Bhubaneswar: To attract big-ticket industries to Odisha, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday declared the five-day long Make in Odisha Conclave, 2022 open here at Janata Maidan.
The third edition of the biennial investment summit will continue till December 4, 2022.
Before declaring the conclave open, Mr.Patnaik addressed the national executive council of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
Minister Industries Pratap Kesari Deb, Secretary To Chief Minister VK Pandian, Chief Secretary S C Mahapatra, Principal Secretary Industries Hemant Sharma and others were present in the Opening Ceremony
Stating that Odisha is fast emerging as a fulcrum of trade, commerce and industrialization in eastern India and the Bay of Bengal region, Mr.Patnaik urged FICCI to promote Odisha as a destination of choice for the investor community through all of their channels.
The State will continue to work with the industrial organization to continue to work together in the near future towards bringing in investment and prosperity to Odisha.
“Through Mission Shakti, our goal is to empower the women of our state to be model entrepreneurs and leaders,” he said.
The CM urged the FICCI FLO team, the women wing of FICCI, to work closely with the Mission Shakti department to develop strategies for further strengthening the entrepreneurship ecosystem at the grassroots while at the same time creating opportunities for local women entrepreneurs to reach out to the global markets.
Over 11,600 delegations will participate in the Conclave. The organizers have successfully managed to line up 124 speakers and schedule 38 events spanning all the Conclave days. . The State is expecting more than investment intents of Rs 6 lakh crore.
It was expected that some eminent industrial captains like LN Mittal, Executive Chairman, Arcelor Mittal, Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman, Aditya Birla Group, Anil Agarwal, Chairman, Vedanta Resources Limited, Sajjan Jindal, Chairman, JSW Group, Naveen Jindal, Chairman, JSPL, T V Narendran, CEO&MD, Tata Steel would attend the Conclave.
Other than that, representatives from partner countries of Japan, Norway and Germany are also participating in the business summit.
