Bhubaneswar, Oct 19: Odisha is growing to a major industrial hub in Eastern India in attracting investments in the mineral, metallurgy, chemicals, petrochemicals, textiles, apparel, food processing, IT and ITeS sectors, chief secretary S C Mohapatra said.
Mohapatra, who chaired Odisha’s Business Summit with Heads of Indian Mission to different countries here on Tuesday, said there has been high excitement about Odisha among the investor and business community.
In the last months, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has led delegations to Dubai, New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad for road shows and investors’ meets as a part of ensuring Make in Odisha Conclave-2022.
Mahapatra expressed the hope that with the “involvement of the Heads of Indian Mission in different countries we can increase our presence in the global market”.
Dinesh K Patnaik, Ambassador of the Indian Mission in Spain and Manoj Kumar Mohapatra, Ambassador of the Indian Mission in Guatemala participated in the summit.
Senior officers from different departments along with representatives from various Industry associations joined the deliberations on the further growth of Industries in Odisha.
Director, Technical Education and Training Reghu G presented the industrial ecosystem in Odisha and outlined 10 reasons for Odisha becoming a “Destination of Choice” for Investors.
In the open discussion session, the representatives of various industry associations also mentioned that the State could enhance export in textile design, pharmaceutical, vegetable, seafood, cashew, auto and steel sectors.
Concluding the interactive session, Ambassador Patnaik said, “During the last two days we have taken exhaustive tours to different developmental clusters in Odisha.
The field tour, he said, shows that Odisha is growing very fast. He suggested that we would be more aggressive in popularizing the resources of Odisha along with its business-facilitating eco-system.
Ambassador Mohapatra said Odisha is on a futuristic trajectory” adding that the Heads of the Indian Mission would extend all its engagements for enhancing exports from Odisha.
