Bhubaneswar: In line with the huge potential that Odisha offers in the field of IT and ITeS, the Tokyo based Fuji Soft Group has proposed to open a “Centre of Excellence” in the state capital of Bhubaneswar.
Chief Minister office source Saturday said a high-level delegation led by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik during his visit to Tokyo, held a one-to-one meeting Friday with the stalwarts from the field of IT & ITES, skilling and logistics and shipping lines.
The marquee names included Fuji Soft, NYK Lines, NITKAL and Sumitomo Group.
With Fuji Soft of Tokyo proposing to open the proposed CoE, it will add the required fillip to the already burgeoning field.
Keeping in focus the skill development initiatives of the state, NITKAL has tied up with Odisha University of Technology & Research (OUTR) to set up a dedicated skill development centre in the state to cater to the huge demand for trained workforce in Japan.
NITKAL is also continuing its dialogue with IIIT for establishing a dedicated Japan-centric centre for skill development in the relevant field.
Logistics and storage for the new sunrise sector of Green Hydrogen and Green Ammonia continues to attract a large amount of traction.
Keeping in line with these modern initiatives, 2 of the stalwarts in its field, met the high-level delegation led by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
First off, the block NYK Lines (Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha) evinced keen interest in setting up dedicated shipping lines, starting from the port-of-call Paradeep /Gopalpur/Dhamra to transport out the Green Ammonia to the countries which are committed to the greening of the said sector, especially the south east Asia right up to Japan.
An official source here said the Sumitomo Corporation, a global fortune 500 company met the delegation and evinced interest in creating tankage and storage facilities for the green hydrogen and green ammonia sector.
They are zeroing in at Gopalpur, which, with its SEZ located just next door, happens to be an ideal location for the same.
Patnaik instructed all the officials to create a roadmap for all these investments in the sunrise sector and create timelines to achieve a quick turnaround for all the proposals received.
The visit of the Chief Minister to Japan continues to buttress the commitment of the state government to promote Odisha as a favourable investment destination and strengthen the emerging economic and cultural ties with Japan.
The delegation group proceeded to Kyoto to continue with the initiatives and initiate further bulwark in the field of sports and tourism.
UNI