By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: The much talked about Odisha Investors Meet jointly hosted by Odisha Government, FICCI and Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi in United Arab Emirates on Wednesday began amid presence of State Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Besides, Chief Minister Patnaik, Chief Secretary SC Mohapatra, 5T Secretary VK Pandian and Industry Secretray, Hemant Sharma was among those attending the meet.
Big players of Industry and investment sectors of Middle East and North Africa(MENA) region were interacting with Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Panaik, who address the Odisha Investors Meet.
Chief Minister Patnaik is expected to extend an invitation to the potential investors to come and invest in Odisha and assure them all the support and facilitation by the State Government. He will also have one-on-one meetings with some big investors from the region. A high level industrial delegation from Odisha will also be present during the investors meet for possible partnerships with the foreign investors.
Later in the evening at 6pm local time, Chief Minister will meet the Odia Diaspora from the Middle East in Dubai and discuss with them Odisha’s transformational journey over the last two decades and invite them to partner with the State government . Odisha Industry Secretary Hemant Sharma has urged NROs to join the meet and take advantage of this opportunity to reconnect with larger Odia family in the Middle East.
