Mukesh Ambani, Shashi Ruia Among Participants in 'Make in India' Programme: Report

New Delhi: Leading industrialists, including Reliance Industries chief Mukesh Ambani and Essar Group chairman Shashi Ruia, and many other global and domestic CEOs will participate in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious 'Make in India' campaign, to be launched here on Thursday.

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.

"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 chief executives likely to be present at the launch include chairman of Tata Group Cyrus Mistry, Mahindra Group CMD Anand Mahindra, Biocon CMD Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw and ITC chairman Y C Deveshvar.

In his maiden Independence Day address this year, PM 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.

Meanwhile, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said all missions have been directed to highlight Prime Minister Modi's ambitious 'Make in India' campaign through conducting various events.

Video links in Hindi and English would be provided for the people to listen to his speech and where time zones are not compatible, the missions have been asked to do it next day, he said.

A lot of information on the country's industrial policy has been sent to the missions to share it with the business community in their host countries, he added.

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.