Many corporate bigwigs are expected to attend the Global Investors Meet in Indore starting on Monday. They include Anil Ambani, chairman of ADAG; B Muthuraman, vice-chairman of Tata International; Adi Godrej, chairman of the Godrej Group; Subhash Chandra, chairman, Essel Group; and Baba Kalyani, chairman and managing director of Bharat Forge, among others.
Kishore Biyani. Founder and Group CEO of Future Group, Abhay Firodia, chairman Force Motors, and Arun Sawhney, CEO & MD Ranbaxy Laboratories.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan told Business Standard: "More than 700 companies are participating in a two-day conclave. Delegates from 22 countries have also confirmed their participation."
Chauhan said that Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, Subrata Roy, Chairman Sahara Group, Shivinder Mohan Singh, executive vice-chairman of Fortis Healthcare, Manoj Gaur, executive chairman of Jaypee Group, Amitabh Kant, chairman and managing director of Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation, and Rajinder Gupta, chairman Trident Group would participate in Tuesday’s deliberations.
However, Chauhan declined to give the exact number of memorandums of understanding (MoUs) which will be signed or the volume of investment, although he indicated that it would be more than what was received in the 2010 summit.
Madhya Pradesh industries minister Kailash Vijayvargiya informed that Tata Consultancy Services would sign a lease deed with the state government on Monday, while Infosys would file its lease deed on Tuesday. Additionally, 20 companies from the information technology (IT) sector are also expected to sign MoUs. Further, six MoUs will be signed for investments in the medical hub, while educational institutes such as Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies will also sign agreements to invest in the state.