Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is scheduled to visit New Delhi and take part in the special Curtain Raiser event of the Make in Odisha Conclave on the 31st of this month.
During his visit to Delhi, Naveen is also slated to meet the ambassadors of about 16 countries and discuss with them the business opportunities in the state.
The Chief Minister will meet the diplomats from the USA, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Belgium, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar and the UAE.
He will discuss about the forth coming edition of the Make-in-Odisha Conclave with the diplomats and elaborate on the ease of doing business reforms implemented by the Odisha Government. The Curtain Raiser Event will also be attended by Minister of Industries, MSME and Energy Pratap Keshari Deb.
Some of the important investors and industrialists from the National Capital Territory Region will also participate in the daylong event on 31st August.
Chief Secretary Suresh Mahapatra, Industries Secretary Hemant Sharma, Director General, FICCI, Arun Chawla, Managing Director & CEO Invest India Deepak Bagla and Managing Director, IPICOL, Bhupendra Singh Poonia will also be present at the event. Representatives including Ambassadors, High Commissioners and Consul Generals of various countries that have business dealings with Odisha have been invited to participate in the Curtain Raiser event.
The third edition of the Make in Odisha Conclave is scheduled to be held between November 30th and December 4th in Bhubaneswar. The focus of the Government will be on state specific sectors such as steel, mining, chemicals, petrochemicals, textiles, sea food processing, electronic systems and design manufacturing, logistics, aluminium, etc.
Earlier, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had a fruitful meeting with the investors at Dubai during which investment proposals worth more than Rs 21,000 crore were received from important investors.