Guwahati
The industry leaders like Ratan Tata from Tata Group, Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Group of Industries, Dilip Shanghvi of Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd, Anand Burman of Dabur have showed interest in taking part in the first ever global investment summit to be held in Guwahati on February 3-4, stated Assam industry ministry Chnadra Mohan Patwary. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be inaugurated this summit.
Besides Dr. Subhash Chandra, Chairman Essel Group and ZEE, Amar Abrol Air Asia India, Rashesh Shah Chairman Edelweiss, Sushil Goenka Managing Director Emami Group, Sanjiv Puri of ITC Limited are also among possible participants.
Dr Naresh Trehan, CMD Medanta; Subhash Ghai, Executive Chairman Mukta Arts Ltd; Balakrishan Goenka, Chairman, Welspun Group have confirmed to be part of the summit.
Several union ministers including Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping and Water Resources; Suresh Prabhu, Union Minister for Commerce and Industries; Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, Law and Justice; Smriti Zubin Irani, Union Minister for Textiles & Information and Broadcasting; Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; Jitendra Singh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; Kiren Rijiju, Minister of State for the Ministry of Home are expected to take part in the proceedings as well.
