A team of the State Government led by Industries Minister Debi Prasad Mishra left for the US on Tuesday to attend the Global Investment Meet at Silicon Valley from May 4 to 7.
According to official sources, the team will attend various business to business meetings and the Global Meeting of Entrepreneurs Policy Makers and Investor at the Silicon Valley.
Besides attending the inaugural meet on May 4, in which discussion will be held on global entrepreneurship trends, the State Government will highlight its role in promoting technology entrepreneurship.
The team will visit Facebook headquarters, Plug and Play Incubator and Stanford University Incubator. They will discuss and take inputs regarding policies for start-up on May 5.
Minister Mishra will interact with Odias on occasion of Biju Patnaik Centenary celebration at Santa Clara Convention Centre, San Fransicso, USA and discuss about Bijubabu and development of Odisha.
On May 6 and 7, the team will present Odisha on Destination India Track and discuss in different panels on industry, electronic system designing and manufacturing, etc. Electronics and IT and Water Resources Principal Secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena, Principal Secretary, Industries and CMD IDCO, Sanjeev Chopra, Managing Director IDCO and Chief Executive OCAC Sanjay Kumar Singh, officials from OCAC and some entrepreneurs of Odisha from different associations are part of the team.