Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will leave Tuesday for Japan to attract investments to Odisha and to establish the state as the country’s leading investment destination. Naveen Patnaik will be accompanied by a team of high-level government officials in a bid to woo investors.
Among others accompanying Patnaik will be Minister of Industries, MSME, and Energy Pratap Keshari Deb, Chief Secretary PK Jena, Principal Secretary, Industries Department Hemant Sharma, Principal Secretary, E&IT Department Manoj Mishra, and managing director, IPICOL Bhupendar Poonia, VK Pandian, Secretary to CM (5T) and Vineel Krishna, Special Secretary to the CM.
There will also be a business delegation comprising of select industries in Odisha accompanying Patnaik. Top management officials from steel, aluminium, textiles, food and seafood processing, Green Hydrogen and Green Ammonia sectors, will also be a part of Patnaik’s team and they will hold discussions with companies and business houses in Japan.
The high-level delegation is scheduled to conduct one-to-one meetings with potential investors, host the Odisha Business Meet Tokyo 2023, and hold an interactive meeting with the Odia diaspora in Japan.
Patnaik and his team will also visit the Kimitsu Steel Works and the R&D Centre of Nippon Steel Corporation. The state delegation will also hold a roundtable discussion in Kyoto on opportunities for collaboration between Japan and Odisha in the tourism sector, focusing on Buddhist and Eco-Tourism related sites in the state. Additionally, the delegation plans to explore possible collaboration in training and development of sports talent in Odisha.