CM Naveen Arrives In Mumbai To Attend Odisha Investors’ Meet

Mumbai: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has arrived in Mumbai on a three-day visit.

The Chief Minister is scheduled to meet captains of Indian industry on the sidelines of the Odisha Investors Meet – the curtain raiser event for the Make in Odisha Conclave.

The event is being held at the Hotel Trident-Nariman Point in which more than 400 industry bigwigs are expected to be present. A high level team comprising ministers and senior officials of the Government of Odisha has already arrived in Mumbai to hold discussions with the investors and businessmen. CM Naveen is also scheduled to ring the ceremonial Bombay Stock Exchange Opening Bell on Thursday.

In Mumbai, the Odisha government will lay emphasis on attracting investments in areas like chemicals, petrochemicals, metals, textiles, electronics system design, manufacturing and tourism. Since Mumbai is the country’s financial hub, the Odisha government will attempt to lure more investments for fintech, investment and commercial banks, financial agencies, stock markets, etc, besides the traditional sectors, said Odisha Industries Department Principal Secretary Hemant Sharma earlier this week.

Top names from various leading corporate houses like Ambanis, Adani, Tata, Godrej, Mahindras and others are expected to join the Mumbai meet with the Chief Minister.

Naveen Patnaik, who met ambassadors from over two dozen countries and top businessmen in New Delhi in August, will host the 3rd ‘Make in Odisha’ conclave at Bhubaneswar from November 3-December 4 this year. Earlier, the Odisha CM has held similar meets for industrialists in Ahmadabad, New Delhi, and Dubai.

Odisha is emerging among the major investment destinations attracting FDI in various sectors including metals and metal downstream, chemicals and petrochemicals, textiles and apparel including technical textiles, food processing comprising seafood processing, logistics and clean energy.