The much awaited Global Investors' Summit (GIS) of the State under Momentum Jharkhand is set to begin today inside a bride-like decorated Khelgaon complex here. The global investment promotion event will be inaugurated by Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Arun Jaitley in the presence of around half a dozen Union ministers, over a dozen business stalwarts like Ratan Tata, Kumar Mangalam Birla, Shashi Ruia, Pawan Munjal and likewise and more than 6,200 delegates from within the country and 26 countries. The delegates would explore and investment opportunities in one of the most promising states of the country with Chief Minister Raghubar Das presiding over inaugural session of the event.
Delegates from partner countries of the event - Japan, Czech Republic, Tunisia and Mongolia - and participating countries like Australia, the USA, the UK, Ukraine, Russia, China, Canada, Nepal, Nigeria, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Sudan, Korea, UAE, Italy, Oman, Venezuela and Pakistan have already landed in Ranchi through regular and specially arranged flights. Special arrangements have made for business giants, ministers, officials and prospective investors by giving them State Guest status, and dedicated liaising officers are scheduled to be attached to them during the summit so that they face no problem at all while being in the State.
Business giants gracing the occasion on day-one include Tata Group former Chairman Ratan Tata, Aditya Birla Group Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla, Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani, Forbes Marshall Co-Chairman Naushad Forbes, Vedanta Resources Plc Chairman Anil Agrawal, Hero MotoCorp Managing Director Pawan Munjal, Essar Group Chairman Shashi Ruia, Hindalco Managing Director Satish Pai and Jindal Steel & Power limited Chairman Naveen Jindal. . Other industry leaders like Prashant Ruia, Shobhna Kamineni, Krish Iyer, Puneet Dalmia, Subhash Chandra, Sanjiv Puri, Kazunori Konishi, Sudhir Dhingra, Punit Goenka and others will also be attending the Summit.
Das who received a delegation from Japan led by Ambassador of Japan Kenji Hiramatsu to discuss the strengthening of ties between Jharkhand and Japan on economic, industrial and