Guwahati: Corporate honchos, including Ratan Tata, Mukesh Ambani, Dilip Sanghvi and physician Naresh Trehan, will be part of over 4,800 delegates from across the world in first ever global investors summit in Assam.
The summit 'Advantage Assam', being organised on February 3-4 at a total expenditure of Rs 32 crore, will also witness participation of business leaders and ministers from as many as 20 countries such as the ASEAN nations, the US, Czech Republic, Germany, Japan, UAE and Israel. It "has a unique advantage of being at a strategic geographic location with a strong connectivity network, making it an ideal destination for business with the ASEAN countries.
That is why, the objective of the summit is to position Assam as India's expressway to ASEAN," Assam Commerce and Industry Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary said at a press conference.
Advantage Assam will be the largest ever investment promotion and facilitation initiative by the state government and it will showcase the opportunities offered by the state in terms of export-oriented manufacturing and services to ASEAN and other countries, he added.
"A total of 14 international and domestic roadshows were organised as a part of the pre-summit preparations. High powered delegation of the state government, many of which were led by the Chief Minister, engaged in more than 200 one-on-one meetings with corporate houses in these roadshows. We have seen over 4,800 delegate registrations," Patowary said.
With these, the state government has been able to draw attention of industry leaders like Tata Group's Ratan Tata, Reliance's Mukesh Ambani, Dilip Shanghvi from Sun Pharmaceuticals, Dabur's Anand Burman and Harshavardhan Neotia from Ambuja Neotia Cements, who have confirmed their presence in the summit, he added.
The minister also informed that Amar Abrol from Air Asia India, Welspun Group's Balakrishan Goenka, Subhash Chandra of Essel Group, Emami's Sushil Goenka, Rashesh Shah of Edelweiss and Sanjiv Puri from ITC have also registered for the event.
"Besides, Naresh Trehan from Medanta - The Medicity - and filmmaker Subhash Ghai have confirmed to be a part of the summit deliberations, among others," he added.