A 4 member delegation from Adani visited Kolkata, in the last week of May 2022, to hear about Kolkata, the talents here, infrastructure also identify few firms in AI where they can invest/buy.

The members of the Delegation were:

• Mr. Kamal Ajitsaria, Technology Leader, Adani Group
• Mr. Sudhakar Budaraju, Independent Management Consultant and Former Joint President− Group HR, Adani Group
• Mr. Atul Bihani, Associate General Manager, Adani Group
• Mr. Utkarsh Rastogi, Product@Industry Cloud, Adani Group

1st Meeting with the IT Committee of The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry:

The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry organized a meeting between Adani Group and IT fraternity of the Chamber on 26th May 2022 in the first half of the day at Infinity Think Tank in Saltlake, Sec V hosted by Infinity Group.

The meeting was commenced with the formal Welcome Address by Mr. S. Radhakrishnan, Past President, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

The Meeting was attended by:

• Mr. Ambarish Dasgupta, Past President, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Senior Partner, Intueri Consulting LLP
• Mr. K K Mahapatra, Advisor − Infocom, ABP Limited
• Dr. Nabarun Bhattacharya, Senior Director & Centre Head, CDAC − Kolkata
• Mr. Swarup Kumar Roy, Former Advisor (IT promotion Cell), IT & E Department, Government of West Bengal
• Mr. Subho Samanta, Diracsol Business Solutions Pvt.Ltd.
• Mr. Abir Biswas, Head of Digital Services in Kolkata, Ericsson
• Mr. Debkumar Majumder, Partner, Client Services Leader, Cognitive Business Decision Support & Process Reengineering Leader, IBM GBS. CIC India
• Ms. Chitralekha Datta, Partner − Client Services Leader, IBM India
• Mr. Gaurav Kapoor, Chief Business Officer, IIM Calcutta Innovation Park
• Mr. Aninda Das, Manager, Corporate Communications & CSR, Infinity Infotech Parks Limited
• Mr. Kalyan Kar, Co−Founder & Managing Director, Inqube Innoventures Pvt Ltd
• Mr. Charanpreet Singh, Co−Founder and Director, Praxis Business School Foundation
• Mr. Rudradeep Basu, Senior Director−Technology Consulting, Protiviti
• Mr. Anupam Dutta, Partner− Data Analytics and Tax Technology, PwC India
• Mr. Amitabha Choudhury, State Enterprise Head, Reliance Jio Infocomm
• Mr. Sanjay Prasad, CIO, RPSG CESC Power Group
• Mr. Debjit Chakraborty, Consulting Partner & Global Head− Cloud Advisory & Application Consulting Practices, Tech Mahindra

2nd Meeting with the Incubatees of WEBEL-BCC&I Tech Incubation Centre:

The meeting between Adani Group and the incubatees (Full Fledged and Lateral) of WEBEL− BCC&I Tech Incubation Centre was organized in the second half of 26th May 2022 at WEBEL− BCC&I Tech Incubation Centre.

Smt. Sunrita Hazra, Managing Director, West Bengal Electronics Industry Development Corporation Limited graced the Session, along with Mr. Deepak Daftari, Chairperson, Entrepreneurs Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Mentor, WEBEL− BCC&I Tech Incubation Centre and Director and CEO, eSiksha.com − DD Web Vision Pvt Ltd.; Mr. Shantamay Chatterjee, Vice President, Bandhan Konnagar and Mr. Kalyan Kar, Mentor, WEBEL− BCC&I Tech Incubation Centre and Co−Founder & Managing Director, Inqube Innoventures Pvt. Ltd.

The representatives of Adani Group extensively engaged with the Incubatees and provided them guidance to align their journey with the potential of creating success stories. During the meeting, Adani mentioned that they would like to work with the startups and would like to extend their support and invest as well.