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Sherpa
India's G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant has said that the tourism sector is not only a driver of growth but also a driver of job creation and employment.
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Who are they? A Sherpa is a personal representative of the leader of a member country at an international Summit meeting such as the G8, G20, the Nuclear Security Summit etc.
Task: The Sherpa engages in planning, negotiation and implementation tasks through the Summit. They coordinate the agenda, seek consensus at the highest political levels, and participate in a series of pre-Summit consultations to help negotiate their leaders’ positions.
Who are appointed Sherpas? Sherpas are career diplomats or senior government officials appointed by the leaders of their countries.
Etymology: The term is derived from the Nepalese Sherpa people, who serve as guides for mountaineers in the Himalayas.
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