Cyrus Mistry meets Naveen Patnaik

Odisha Channel Bureau Bhubaneswar: Tata group chairman Cyrus Mistry today met Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at secretariat here today before the commissioning of Tata steel project at Kalinga Nagar.During the discussion, the Chief Minister proposed several industrial projects which could be developed by Tata Group in the State.Proposing for development of an IT and Electronics Manufacturing Cluster at Naraj, Patnaik said an area of 800 acres is set aside for industrial development there.Tata Power can consider setting up a Defence Electronics Manufacturing Cluster there as they have done in Bangalore, he said.The Chief Minister also proposed a PV Cells manufacturing unit at Info-valley by Tata BP Solar, a hotel at Bhubaneswar by Taj Group, and expansion of TCS by making it a major training centre.Mentioning that the progress of industrial park and SEZ at Gopalpur is not up to mark, the Chief Minister proposed Tata Chairman to consider defence manufacturing there.Tata Chairman and other heads of Tata group assured to consider these project proposals at the earliest.It was decided that there will be further discussion on these suggestions.Industries Minister Debi Prasad Mishra, Chief Secretary G.C.Pati, ACS Finance R.Balakrishnan, Tata Steel MD T.V.Narendran, W.Hussain of Tata Sons, Tata Steel Group ED Koushik Chatterjee, TCS CEO N.Chandrashekharan, and several other Tata officials were present.