By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: Odisha MSME, Energy and Industry Minister Pratap Keshari Deb on Sunday inaugurated the Startup Mela 2023 in the presence of MSME Principal Secretary Saswat Mishra and Executive Chairman of Startup Odisha Dr Omkar Rai.
, “I am happy that Startup Odisha has been recognised by Government of India as Top Performer,” Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in a written statement said.
Minister Deb said, “The time has come to think big. There is no dearth of talent in Odisha and it is now also time for us to create a breed of entrepreneurs who will create jobs here and bring the talent pool back home. We need to start working on marketing and branding and that is where the young generation should step in. Startup is the only gateway through which we can establish a thoroughbred self-made entrepreneur in Odisha. In another five to seven years, the next industrial hub of the country will be Odisha.
Dr Rai said, When we launched our ‘Fund of Funds’ programme with a commitment of one hundred crore from Government of Odisha, we received an overwhelming response from the investor community and we are going to have over Rs 1,200 crore fund of funds, which will be jointly operated by Government of Odisha and seven AIF fund managers.
