Himanta urges investors to take advantage of customisable industrial policy invest in Assam
Guwahati Feb 18 PTI Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma urged leading industrialists and financiers in Mumbai to invest in diverse sectors in the state and assured them of total cooperation from the government in this regardHe held separate meetings with industry leaders at a roundtable organised by FICCI as well as with Tata Group and SRCC Childrens Hospital among others winding up his three-day visit to the financial capital of the country on FridayAs part of our initiatives to attract private investments into the state took part in a roundtable of ficciindia at Mumbai today which was attended by countrys several leading industrialists Sarma Tweeted after an interaction on ThursdayUrged them to take advantage of customisable industrial policy invest in Assam he addedEarlier on Thursday Sarma interacted with Tata Group Chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran and other top office bearers of Tata Sons Tata Consumers TCS Tata Technologies Indian Hotel and Tata Motors at Bombay House Mumbai an official release said hereThe chief minister urged Tata Group to come forward for investment in Assam especially in health education green and renewable energy tourism and hospitality sectorHe assured that the state government will provide all necessary support including certain policy changes and capital subsidy to make the state a preferred investment destination of the countrySarma also held a meeting with Tata Trusts Vice-Chairman Vijay Singh CEO Srinath Narasimhan and Board of Trustees and reviewed the progress of construction works of State Cancer Institutes under Assam Cancer Care FoundationOut of 17 Cancer Institutes seven are targeted to be inaugurated in April 2022The Assam government and Tata Trust are collaborating for setting up Cancer Care Units in the state with the foundation for the project laid in June 2018Tata Trusts had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Assam government during the Advantage Assam – Global Investment Summit 2018 held in February that year giving a formal shape to the projectIn the meeting Sarma urged Tata Trusts to engage a team to study the basic requirements for establishment of a proposed South Asian Cancer Institute in AssamThe chief minister also met Subramanian Ramadorai former Vice-Chairman of Tata Consultancy Services and Chairman Indian Institute of Information Technology IIIT GuwahatiHe discussed several issues with Ramadorai related to TCS TISS IIIT-G etc to bring more excellence in Assams education sector adopting new ideas and technologySarma also had a discussion with SRCC Childrens Hospital Facility Director Rupesh R Choubey regarding strengthening paediatric healthcare facilities in AssamHe invited the hospital to work together in functioning of new Super Speciality Hospital in Guwahati especially in Paediatric Neurology and Paediatric Cardiac Surgery sectorThe chief minister directed the MD National Health Mission Assam to draft an MoU in this regardSarma met Anita Rajan Chief Executive Officer of Tata STRIVE a skill development initiative of Tata Trusts at Taj Chambers MumbaiHe sought cooperation of Tata STRIVE for Project Arohan a four years mentorship programme of the Government of Assam for meritorious studentsApart from some other suggestions Sarma urged the CEO to add the component of soft skills development for students in Project ArohanHe also held a meeting with Dr Shalini Bharat Director of Tata Institute of Social Sciences TISS at the same venue and discussed several issues pertaining to strengthening the infrastructure and academic activities of TISS Guwahati campusThe chief minister also held a virtual meeting with Dr Milind V Kirtane a renowned ENT specialist regarding strengthening the ENT treatment facilities in AssamHe urged Dr Kirtane to initiate a training programme from April this year to develop a team of specialists in Assam the statement added PTI SSG RG RG
Guwahati Feb 18 PTI Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma urged leading industrialists and financiers in Mumbai to invest in diverse sectors in the state and assured them of total cooperation from the government in this regardHe held separate meetings with industry leaders at a roundtable organised by FICCI as well as with Tata Group and SRCC Childrens Hospital among others winding up his three-day visit to the financial capital of the country on FridayAs part of our initiatives to attract private investments into the state took part in a roundtable of ficciindia at Mumbai today which was attended by countrys several leading industrialists Sarma Tweeted after an interaction on ThursdayUrged them to take advantage of customisable industrial policy invest in Assam he addedEarlier on Thursday Sarma interacted with Tata Group Chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran and other top office bearers of Tata Sons Tata Consumers TCS Tata Technologies Indian Hotel and Tata Motors at Bombay House Mumbai an official release said hereThe chief minister urged Tata Group to come forward for investment in Assam especially in health education green and renewable energy tourism and hospitality sectorHe assured that the state government will provide all necessary support including certain policy changes and capital subsidy to make the state a preferred investment destination of the countrySarma also held a meeting with Tata Trusts Vice-Chairman Vijay Singh CEO Srinath Narasimhan and Board of Trustees and reviewed the progress of construction works of State Cancer Institutes under Assam Cancer Care FoundationOut of 17 Cancer Institutes seven are targeted to be inaugurated in April 2022The Assam government and Tata Trust are collaborating for setting up Cancer Care Units in the state with the foundation for the project laid in June 2018Tata Trusts had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Assam government during the Advantage Assam – Global Investment Summit 2018 held in February that year giving a formal shape to the projectIn the meeting Sarma urged Tata Trusts to engage a team to study the basic requirements for establishment of a proposed South Asian Cancer Institute in AssamThe chief minister also met Subramanian Ramadorai former Vice-Chairman of Tata Consultancy Services and Chairman Indian Institute of Information Technology IIIT GuwahatiHe discussed several issues with Ramadorai related to TCS TISS IIIT-G etc to bring more excellence in Assams education sector adopting new ideas and technologySarma also had a discussion with SRCC Childrens Hospital Facility Director Rupesh R Choubey regarding strengthening paediatric healthcare facilities in AssamHe invited the hospital to work together in functioning of new Super Speciality Hospital in Guwahati especially in Paediatric Neurology and Paediatric Cardiac Surgery sectorThe chief minister directed the MD National Health Mission Assam to draft an MoU in this regardSarma met Anita Rajan Chief Executive Officer of Tata STRIVE a skill development initiative of Tata Trusts at Taj Chambers MumbaiHe sought cooperation of Tata STRIVE for Project Arohan a four years mentorship programme of the Government of Assam for meritorious studentsApart from some other suggestions Sarma urged the CEO to add the component of soft skills development for students in Project ArohanHe also held a meeting with Dr Shalini Bharat Director of Tata Institute of Social Sciences TISS at the same venue and discussed several issues pertaining to strengthening the infrastructure and academic activities of TISS Guwahati campusThe chief minister also held a virtual meeting with Dr Milind V Kirtane a renowned ENT specialist regarding strengthening the ENT treatment facilities in AssamHe urged Dr Kirtane to initiate a training programme from April this year to develop a team of specialists in Assam the statement added PTI SSG RG RG
