Investors meet held

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Nearly 300 investors and industrialists from Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam districts turned out at an Investors Meet organised here as part of the run up to Emerging Kerala 2012. Alkesh Sharma, MD, KSIDC, inaugurated the event and introduced the event which is planned as global connect, organised by the Kerala Government with KSIDC being the nodal agency of the event.  Speaking on the occasion, he said the different road shows conducted in Delhi and Mumbai were a huge success. Similar roadshows will be conducted in other major cities like Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad and also in other important countries very soon. T P Thomaskutty, executive director, KSIDC, made detailed presentations on core sectors identified by the government.The major core sectors include IT & ITES, Knowledge/ Education, Tourism, Food & Agro Processing, Ports, Shipbuilding & Logistics, Healthcare Services, Energy including Green Energy & Environment Technologies, Science & Technology including Biotechnology, Nanotechnology & Life Sciences, Infrastructure development. S  Ramnath, MD, KINFRA,  N Sasidharan Nair, executive director, InKEL,  R V Subrahmanyan, DGM, GAIL,  A Suresh Babu, MD, Vizhinjam Seaport, presented various possibilities for investment in Kerala.Padmakumar, Executive  Director Penpol, P G Mathew, president, TMA, Reghunath, MD, Travel Scape Hotels,  Raveendran, Director, Accel Frontline, Ramachandran Nair, vice-president, KSSIA, P Nandakumar, KSIDC, T O Sooraj, director, Directorate of Industries and Commerce (DIC) participated.