By Bizodisha Bureau, Bhubaneswar, November 11, 2018: Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday urged the industrialists to explore the state’s “enormous business and growth opportunities” for them.

“I welcome you to discover the enormous business and growth opportunities that the state offers, and also the all-round development the state has seen in the past two decades,” he said at the inauguration of an Expo ahead of the second edition of ‘Make in Odisha Conclave’.

He said the Expo focuses on showcasing industrial prowess of Odisha, with most of the industries operating in the state displaying their success stories.

Inaugurating the country’s largest investment summit Make in Odisha Conclave Naveen said the five-day conclave had come a long way from its humble beginnings since two years back.

The inaugural ceremony was attended by key dignitaries which included Japanese Ambassador to India Kenji Hiramatsu, among other senior government officials and delegates from various national and international organizations.

“Odisha is contributing to the country through its skilled workforce working in Odisha and other states of India. These young men and women are the harbingers of the ‘I am Odisha’campaign,” Mr Patnaik said.

“Odisha is playing a major role in enhancing country’s food security, setting global standards in disaster management, smart cities campaign, reducing poverty among many key initiatives,” he asserted.

The exposition included stalls with various interesting aspects from various business domains, which included participation from major organizations like Adani Group, Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail Limited, Britannia Industries Limited, Emami Paper Mills Ltd., Grasim Industries Ltd., Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd., Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., Indo Nissin Food Private Ltd., ITC Limited, Jindal Stainless Limited, JSW Group, Parle Agro Pvt. Limited, Reliance Jio Infocom Ltd, Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Steel Ltd., Ultratech Cement, Vedanta Limited, among many others. This expo also shared the business perspective from various industry organizations to encourage the future business and collaboration opportunities among various stakeholders.

The expo featured around 120 exhibitors from organizations across various industries.

The event will conclude on Thursday, November 15.

Some 800 corporate leaders will attend Make in Odisha’s second edition. Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, Aditya Birla Group Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla, Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran and Vedanta Resources Chairman Anil Agarwal have confirmed their participation.

The inauguration ceremony was followed by an evening of spectacular cultural performances involving 200 artists, 50 technicians and which took 30,000 hours of hard work to bring alive the dreams of Odisha through the mission Make in Odisha.

The performances were choreographed by nationally acclaimed choreographer Padmashree Aruna Mohanty along with Janardhan Raj Urs and Md Saiful Haque. Agnimitra Behera and Pravin D Rao composed the music of the expo performances.