London: India "is on top at Davos this year", says Prakash Parmanand Hinduja, who hopes to play his customary role as good Indian host when the World Economic Forum is held in the snow-bound Swiss resort from Tuesday to Friday.
PP, as the third of the Hinduja brothers is known, points out that Narendra Modi will be among the 70 world leaders coming to Davos this year.
Others include President Donald Trump, Theresa May, Emmanuel Macron, Justin Trudeau, Benjamin Netanyahu (who has barely been seen off by Modi) and various kings, among them Abdullah II of Jordan.
Modi, who will be accompanied by a delegation from the Confederation of Indian Industry, is due to deliver the opening address, with delegates on tenterhooks as to what Trump will say when he closes the gathering of the world's business elite.
The message for the 2018 forum is "Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World" and strong calls for global cooperation are likely to be focused on issues such as climate change and global instability.
PP, 72, who is based in Geneva and is chairman of the family's European business, is younger to Srichand and Gopi, who live in London, but older than Ashok, whose home is in Mumbai.
There is a sprinkling of star dust as well, says PP, who is hosting one of those "must go to" lunches on Tuesday at the Sunstar Alpine Hotel in Davos.
Shah Rukh Khan is "receiving a Crystal Award" - as are Cate Blanchett (who will be president of the Cannes jury this year) and singer Elton John - in the Davos arts and culture category as an artist who has "shown commitment to improving the state of the world".
In a conversation with The Telegraph on Saturday, PP is keen to announce he had a very encouraging meeting in Calcutta on January 3 with Bengal finance minister Amit Mitra, whom he had known from the latter's days as secretary-general of Ficci.
PP, who wants to visit 12 Shiva temples, had been to one in Jharkhand on New Year's Eve before arriving in Calcutta.
Several Hinduja firms from IndusInd Bank to Gulf Oil and Ashok Leyland have outlets in Calcutta but PP and Mitra discussed investment in manufacturing - most probably by Ashok Leyland.
"Of course, I am serious," PP responds. "I took five members of my team. Mamata (Banerjee) was not in Calcutta but she has been briefed."
