Mangalore, April 5: An informal interactive meeting to discuss investment options with regard to the upcoming Global Investors' Meet was held at the Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Mangalore on Thursday.
Speaking on the occasion Dr. D S Vishwanath, Managing Director, KSSIDC Ltd, said that the focus of Global Investors' Meet is exclusively towards 'facilitating investors' and encouragement of local budding entrepreneurs.
He said four key areas i.e. manufacturing activity, marketing, networking and R&D have to be addressed to while taking into account opportunities for investors and entrepreneurs. Dr. Vishwanath also said that Mangalore has been identified as one of the six places for investment under the MSME (Micro, Small and medium Enterprisers) sector.
Dr. Vishwanath pointed out that small scale industries are playing a proactive role and their enthusiasm should be encashed as far as investment is concerned. He added that encouragement will be given to 'green category' industrial investment.
An Expression of Interest (EoI) for a project of Rs. 50 crore was signed between Mr. Aravind of Aravind Apparels and the Government of Karnataka (Udyoga Mithra) on the occasion.
S G Hegde, Joint Director, District Industries Centre, Byre Gowa, Karnataka Udyoga Mitra, Latha R Kini, President, KCCI, Ram Mohan Pai Maroor, Secretary, KCCI, M Ganesh Bhat, Treasurer, KCCI and others were present.
The Global Investors' Meet is scheduled to be held at Bangalore on June 7 and 8 later this year.
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