Haryana Government has geared up to host maiden two-day ‘Pravasi Haryana Divas’ to be held at Gurugram on January 10 and 11.
The two days event would provide an opportunity to the people belonging to Haryana living in other States and abroad to reconnect with their roots and project the possibilities of investment in various sectors in the State.
“The State Government is receiving encouraging response for ‘Pravasi Haryana Divas’ as more than 600 registrations have so far been received for the same on the web portal created for this purpose,” said Industries and Commerce Minister, Vipul Goel while speaking at a road show organised in the run up to the event, in Delhi on Tuesday.
Giving details of the event, the Minister said that while a cultural evening would mark the event on its first day, four parallel sectoral sessions would be held on the second day. These would be on ‘IT – IteS and ESDM: The next era of State’s Growth and Innovation’; ‘Health, Education and Sports: Improving Indicators - Moving in Right Direction’; ‘Media, Entertainment and Tourism: Experiencing Haryana - Culture, Tourism and Media’ and ‘Philanthropy: In the land of Karma’.
He said that Pravasi Haryanvis who have made significant contribution in the fields of trade and industry, health and education, information technology, engineering and services, art, culture, entertainment, tourism and social services would also be honoured with ‘Haryana Gaurav Samman’ during the Pravasi Haryana Divas.