Angela K. Chitkara

Angela K. Chitkara is a fourth-generation educator, strategic counselor, and researcher with three decades of experience at the intersection of global business, journalism, and geopolitics, particularly India’s role in a shifting global order. She is the Founder and CEO of US–India Corridor, a firm established in 2008 that advises multinationals, startups, and public institutions on market entry, AI-driven transformation, and public-private collaboration.

Her clients span finance, technology, law, media, and the nonprofit sector, including work with the International Finance Corporation and engagements across Saudi Arabia, Africa, and Southeast Asia. She contributes opinion pieces to Fortune, on the U.S.–India partnership, workforce mobility, and global strategy, and her academic research has been published in Harvard Business Review.

Angela began her journalism career at Reuters Television and later joined CNBC in New York, Singapore, and India. She helped build CNBC TV18’s multilingual newsroom and launched its first assignment desk, integrating India into the network’s global coverage. She has taught leadership and capstone courses, served as Program Director and CUNY Mellon Fellow, developed curriculum, and mentored students into internships and jobs. She serves on the faculty of Syracuse University’s Newhouse School in Washington, D.C., and mentors with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Select Global Women in Tech 2025 cohort.

Recognized by the Observer PR Power 50, Crain’s New York Business Notable in Marketing & PR, and The Holmes Report Innovator 25, she is also a SABRE Award recipient for Excellence. A frequent Milken Institute moderator, Angela leads global conversations on cross-border investment, public-private partnerships, and U.S.–India relations. Her current research interests include the U.S.–India strategic ties, new multilateral frameworks such as I2U2 and IMEC, and the role of economic corridors in shaping global governance, talent mobility, and economic diplomacy. She brings a cross-cultural lens to her work, shaped by her lived experience as an Indian American born in Astoria, Queens. Angela is an Army ROTC scholarship recipient.