CM urges Tata Group to come forward for investment in Assam

Feb. 17: Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma, who is in Mumbai today, held a series of meetings with officials of Tata Group. Dr. Sarma interacted with Tata Group Chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran and other top office bearers of Tata Sons, Tata Consumers, TCS, Tata Technologies, Indian Hotel and Tata Motors at Bombay House, Mumbai this afternoon.

In the meeting, the Chief Minister urged Tata Group to come forward for investment in Assam, especially in health, education, green & renewable energy, tourism & hospitality sector. Dr. Sarma assured that the State Government will provide all necessary support including certain policy changes, providing capital subsidy etc. to make the state a preferred investment destination of the country. Senior officers of Government of Assam were also present during this meeting.

Glad to spend some valuable moments with Tata Group Chairman Shri N Chandrasekaran.

To give fillip to our development journey in view of the improved security scenario in Assam, I urged @TataCompanies to chose our state as a priority investment destination. pic.twitter.com/hJHMgh6lWR

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) February 17, 2022

Chief Minister Dr. Sarma also held a meeting with Tata Trust’s Vice Chairman Vijay Singh, CEO Srinath Narasimhan, Board of Trustees of Tata Trust at Mumbai today. During the meeting, the progress of construction works of State Cancer Institutes under Assam Cancer Care Foundation was reviewed. Noteworthy that out of seventeen number of cancer institutes, seven are targeted to be inaugurated in April, 2022. In the meeting, Dr. Sarma urged Tata Trust to engage a team to study the basic requirements for establishment of the proposed
South Asian Cancer Institute in Assam.

Chief Minister today also met Padma Bhushan Subramanian Ramadorai, former Vice – Chairman of Tata Consultancy Services and Charman, Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Guwahati. He discussed several issues with Ramadorai related to TCS, TISS, IIIT-G etc. to bring more excellence in Assam’s education sector adopting new ideas and technology.

Chief Minister Dr. Sarma today held a discussion with SRCC Children’s Hospital Facility Director Rupesh R Choubey regarding strengthening paediatric healthcare facilities in the State of Assam. Dr Sarma invited SRCC Children’s Hospital to work together in functioning of new Super Speciality Hospital in Guwahati, especially in Paediatric Neurology and Paediatric Cardiac Surgery sector. He directed MD, NHM, Assam to draft a MoU in this
regard.

Chief Minister Dr Sarma also met Anita Rajan, Chief Executive Officer of Tata STRIVE, a skill development initiative of Tata Trusts at Taj Chambers, Mumbai today. During the meeting, he sought cooperation of Tata STRIVE for Project Arohan, a four years mentorship program of the Government of Assam for meritorious students. Apart from some other suggestions, Dr Sarma also urged the CEO to add the component of soft skills development for students in Project Arohan project.

Honoured to have met Padma Bhushan Subramanian Ramadorai, former Vice Chairman, @TCS & Chairman, @IIITGhy in Mumbai. Discussed matters related to TCS, TISS, IIIT-G etc and sought his guidance for excellence in Assam's education with new ideas & technologies.@S_Ramadorai pic.twitter.com/hEHjoQMMSp

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) February 17, 2022

Chief Minister Dr. Sarma also held a meeting with Dr. Shalini Bharat, Director of Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) at Taj Chambers, Mumbai. They discussed several issues including strengthening the infrastructure and academic activities of TISS, Guwahati campus. Earlier today, Chief Minister Dr. Sarma held a virtual meeting with Padmashree Dr. Milind V. Kirtane, a renowned ENT specialist of the country regarding strengthening the ENT
treatment facilities in Assam. He urged Dr. Kirtane to initiate a training program from April, 2022 to develop a team of specialists.

Glad to have met Dr Shalini Bharat, Director, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in Mumbai today.

We discussed several issues including strengthening the infrastructure and academic activities of TISS Guwahati campus.@TISSpeak @CMOfficeAssam pic.twitter.com/d2RbAvwBKd

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) February 17, 2022