At the Odisha Investors Meet in Mumbai on September 14, which serves as a prelude to the third iteration of the Make in Odisha conference slated for November-December, chief minister Naveen Patnaik is expected to mingle with some of the nation’s top bankers, financial experts, and businessmen.
Industry titans like Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra, Aditya Birla Group Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla, Vedanta Resources Chairman Anil Agarwal, and Nilkamal Ltd Managing Director Hiten V Parekh are among those who have given their consent to attend the Mumbai meet, according to official sources in the state industries department.
Some of these businessmen will also meet the CM privately to go over potential investment prospects in the state.
Some of the top bankers, including Dinesh Kumar Khara, chairman of the State Bank of India, SS Mundra, chairman of the Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd., Arvind Vohra, country head of HDFC Bank Ltd., and Rakesh Jha, executive director of ICICI Bank Ltd., will also attend the meeting because the state government has prioritised investments in the banking and fintech sectors among others. The investors’ meeting is also anticipated to draw senior executives from Waaree Energies Ltd, Asian Paints Ltd, Larsen and Toubro Ltd, and STT GDC India Pvt Ltd.
Hemant Sharma, state industries secretary, stated at the Mumbai investors’ meet that new industrial sectors and groups that are not yet existing in Odisha would be the emphasis.
We’ll concentrate on industries including banking, fintech, chemicals, equipment for renewable energy sources, downstream polymers, and metal. According to Sharma, the delegation includes major companies from the state such as Tata Steel, Aditya Birla Group, Vedanta Group, JSW, JSPL, JSL, NALCO, and AMNS. They will attend the roadshow with their vendors and business partners to invite them to Odisha.
The state government will highlight its benefits in ease of doing business, including investor-friendly policies, stable government, natural resources, connectivity like rail, road, and port, and technological interventions, during the investors’ meet in Mumbai. The Make in Odisha conference is slated to take place from November 30 to December 4. The chief minister will also invite prominent businessmen and bankers to attend.
The state administration has scheduled additional investor meetings in Bengaluru for September 28 after the Mumbai investors’ meeting.
Prasanta Patnaik