“Opportunity North East” - Investment Meet on Agro & Food

Processing, Tourism, Education & Skill Development, Plastic Processing

13 January 2011 :: Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar

TENTATIVE PROGRAMME

INAGAURAL SESSION
1145 – 1150 hrs Welcome Address Mr Dipankar Chatterji
Chairman
CII North East Council &
Senior Partner
L B Jha & Co

1150 – 1200 hrs Keynote Address Mr B P Muktieh

Chairman & Managing Director
NEDFi

1200 – 1215 hrs Inaugural Address by Ms Jayati Chandra

Chief Guest Secretary
DoNER
Govt of India

1215 – 1220 hrs Vote of Thanks Ms Indrani Kar

Senior Director
Confederation of Indian Industry

1220 – 1230 hrs Tea Break

1230 – 1500 HRS PLENARY SESSION

Opportunities in the Agro & Food Processing, Tourism Sector, Education

& Skill Development and Plastic Processing
Agro & Food Processing: The agro- climatic conditions of the North East states make it
particularly conducive for agri and horticultural crops. Innumerable varieties of fruits
and vegetable, tuber crops, flowers, spices, plantation crops, medicinal and aromatic
plants are extensively grown in the entire region. Many of the agro horticultural
produces have high demand in the international market.

Tourism: North East for long has been projected as the next big destination for tourism
in India. The region is ideally suited for developing into a 365 days tourist destination.
Its potential lies on availability of various types of tourism concepts like natural,
cultural, religious, ecological and adventure tourism.
 Plastic Processing: With the commissioning of the Brahmaputra Gas Cracker Project in
Assam there would be availability of HDPE, LLDPE and PP to produce a variety of
products. The per capita consumption of Plastics in the region is 1.1 kgs compared to a
national average of 5 kgs and global average 30 kgs. This indicates at the tremendous
scope for plastic processing in the region.
Education & Skill Development: North East North East is seen as one of the sunrise
region of the country. To gear up for the changes there is an urgent need for skills
development in the region. While basic literacy is a must, Skills Development of the
youth is important for the holistic growth of the region.
The session would give a better understanding on the investment scenario and
opportunities in the region and also offer a platform to network with major players
from Gujarat and across the globe to explore the possibilities of joint work

1230 – 1235 hrs Opening Remarks by Chairman

1235 – 1315 hrs Theme Presentations

1235 – 1245 hrs Agro & Food Processing

1245 – 1255 hrs Tourism
1255 – 1305 hrs Education & Skill Development
1305 – 1315 hrs Plastic Processing

1315 – 1435 hrs State Perspective

State Investment Prospects Address by state representative
focussing on: • Arunachal Pradesh
• Policy regime • Assam
• Investment Incentives • Manipur
• Thrust Areas • Meghalaya
• Key Initiatives • Mizoram
• Nagaland
• Sikkim
• Tripura

1435 – 1455 hrs Open Discussion

1455 – 1500 hrs Concluding remarks by Chairman

1500 HRS LUNCH & CULTURAL PROGRAMME ON NORTH EAST

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