A White House spokesperson did not respond to CNBC's request for comment.
On technology, Modi and his team will also reinforce their interest in buying high-performance graphics processing units, or GPUs, from the U.S. and in avoiding any forthcoming export controls from the Trump administration. In a recent trip to Mumbai, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang expressed interest in partnering with India's Reliance Industries to further the country's AI efforts.
It will not be the first meeting between the Indian leader and Musk.