CM meets Mukesh Ambani, industry captains in Mumbai

Bhubaneswar: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday met many industry captains, including Reliance Industries Limited chairman Mukesh Ambani, in Mumbai seeking investments for the state. On a two-day visit to the business capital, Naveen invited Ambani to explore immense business opportunities available in the state and highlighted Odisha’s conducive environment to invest across industry sectors during a one-on-one meeting.
“The chief minister met Mukesh Ambani to discuss the strengths of Odisha as an investment destination, and the future investment plans of Reliance Industries Limited in the state,” a government statement said.
Sources said Ambani, who could not attend the third edition of Make in Odisha conclave, the flagship business summit in November-December last year, held discussions with Naveen on a broader spectrum of issues. During the 2018 edition of MIO, Ambani had promised to invest Rs 3,000 crore in Odisha in three years and has already done more than that. The state government in association with Reliance Industries is running an athletics high-performance centre since 2019. The team led by Naveen also explored investments in chemicals, textiles, steel and plastics sectors. Naveen met Procter & Gamble Hygiene & Health Care managing director (India and South Asia) L V Vaidyanathan to discuss investments in fast moving consumer goods and healthcare.
He also met Godrej Group executive chairperson Pirojsha Godrej.
In chemicals sector, Naveen met Ceat MD Anant Goenka, Ion Exchange CMD Rajesh Sharma and IG Petrochemicals CEO Nikunj Dhanuka and discussed about investing in the state. The CM also met Indian Speciality Chemical Manufacturers’ Association president Vinay Patil.
In the plastics sector, Naveen met Chemco CMD Ramawatar Sarogi and Ensinger India Engineering Plastics India head Nikhil Tiwari. MD & CEO of Indo Rama Synthetics (India) Limited, M N S Rao, and Kalyani Steel MD RK Goyal were others who met the CM.
While Odisha has been hosting the business summit once every two years, investor meetings in various cities and abroad are now a continuous process to attract investments and resolve bottlenecks for seamless realization of investment intents.