Hyderabad : The Government of Odisha, in collaboration with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), the National Industry Partner for Make in Odisha Conclave ’22 is organizing theOdisha Investors’ Meet in Hyderabad on 17th October 2022.The idea behind organizing this meet is to showcase the business-friendly ecosystem of Odisha to the potential investors and help them to form an informed decision to invest in Odisha to meet the ever-burgeoning demands in Eastern and North-Eastern India as well as the ASEAN Markets.
A senior Government of Odisha delegation led by Shri Naveen Patnaik, Chief Minister of Odisha reached Hyderabad to participate in an Investors meet. The key members of the delegation include Shri Pratap Keshari Deb, Minister – Industries, MSME & Energy, Government of Odisha, Shri Suresh Chandra Mahapatra, Chief Secretary, Government of Odisha, Shri Hemant Sharma, Principal Secretary, Industries Department, Skill Development & Technical Education and Chairman-IDCO and Chairman-IPICOL, Government of Odisha, Shri Manoj Kumar Mishra, Secretary, E&IT Department and Dr. Omkar Rai, Executive Chairman, Start-Up Odishaamong others.
Odisha with its long coastline and developed ports in Dhamra, Paradeep and Gopalpur acts as a Gateway to the East and South-East Asia. Shri Patnaik’s government has undertaken massive infrastructure development work including the Biju Expressway, to create aninfrastructure led industrial ecosystem in the state catering to both domestic and export markets. Chief Minister is expected to highlight the major pro-business reforms undertaken by his Government and urge the industrialists to explore Odisha as a potential destination for setting up their business units.
Chief Secretary chaired meetings with potential companies from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in the sectors of food processing, metal downstream, plastics and real estate. The following meetings were held today:
| Sl. | Company Name | Sector | Name of the person | Designation |
| 1 | Open Cube Technologies Pvt Ltd | Start Up | Vinod P | Founder & CEO |
| 2 | Binjrajka Value Steels Pvt Ltd | Metal Downstream | Dinesh Binjrajka | CMD |
| 3 | Srichakra Polyplast | Plastics | P. V. Ravindra | Chief Executive Officer |
| 4 | Gemini Oils & Fats Ltd | Food Processing | Pradeep Chowdhry | Managing Director |
| 5 | Radha TMT | Metal Downstream | Suman Saraf | Managing Director |
| 6 | Sudhakar Pipes | Metal Downstream | Jayadev Meela | Managing Director |
| 7 | Agninine Group of Companies | Conglomerate- Pharma, Renewable Energy | GV Suresh Babu | Chairman |
| 8 | SV Equipments | Metal Downstream | K Nageswara Rao | Chairman |
| 9 | SK Fabrications | Metal Downstream | K Kiran Kumar | Chairman |
| 10 | PSR Granites Pvt Ltd | Construction | Sumegha Syam S | Managing Director |
| 11 | Lakshmi Spinning Mills | Textiles | Mr. R Reddy | Managing Director |
The Chief Minister reviewed the status of the Odisha Investors’ meet and advised IPICOL & FICCI teams to schedule meetings with industrialists, businesspersons and investors from IT/ITeS, Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals, Textiles & Apparel, ESDM & Data Center, Food Processing, and Renewable Energy sectors.On 17th October 2022, Shri Naveen Patnaik, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Odisha will be meeting senior industrialists in a one-on-one session, to discuss their plans for Odisha and personally invite them to the Make in Odisha Conclave’22. The Chief Minister will be holding meetings with 31 companies in the forenoon and 6 companies in the afternoon.
Some of the major investors across sectors including IT/ITeS, Infrastructure, Chemicalssuch as Microsoft, PwC, My Home, Megha Engineering, Ramky, Ctrl S, Apollo Hospitals arescheduled to have one-on-one G2B meetings with the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Odisha.Over 300 industrialists, businesspersons and investors across sectors have already registered for the Odisha Investors’ Meetscheduled on17th October 2022. Hon’ble Chief Minister of Odisha will addressthe investors and apprise everyone present about the state’s flagship investment summit, the Make in Odisha Conclave’22 and invite them to the event.
