Cyrus Mistry, Ambani to attend Modi's 'Make in India' launch

Top corporate leaders have confirmed their attendance for the 'Make in India' campaign launch which will be held on Thursday.

From top honchos of large Indian conglomerates like the House of Tatas, the two Reliance Groups and the Aditya Vikram Birla empire to chief executives of some of the best-known global companies like Mercedes, Airbus, Vodafone, Honda and Samsung have confirmed their attendance at the event where Modi will make a strong pitch for investments.

Leading industrialists, including RIL chief Mukesh Ambani and many other global and domestic CEOs will participate in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious 'Make in India' campaign launch here on Thursday.

Mahindra Group CMD Anand Mahindra will also be present on the occasion. Meanwhile, the Campaign is aimed at making India a global manufacturing hub and creating huge employment opportunities in the country, besides boosting trade and economic growth.

Biocon CMD Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw too shall grace the occasion. "The Make in India Campaign is one of the key missions of the Government and companies from India and outside are being welcomed to expand and set up facilities for manufacturing in India - for servicing the domestic and global markets. CEOs of important manufacturing companies in India both domestic and MNCs will be present in the function," the official invite sent by the Government said.

Other high-profile CEOs likely to be present at the launch include Chairman of Tata Group Cyrus Mistry;  Essar Group Chairman Shashi Ruia will also be present on the occasion.; Biocon CMD Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw; and ITC Chairman Y C Deveshvar; among others.

In his maiden Independence Day address this year, Modi invited the global business community to set up manufacturing facilities in India, giving the slogan 'Come, Make in India'. To make it more successful, the campaign would be simultaneously launched in different state capitals, including Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore. The campaign will also be launched in countries having similar time zone as that of India.