CEOs of retail chains to make a beeline at AP Partnership Summit

It is being held from January 10-12 at Visakhapatnam

The CEOs of major retail chains are coming to attend the 3-day CII Partnership Summit being held from January 10-12 at Visakhapatnam .

The list of names mentioned by AP government on Tuesday include Walmart CEO Krish Iyer, Future Group chairman Kishore Biyani, Shoppers Stop chairman Neil Raheja, Reliance Retail CEO Damodar Mall, Aditya Birla group CEO Visakh Kumar besides Essel Group chairman Subhash Chandra, Indigo president Aditya Ghosh, Spicejet Managing director Ajay Singh.

Godrej Group chairman Adi Godrej was also expected to attend the summit, according to a government release.

About six Central Ministers including Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will be taking part in the three-day event, according to the official information. In all, AP officials have invited 976 delegates including 224 delegates from 37 countries for the summit.

Apart from Jaitley, Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu, Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar will also be attending the event, according the release.

Among the other invitees, CISCO president Anil Menon, WTO Director Shishir Priyadarshi, Rolls Royce(India) president Kishore Jayaraman, RBI Deputy Governor R Gandhi are expected to take part in the event.

During the three day period AP government is planning to sign a large number of MoUs with companies from a host of sectors with investments totalling around Rs 4 lakh crore.