Zurich-based international think-tank Horasis will hold its Asia economic convention in the country for the first time by the year-end, West Bengal Finance minister Amit Mitra said.
"Horasis founder Franck Richter flew directly from Davos to the city and told us that the global community will hold its first-ever convention in India at Kolkata by the end of this year", Mitra told reporters at the concluding day of the two-day Global Bengal Business Summit here today.
Mitra said Horasis is akin to Davos-based World Economic Forum (WEF) of which Richter was director for 10 years.
Horasis invites only decision-makers like company owners or CEOs of professionally managed companies, he said.
The Horasis meeting would definitely boost the image of the city, he added.
The next edition of the Bengal business summit would be held on January 15, 16 and 17 in 2018, he said.
Mitra said South Korea had also expressed interest in setting up an office of KOTRA in the city.
KOTRA is state-funded trade and investment promotion organisation operated by the Government of South Korea.
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