The Union Finance Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley will inaugurate the two-day ‘India Investment Summit 2016’ on Thursday, 4th February, 2016. The Finance Minister Shri Jaitley will also unveil the logo of National Infrastructure and Investment Fund (NIIF) beside delivering ‘Inaugural Address’ on the occasion. A film on NIIF will also be shown during the Session. H.H. Sheikh Hamid Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Managing Director, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority will deliver the ‘Special Address’ during the Inaugural Session. The two day India Investment Summit 2016 is being held in the national capital on 4th & 5th February, 2016.
Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, Union Minister of Urban Development will deliver the Opening Address in the First Session on ‘Current Status, Outlook and Investment Opportunities in Developing Urban Infrastructure’. Other Panelists during this Session will include Dr. Nandita Chatterjee, Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Development Alleviation, Dr. Samir Sharma, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development and Smt. Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairperson, State Bank of India.
Other Sessions on the First Day of the Summit include a Session on ‘Current Status Outlook and Investment Opportunities in Power and Renewable Energy’ which will be addressed by Shri Pradip Kumar Pujari, Secretary, Ministry of Power, Government of India and Shri Upendra Tripathi, Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India among others. Another Session will be on the ‘Current Status Outlook and Investment Opportunities in Road Transport, Highways and Ports’ which will be addressed by Shri Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and Shipping. Other Panelists during the Session include Shri Rajive Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of Shipping, Government of India, Shri Sanjay Mitra, Secretary, Department of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India and Shri Raghav Chandra, Chairman, National Highway Authority of India (NHAI).
The Second Day of the Summit will start with a Session on ‘Regulatory Architecture’ which will be addressed by Shri Jayant Sinha, Minister of State for Finance, Government of India along with Dr. Arvind Subramanian, Chief Economic Adviser (CEA), Shri H.R. Khan, Deputy Governor, RBI and Shri S. Raman, Member, Security and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) among others.
Thereafter, there will be ‘State Sessions’ where States of Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Gujarat will showcase the investment opportunities in the respective States. These sessions will be addressed by the senior officers of the respective State Governments along with presentations on investment opportunities in different Sectors in the States.
The Concluding Session will be addressed by Shri Suresh Prabhu, Union Minister for Railways where ‘Investment Opportunities in Railway Sector in India’ would be on focus. Other participants during the Session will include Shri A.K. Mittal, Chairman, Indian Railway Board and Shri S. Mookerjee, Financial Commissioner, Railway Board among others.
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