Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal will be on a two-day visit to Chennai and Hyderabad from Thursday to meet leading industrialists with an intention to attract investments in the State.
“Sukhbir Badal will focus on information technology, healthcare, food processing, bio-technology, light engineering and infrastructure during the visit. The two-day tour begins Thursday from Chennai,” a spokesman said. “He will meet more than a dozen heads of business houses,” he added. Sukhbir, during the meeting with industry leaders, will showcase investment opportunities in Punjab along with highlighting State as best investment destination.
He will meet representatives from Muruguppa Group on Thursday in Chennai, followed by another meeting with Dr Prathap C Reddy, chairman of Apollo Hospitals. He will also hold meetings with representatives of Flextronics and Tafe group. While visiting Rane Group of industries, Sukhbir will also have discussions with its chairman Harish laxman.
In Hyderabad on Friday, Deputy Chief Minister will hold a meeting with Uday Naidu, COO of GMR (MRO), followed by meeting with Deepanwita Chattopadhyay of IKP (ICICI Knowledge Park) and Amritanshu Roy of Alexandria Biotech Park.
later in the evening, he will also meet Prabhakar Rao of Nuziveedu Seeds and then representatives of GVK group. He will also hold a detailed discussions on why invest in Punjab with Ashok Atluri of Zen Technologies. Describing his proposed meeting with industrial giants another big leap in state’s development, Deputy Chief Minister said that SAD-BJP Government has taken massive steps and new initiatives to provide conduce and business friendly environment in industrial sectors.
He said that he would showcase the investment opportunities available in the state, incentives being provided by the government and the most important congenial business environment. Punjab hosted the “Progressive Punjab Investment Summit” at Mohali December last year, with top industrialists and business leaders of the country converging here for the event.