Bob Bierman, President, Fortune Conferences, said he was more enchanted with India’s hospitality than its economic potential. “Indians are very hospitable. And, trust me, I went to some of the most incredible Indian homes last night,” he recalled.

Dinner-hopping Bierman attended 10 of the 12 private dinners that night while Hugh Wiley, Publisher of Fortune Magazine, attended six. The intimacy and “personal touch” at the dinners have made Wiley’s India experience “incredible”. Another CEO who refused to be quoted said his experience at Nath’s house was “phenomenal” and he found the minister from Doon School “very sophisticated” and “cool”.

On Wednesday morning, at a power breakfast, women achievers from both India and the US sat down to discuss social issues.

“What they got to see was an empowered India where women made it to the top with sheer hard work. The theme was to (find ways to) use this empowerment to help others and many ideas were exchanged,” said Kiran Bedi, who along with Sindhushree Khullar of the Finance Ministry represented IPS and IAS officers at the meeting, respectively. Time Inc’s Dawn Bridges was heard telling her peers how Dikshit gave her own Pashmina shawl to her, when she was feeling cold at the Purana Quila event.

After three evening soirees hobnobbing with the capital’s movers and shakers, they will fly to Kolkata on Thursday.