KOLKATA: For West Bengal to be on the commercial growth trail once more, the state would have to trade its symbol within the first place and make it sustainable within the minds of the investors, former Infosys director T V Mohan Das Pai said.
He said that even though the existing Trinamool executive is making an attempt to switch the picture, there used to be a necessity additionally to switch the mindset of the belief of the investors.
"West Bengal has to first change its image first. The change of image is happening now, but it needs to be seen whether this change is sustainable or not", Pai informed PTI on the sidelines of Horasis Asia assembly here today.
Pai said West Bengal has to develop for the benefit of the jap region.
"If West Bengal does not grow, the entire eastern region will suffer", he said.
Saying that Singur used to be a large setback when Tata Motors abandoned the Nano small car undertaking, Pai said former Left Front chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya began the power in opposition to industrialisation which used to be very encouraging.
"But what happened in Singur was a big setback for the state", Pai said, adding that "I am personally impressed with what is happening at the moment".
"Had the Tatas had come in the state, West Bengal could have become an automobile centre", he said.
Pai maintained that there used to be a necessity for giant firms to come and develop into anchor investors.
Comparing the way in opposition to industrialisation of the Left Front and present Trinamool Congress governments, Pai said the former dispensation had adversarial industrialisation ideologically and the state misplaced its place as one of the most top commercial base.
"On the other hand, the present government is trying to revive that lost glory", he said, adding that business in West Bengal should place confidence in the government by means of interacting with them and incentivising them to take a position extra.
Pai, president of AIMA, said that the main center of attention of the state executive would on areas like tourism, innovation and start-ups, long term generation like three-D printing, robotics, gadget finding out, giant data, stem cell research and putting in place of labs in good universities.
He said that even though the existing Trinamool executive is making an attempt to switch the picture, there used to be a necessity additionally to switch the mindset of the belief of the investors.
"West Bengal has to first change its image first. The change of image is happening now, but it needs to be seen whether this change is sustainable or not", Pai informed PTI on the sidelines of Horasis Asia assembly here today.
Pai said West Bengal has to develop for the benefit of the jap region.
"If West Bengal does not grow, the entire eastern region will suffer", he said.
Saying that Singur used to be a large setback when Tata Motors abandoned the Nano small car undertaking, Pai said former Left Front chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya began the power in opposition to industrialisation which used to be very encouraging.
"But what happened in Singur was a big setback for the state", Pai said, adding that "I am personally impressed with what is happening at the moment".
"Had the Tatas had come in the state, West Bengal could have become an automobile centre", he said.
Pai maintained that there used to be a necessity for giant firms to come and develop into anchor investors.
Comparing the way in opposition to industrialisation of the Left Front and present Trinamool Congress governments, Pai said the former dispensation had adversarial industrialisation ideologically and the state misplaced its place as one of the most top commercial base.
"On the other hand, the present government is trying to revive that lost glory", he said, adding that business in West Bengal should place confidence in the government by means of interacting with them and incentivising them to take a position extra.
Pai, president of AIMA, said that the main center of attention of the state executive would on areas like tourism, innovation and start-ups, long term generation like three-D printing, robotics, gadget finding out, giant data, stem cell research and putting in place of labs in good universities.
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