With a Pegasus on its logo indicating growth, curtains will go up on Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s most ambitious venture, Tamil Nadu Global Investors Meet (GIM) 2015, which the state claims would attract investments to the tune of Rs. 1 lakh crore (US$ 16 billion).
A total of Rs. 100 crore has been earmarked for this event. Around 100 MoUs are expected to be signed, of which a few are expected to be operational by the end of this year.
Global Investors Meet
Participants: Tamil Nadu government and 3000+ delegates from 9 partner countries and 30 non-partner countries
When: September 9 & 10 2015
Where: Chennai Trade Centre Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Target: Rs 1 lakh crore investment (US$ 16 billion)
Partner countries
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South Korea
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Japan
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Australia
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Canada
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France
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Italy
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Russia
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UK
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Singapore
Some of the top players from India likely to attend:
Chanda Kochhar
Shiv Nadar
B Ashok
Sajjan Jindal
B.K. Goenka,
Raghupati Singhania,
Industrial sectors
- » Automobiles
- » Engineering
- » Aerospace
- » Agro and Food
- » Chemicals
- » Electronic
- » Hardware
- » Infrastructure
- » IT and ITES
- » Pharma
- » Skill
- » Leather
- » Textile
- » Services
Chennai’s preparations:
- » A laser show, conducted on the banks of river Adyar, will present a glimpse of the government’s achievements — infrastructure development and welfare measures, apart from the State's natural resources.
- A total of 16 locations in the city have been selected for such events.
- A event on the Marina, near the Lighthouse will display visuals about the investment climate in the State.
- Roughly 1,500 rooms have been blocked in 33 hotels in Chennai, for the delegates who are participating.
- LED streetlights commissioned on key stretches LED streetlights commissioned on key stretches
- Pedestrian facilities were developed
- Better street furniture on roads including signage
- Cleaner canals following desilting operations and removal of solid waste on banks
- Heritage buildings were spruced up
- Metrorail stations received finishing touches
Day 2
Timing | Session | Key Speakers |
09:30 Hrs to 11:30 Hrs | Tamil Nadu Vision 2023 – Enabling mega infrastructure projects | Mr. S Krishnan/ Mr. Pankaj Kumar Bansal/ Mr. Vashishta Johri/ Mr Jun Kuroki/ Mr. Teresa Kho/ Dr. Ashwin Mahalingam/ Mr. K Venkatesh/ Mr. Santosh Nayar |
09:30 Hrs to 11:30 Hrs | Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME)Convention | Mr. Jag Mohan Singh Raju/ Mr. Eugen Doce/ Mr. Lorenzo Angeloni/ Dr. MO Garg/ Prof. Parasuraman/ Mr. Chatrapathi Sivaji |
09:30 Hrs to 11:30 Hrs | Tamil Nadu – Global Manufacturing Hub: Electronics Hardware and Engineering | Mr. S.K. Prabakar/ Mr. Ambuj Sharma/ Dr. K Tamilmani/ Mr. T. Pradeep/ Mr Venkatesh Chandrasekaran/ Mr. B. Pattabhiraman/ Mr. Sanjay Jayavarthanavelu/ Mr Bhaskar Bhat/ Mr. Harsh Dhingra |
09:30 Hrs to 11:30 Hrs | Tamil Nadu – Agro & food processing hub | Mr. Rajesh Lakhani/ Ms Leena Nair/ Mr. P K Joshi/ Mr. Nirranjan Kani DN/ Mr. Nawaz Miran/ Mrs. Mallika Srinivasan/ Mr P Ravichandran |
09:30 Hrs to 11:30 Hrs | Tamil Nadu – Investment opportunities in IT/ITES Sector | Mr. Mr R Chandrasekar Mr S. Premkumar |
12:00 Hrs to 14:00 Hrs | Energy and water sustainability | TANGEDCO/ Energy Secy/ Secertary MAWS/ Mr. Kenji Urai/ Mr. Kapilkumar Narula/ Mr. Rajiv Mittal/ Mr. Ashok Natarajan/ Mr. B. Surendra Mohan/ |
12:00 Hrs to 14:00 Hrs | Industry responsive skill development – Skill convention | Mr. Kumar Jayant/ Mr. Sunil Arora/ Mr. Sean Kelly/ Mr. Ashok Jhunjhunwala/ Mr. N K Ranganath/ Mr. R Dinesh/ Mrs. Preetha Reddy/ Mr. Habib Hussain/ Mr. Santhanam |
12:00 Hrs to 14:00 Hrs | Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology sector seminar– policy framework and investment opportunities | Mr. VK. Subburaj/ Dr.Surinder Singh/ Prof. K.Ramasamy/ Dr. Kaliraj/ Mr. Amar Bhatt/ Dr. K.M.Cherian/ Mr. Abhay Kumar/ Dr. Aiyappan |
12:00 Hrs to 14:00 Hrs | Best practices in Tamil Nadu's Textile Sector | Mr. Harmander Singh/ Mr. A Sakthivel/ Mr. P Shakthivel/ Mr. M Sivakkannan/ Mr. Raj Kumar |
12:00 Hrs to 14:00 Hrs | Tamil Nadu's new paradigm in industrial infrastructure – industrial corridors, parks and investment regions | Mr. C V Sankar Mr. Ichiguchi/ Mr. Shimura/ Mr. Ahmed Buhari/ Mrs. Sangeeta Prasad/ Mr. Manish Sharma/ Mr. Ravi Sam/ Mr. Veeramani |
