Muted response to West Bengal industrial event, no big-ticket deals signed

While star industrialists like Mukesh Ambani, Sajjan Jindal, L N Mittal and Uday Kotak have been key faces at previous events, this year's conclave mainly had industrialists from Kolkata

If the Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) is about star industrialists committing investments in West Bengal and a platform for the state to showcase itself as an investment destination, the Bengal Business Conclave is a junior edition.

This year, the state government decided not to go ahead with the annual BGBS, which had become a norm, and instead opted for an offsite location, around 190 km from the state’s capital, to which it will ferry investors and foreign dignitaries from 20 countries and the United Nations for the annual industrial congregation.

Given the background of a slowdown and the fact that there