Orissa's Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi has advised state's senior officers to ensure that the Make-in-Orissa Conclave 2018 succeeds in attracting the investment the state needs to turn itself into a manufacturing hub. Accordingly, various departments have been advised to prepare a blueprint of possible investment proposals for sharing with the investors. Development Commissioner R Balakrishnan has been advised to tie up the event with other business and cultural activities for making the event lively and vibrant. Already, an Oversight Committee has been set up under the Chairmanship of Chief Secretary Padhi. In its first meeting, Principal Secretary in charge of Industry Sanjeeb Chopra presented the proposals and outlined the issues for discussion. Development Commissioner R Balakrishnan, Additional Chief Secretary Home Asit Kumar Tripathy, Principal Secretary MS&ME Laxmi Narayan Gupta,  Principal Secretary Finance Tuhin Kanta Pandey, Pr Secretary Tourism Dr Mona Sharma, Special  Secretary General Administration Ashok Kumar Meena,  Skill Development & Technical Education Sanjaya Singh, Secretary Energy Hemant Kumar Sharma, Secretary Science & Technology Nikunja Bihari Dhal  along with senior officers from IPICOL, Industry Dept , Industry associations participated in the discussions. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has set the deadline for organizing the event from 11th to 15th November 2018 in collaboration with DIPP, Government of India, various Industry Associations and Business Chambers, Confederation of Indian Industries.  Potential investors and Business leaders from India and abroad would participate in the event. The conclave will host 9 major sectoral sessions with specific investment proposals. The prospective investors from USA, Thailand, Japan, Taiwan, Malaysia Germany, Switzerland and many other countries are likely to participate in the conclave. The meeting also decided to organize pre-event investor reach-out activities like road shows in the major metropolis like Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune etc.Similar investor reach-out activities would also be organized with Internal Business Partner countries and Agencies.  It was decided to put in place 4 layer preparatory and coordination activities.