A digital discussion was held recently on the topic“Explore the attractive incentives potential of Odisha for yourbusiness.” Hosted jointly by the Indian Consulate in New York, MilanCultural Association and Odisha Society of New England, the onlinemeeting was attended by several distinguished guests across the globe.
The brainstorming video conferencing session was meant to promoteOdisha as a hub for doing easy business. The speakers highlighted thebilateral business opportunities and proposals for mutual benefits forboth USA and Odisha. They invited entrepreneurs for establishingstartups as well as small and large enterprises taking advantage ofthe business friendly atmosphere and investments delight policies.
The speakers pointed out that Odisha is fast emerging as a mineral andmanufacturing State of the eastern India. With a rich maritime tradehistory and having one of the largest major ports of the country at Paradip, Odisha is poised to be the most vibrant eastern gateway forthe ASEAN region. They also elaborated the fact that the huge mineralresources combining with steel and aluminum smelting capacity has beeninstrumental for Odisha to emerge as the major global steel and aluminum hub.With its attractive incentive potential and appropriate work forceexpertise, Odisha is evolving as an investor preference for aluminumbased aerospace and defence manufacturing, aviation and maintenancerepair and overhaul (MRO) facilities along with bio-technology, IT, ITenabled service and ESDM units, petroleum, chemicals andpetro-chemicals, pharmaceuticals, plastics and polymers, tourism andhospitality.
Addressing the online conference, Indian Consul General at New YorkRandhir Jaiswal applauded the spectacular progress of Odisha, whenIndia is about to celebrate 75 golden years of her existence nextyear. Assistant Director, Indian Tourist Office, New York, V SethurKumaran presented an overview on Odisha’s industrial potentialities. Principal Secretary Madhusudan Padhi presented a detailed account on Odisha’s port policy and other programmes aimed towards creatingalternative energy sources.State Minister for Industries, Energy, MSME and Home Capt. DibyaShankar Mishra focussed on what Odisha stands for and what it has tooffer in terms of natural resources and human capital.
Chiarman of KMF Investment Group, USA, KV Kumar shared about theeconomic relationship between India and US and different programmesfor agro, pharmaceutical and other industries. MD of Atmosphere Hotelsand Resorts, Salil Panigrahi and secretary, Bar and RestaurantAssociation of Odisha, Satya Mohanty highlighted the tourism industryof Odisha and their plans on exploring and expanding the differentkinds of tourism in Odisha.