BHUBANESWAR, INDIA - World Trade Centre Bhubaneswar held an interactive session with members of IT Association of Odisha here on Saturday, 17th June 2017. The session provided a platform for various MSMEs from the IT sector to interact and discuss on the prospects of the sector in the state of Odisha.

Mr. Soubhagya Routray, President, Information Technology Association of Odisha (ITAO), in his inaugural address briefed the participants on the emerging opportunities in the sector. He urged the members to not only look at trading of IT products but also plan to further diversify and explore the scope of manufacturing facets available in the sector. He also appraised the delegates on various initiatives taken by the association towards business facilitation and other hand holding support. He advocated that the members should work in closer collaboration and take up group initiatives where by the visibility of the sector could be substantially enhanced to cope up with the increasing competition. 

Earlier Ms. Nimeshika Natarajan, Manager, WTC Bhubaneswar in her welcome address educated the delegates about the strong global network of World Trade Centres and also explained as how the World Trade Centre could assist the fraternity in building their enterprise and open up a gamut of enormous opportunities for business development. She further requested the governing committee of the association to form a dedicated group of individual entrepreneurs who could work closely with WTC Bhubaneswar on arenas in the interest of the sector and its growth. She also invited a concrete proposal with a specified agenda in order to take the collaboration forward. 

The session further witnessed vital suggestions and discussions by all the delegates on central and state level government policies, market trends, the penetration of ESDM sector in the state and various hiccups faced by the aspiring as well as practicing entrepreneurs from the information technology sector. 

Secretary to the IT association Mr. Srinivas Tripathy proposed the vote of thanks. 

In Photo (L-R): Mr. Gupta, Advisor, ITAO, Mr. Manoj Mohapatra, Treasurer, ITAO, Ms. Nimeshika Natarajan, Mr. Soubhagya Routray, Mr. Srinivas Tripathy