Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that Indian values, circumstances and the specialities of the states will be taken into account while building up Smart Cities. Chouhan was holding discussions with the industrial groups and potential investors at Bengaluru on Wednesday.
Chouhan said that Madhya Pradesh is the fastest growing state. Smart Cities will be developed according to the Centre's guidelines. He also underlined possibilities of transforming old cities into Smart Cities.On behalf of the state government, Minister for Industries Yashodhara Raje Scindia, Chief Secretary Anthony JC DeSa, Principal Secretary Industries Mohammad Sulaiman, Secretary Hari Ranjan Rao, Managing Director of TRIFAC Deepak Ahuja, Managing Director of MP State Electronics Development Corporation M Selvendran were present.
In the forenoon sessions multinational IBM's chief executive officer Amit Sharma, Nettur Technical Training Foundation NTTF's managing director N Reghuraj, Gokak Textiles ltd's executive director HS Bhaskar and head of the delegation of Infosys ltd Rohan Parikh met the Chief Minister and held detailed discussions on investment proposals.
IBM discussed about starting state-of-the-art IT enabled services and facilities in cities of Madhya Pradeh. Sharma said that the IBM has an expertise in developing such facilities around airports and industrial cities. The Chief Minister appreciated the IBM's initiative saying that Madhya Pradesh is offering the best package. He said that there are possibilities for business process outsourcing. Efforts for developing smart city between Bhopal and Indore have been intensified. He invited IBM to make a comprehensive presentation on the concept of smart cities at Indore's Global Investors' Summit.
Holding discussions with prestigious Nettur Technical Training Foundation, which is operating in nine states, Chouhan said that it is the top priority of the state government to make new generation skilful and employable. The state government has started skill development centres at every block headquarters. Polytechnics are offering job oriented training to meet industries' demand of skilled manpower. Referring to Chief Minister's Self Employment Scheme for Youth, Chouhan said that young entrepreneurs also need intensive training to score success. He appreciated the proposal of the NTTF inviting it to engage in the state.
Holding discussions with Infosys, Chouhan said that all permissions and approvals will be given to Infosys by the first week of September helping it start construction at the earliest. The Infosys informed that Indore will be having the most beautiful energy efficient building. It may be noted here that Infosys project worth Rs 600 crore is coming up in 130 acre on Indore Ujjain super corridor. It will provide jobs to over 13 thousand IT professionals. Reputed Gokak Textiles Unit discussed on setting up small hydel project apart from textile mills.