader to the event. In the past, Hindi cinema celebs such as Amitabh Bachchan and AR Rahman and even Indian classical dancer Mallika Sarabhai have been invited to Davos.
World Economic Forum annual event will be held at Davos Klosters, Switzerland, from January 17 to 20. Karan Johar is scheduled to leave for Switzerland early next week.
What is World Economic Forum?
World Economic Forum, “committed to improving the state of the world, is the International Organisation for Public-Private Cooperation,” is a non-profit organisation. The mission of the World Economic Forum at-large is to improve the state of the world by roping-in leaders and celebrities from all walks of life, be it business, politics or arts. These heads in turn guide and influence the respective industry’s outlines for the betterment of the same.
