Ahead of Pravasi Rajasthani Divas to be held on December 10, Rajasthan government has pressed services of 21 IAS officers for coordination with investors of different countries and states for the exploring trade, business and investment opportunities for Rajasthan. They will also be responsible for facilitating investors and collaborate with Non Resident Rajasthanis (NRRs).
During Rising Rajasthan, which was held in December 2024, similar exercise was executed where 33 IAS officers were given responsibility for coordinating with investors of 19 states and 23 countries. Unlike Rising Rajasthan summit, where few ACS rank officers were also given responsibilities, this time the task has been assigned to officers of Principal Secretary to Special Secretary rank.
Also, selection of states against offices is largely based of native states other than officers belonging to Rajasthan. Most of them have been assigned countries they had dealt with during Rising Rajasthan for continuity in relationship with investors of respective countries.
For attracting investment from Goa and Singapore, the state government has nominated Gayatri Rathore, T Ravikanth for Andhra Pradesh and Kenya while Manju Rajpal for Bihar and Hongkong.
The state government has assigned Naveen Jain for Haryana and Saudi Arabia, Krishna Kunal for Jharkhand and Qatar while Ravi Jain has been nominated for Chhattisgarh and Australia.
Similarly for Karnataka and South Africa Ravi Kumar Surpur has been given the task, Joga Ram for Kerala and UAE while P Ramesh will take care of Telangana and Ireland.
For Uttrakhand and Germany, Arti Dogra will be responsible, Rohit Gupta will be for Uttar Pradesh and UK, Anandhi for Tamilnadu and Japan while Rajan Vishalwill be responsible for Punjab and Spain.
Department of Personnel Secretary Archana Singh will facilitate investors from Madhya Pradesh, Finland and Denmark, Nakate Shivprasad Madan will be responsible for Maharashtra and Brazil while Shivangi Swarnkar will take care of investors from Assam and USA.
Anupama Jorwal has been given responsibility of Delhi and Italy, Rukmani Riarfor West Bengal, Sweden and Norway while Himanshu Gupta will facilitate investors from Odisha and Uganda.
Arvind Kumar Poswal has been given responsibility of Himachal Pradesh and Nepal while Suresh Kumar Ola will coordinate with investors from Gujarat and Switzerland.
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