Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari Union met at his residence here in New Delhi. 

Gates, who is the chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, also scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi later today. 

He had also met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in New Delhi on Thursday. 

Gates also attended the opening ceremony of the Action Plan Newborn india (INAP) by Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan Union on Thursday and the second for his pioneering work in polio eradication. 

"There are lessons to learn from India's fight against polio that can be applied to other diseases as well," he said. 

The philanthropist praised the government for the expansion of the list of diseases under the Universal Immunization Program. He also stressed the importance of including the rotavirus vaccine in the package.