By Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has planned a meet on “Anchoring Growth from Kerala” here this week end, with the support of Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC), as a run up to the Invest Kerala Global Summit scheduled on February 21 and 22 in the city.
Styled ‘Ascent Summit’, the evening event at Hotel Monsoon Empress on February 1 will feature two sessions before concluding with Industries Minister Shri P. Rajeeve’saddress as the Chief Guest.
Starting at 5.30 p.m., the conclave will open with a session on success stories,followed by a panel discussion.Chairing the concluding hour-long question-answer segment will be Principal Secretary (Industries and Commerce) Shri A.P.M. Mohammed Hanish.
Six entrepreneurs will recall their career growth at the opening session themed‘Journeys of Resilience, Creativity & Determination’. This will be followed by a roundtable, moderated by KSIDC Chairman Balagopal Chandrasekhar on ‘Nurtured in Kerala, Paving the Way for Global Legacy’ by half-a-dozen experts.
The speakers sharing their success stories will be Hykon India CMD Shri Christo George; Navalt Solar & Electric Boats Director Shri Sandith Arumughan Thandasherry; Popees Baby Care Products founder-MD Shri Shaju Thomas; Aceware Fintech Services MD Smt. Nimisha J Vadakkan; Solve Plastic Products MD Shri Sudheer Kumar and Tranzmeo Founder-CEO Shri Safil Sunny.
The panel discussion, starting at 6.45 p.m., will be addressed by SFO Technologies (NEST Group) CMD Shri N Jehangir, CII (Southern Region) Past Chairman Shri Navas Meeran (Eastern Treads Ltd), Synthite Industries MD Shri Aju Jacob, VKC Footgear CMD Shri V K C Razak, Peekay Steel Castings Joint MD Shri K E Shanavas and Vittal Cashew Industries MD Shri Santhosh Kamath.
CII Kerala Chairman Shri Vinod Manjila (Manjilas Food Tech) will welcome the gathering, while Federal Bank Executive Director & Business Head (Retail) Smt. Shalini Warrier will deliver the concluding remarks.
