Vasundhara Raje hardsells Rajasthan to Soft Bank chief Masayoshi Son

JAIPUR: Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje today held a meeting with Masayoshi Son, Chairman & CEO of Soft Bank, discussing possible partnerships in emerging technologies.

Recalling his earlier interaction with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Son spoke of the commitment of Japanese corporations to step up investment to India.

Raje, on her part, briefed the accompanying delegation about investment opportunities and partnerships in the state.

She made a special mention of public-private partnerships and the existing social and economic infrastructure.

Executive Chairman of SBG Cleantech, the JV involving SoftBank, Bharti Enterprises and Foxconn, Manoj Kohli and Executive Advisor of Soft Bank Raman Nanda were also present at the meeting.

Soft Bank is a Japanese corporation with wide ranging interests in telecom, e-commerce and the like.