Telangana minister KTR promotes state’s investment opportunities in Paris

HYDERABAD: Telangana industries minister KT Rama Rao invited the MBDA management to explore prospective collaboration opportunities for manufacturing in Telangana.
Telangana delegation headed by minister KTR held a series of meetings and interacted with various CEOs and industry heads in Paris on Thursday.
The delegation held a formal meeting with MBDA's top management team comprising directors Boris Solomiac, Pol Neil Le Livec, and senior vice president Asia and India Jean-Marc Peyraud.
MBDA is the world leader in missiles and missile systems with its headquarters in Paris.
Later, the minister met with Aerocampus Aquitaine Sales Director Mr Xavier Audion. Air Attaché at the Indian Embassy in France, Air Commodore Hilal Ahmad was also a part of the meeting.
During the day, KTR had a formal meeting with the Ambassador of India to the Republic of France Jawed Ashraf. He thanked the ambassador and the Indian Embassy in Paris for inviting the Telangana delegation.
KTR gave an overview of the various initiatives of the Telangana government to attract investments. The minister also apprised the ambassador about the various priority sectors into which Telangana is soliciting investments from French companies
He met Cosmetic Valley's deputy CEO-in-charge International Strategy Franckie Béchereau in Paris. He highlighted India’s cosmetics market and its substantial growth and discussed the opportunities to manufacture cosmetics in Telangana.
Cosmetic Valley is a cluster of about 800 companies, creating approximately 70,000 jobs & €11 billion in revenue; 7 universities, 136 colleges, 200 research laboratories for 8,600 researchers, and 100 research projects.
Principal Secretary of industries Jayesh Ranjan, Aerospace & Defence director Praveen and Digital Media Director Dileep Konatham were present in the meetings.