ADVISORY/Ajit Jogi, Chief Minister of the Newly Formed Indian State of Chhattisgarh Offers Investment Opportunities to the US Investors.City Desks/Assignment & International/Foreign Desk Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 2002 Participates in TiEcon 2002 in Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , IndUS-The Entrepreneurs Conference Chief Minister of the new Indian state of Chhattisgarh, Mr Ajit Jogi Ajit Jogi (born 29 April, 1946) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Mahasamund constituency of Chhattisgarh and is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party. He was the first Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh between 2000 and 2003. will arrive in the US on June 13, 2002 for a week-long visit. During his stay in the US Mr Jogi will meet Non Resident Indians and international investors and brief them about opportunities in the areas of infrastructure, education as well as emerging industry areas such as mining, information technology, biotechnology, food processing Food processing is the set of methods and techniques used to transform raw ingredients into food for consumption by humans or animals. The food processing industry utilises these processes. and forestry. Chhattisgarh, a state known as land of opportunities promises excellent investment options in the areas of infrastructure, mining, mineral based industries, agro and food processing industries, higher technical education and tourism. Endowed with natural resources such as forests and minerals including diamonds, gold, coal, iron-ore, limestone, tin, copper-ore, rock phosphate rock phosphate a mined mineral used as a fertilizer and as a dietary phosphorus supplement for animals. Some deposits of the mineral contain high levels of fluorine and its use as a feed supplement leads to poisoning in the livestock. See also fluorosis. , bauxite bauxite (bôk`sīt, bŏk`–), mixture of hydrated aluminum oxides usually containing oxides of iron and silicon in varying quantities. , mica, asbestos. Chhattisgarh is the most mineral rich state of India and the world. Between 13th and 18th June, 2002 Mr Jogi will visit Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. , Atlanta, Georgia, Washington DC, the US capital and meet with Non Resident Indians, academicians, Indian and American business leaders. In Santa Clara between June 13th and 14th he will attend TiEcon 2002, a conference on entrepreneurship. Here he will also have interactions with several senior members of the business, financial and IT community. He is also slated to meet Ms Lata Krishnan, President American Indian Foundation and address Chhattisgarh Association of North America. On June 17th he will go to Atlanta for a day where he will interact with the Georgia Indo-American Chamber of Commerce. He will also visit Georgia State University History Georgia State University was founded in 1913 as the Georgia School of Technology's "School of Commerce." The school focused on what was called "the new science of business. and Georgia Tech University. Mr Jogi will address the Non Resident Indians from Chhattisgarh and other experts in Washington DC on the 18th. He is also expected to meet the World Bank officials in Washington DC. Mr Jogi will be accompanied by other key officials from the Government of Chhattisgarh. |
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