#almakonnect#IITK witnessed a jampacked #session for its highly anticipated #talk by Mr. Pawan Kadyan, IAS, and Mr. Aditya Srivastava on "#IAS Talk: Stories and Success". #Career#guidance talk by both civil administrators followed by an #engaging Q&A session, was a truly #enlightening and #inspiring #experience for students. The session left the students not just #informed, but ignited a #desire to #explore the possibility of joining civil services in future.
We thank Outreach Cell, IIT Kanpur, Public Policy & Opinion Cell, and EEA for helping us organize this talk.
Bengal Global Business Summit, in its 7th edition in 2023, has come to an end today with fabulous pledges for investments in Bengal from captains of industry.
In total, a sum of Rs. 3,76,288 crore has been the investment promise made by the international and national business persons present in the Summit.
Attended by 400 international delegates, representatives from 17 partner countries, business and official delegations from nearly 40 countries and 15 Ambassadors and High Commissioners from different countries, this was a truly globally participatory event.
188 MoUs have been signed and a large number of new industrial policies for creating enabling environment have been announced.
In sum, stupendous success!!
Thanks to all!
๐ง๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐น ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฏ.
The Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) 2023 is scheduled for November 21 and 22, culminating in a closing ceremony at the Dhana Dhanya Auditorium in Alipore, Kolkata.
Reliance Industries Chairman and Managing Director, Mukesh Ambani, is expected to attend the event. The event will also see the attendance of prominent figures from companies such as ITC, Ambuja Neotia, and the Hiranandani Group.
Meanwhile, the attendance of Gautam Adani, the chairperson of Adani Group, remains uncertain; representatives from the group are slated to be in attendance. Other notable industrialists expected at the event include Sanjeev Goenka, Sanjeev Puri, Purnendu Chattopadhyay, Harshvardhan Neotia, and Sajjan Jindal.
Government of West Bengal government, in the presence of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, will announce several policy measures at a summit in order to attract investments. Luxembourg, the partner country for this year's BGBS with an 18-member delegation, is said to focus primarily on the energy and manufacturing sectors for investments.
STARTUP MONDAY:
Every Monday, I try to highlight one successful startup story from West Bengal with the idea of celebrating our entrepreneurs.
NESTASIA
Based out of Kolkata, Nestasia creates unique, design-driven home decor and lifestyle products that not only look good but also feel good. The products are carefully designed to enhance your living experience and transform your space into a true reflection of your personality, style, and values.ย
Founders Aditi Murarka and Anurag Agrawal, in 2019, set out to create a brand that offers unique, contemporary, and premium-quality products for all areas of the house. Nestasia was hence created with a mission to "Make Home Special."
With more than 7,000 products curated across 8 categories, they have everything that customers need to create a space that they truly love. Nestasia primarily operates online; however, they have opened their first offline store near Russell Street, Kolkata.
The company employs over 75 people with an annual revenue of upwards of $2.98 million. The company claimed to have ended FY22 with net revenue of โน21.8 crore. The total funding received is over $4 million, and the valuation of Nestasia is set at $26.2 million as of 2022.
๐ดBREAKING!
New inscription on the @UNESCO#WorldHeritage List: Santiniketan, #India ๐ฎ๐ณ. Congratulations! ๐๐
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The Excellence in Governance Award has been bestowed upon Cooch Behar District @DMCoochbehar. Thank you @IndianExpress ๐๐ป.
I convey my heartfelt gratitude to all seniors, team members and the people of Cooch Behar.
#WasteToWealth#Swachhata