Industry leaders converge in Bengaluru for Invest Karnataka 2016

Industry leaders from across the country converged in Bengaluru for Invest Karnataka 2016. Some highlights from the event.

Gautam Adani, Anil Ambani with Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari

At the event, Adani Group announced a Rs 11,500 crore expansion of their Udipi power plant while Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group is to set up Dhirubhai Ambani Centre for Technology and Innovation in aerospace at Bengaluru.



Narayana Murthy with Ratan Tata

While the homegrown IT success story and Infosys emeritus Murthy requested the State government to "make the city liveable", Tata said the state has the "human capital".

Sajjan Jindal

The managing director of JSW Steel announced a Rs 35,000 crore investment in the state over the next three to four years.



Industries Minister R V Deshpande with Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

The managing director of Biocon said she "would not have been able to do what I have if I were not in Bengaluru". She added that Karnataka has innovation inbuilt in its ecosystem.



Azim Premji

The Wipro chairman said they would be adding 25,000 IT jobs to their current 55,000 jobs in the state.