Anil Ambani to set up call centre in JK

Anil Ambani has agreed to set up a 1,000-seater call centre in Jammu and Kashmir in two phases which will provide job opportunities to nearly 3,000 youth.

Ambani gave this assurance to Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, who met various business tycoons in Mumbai and discussed prospects to give an impetus to investment in industry, telecommunication, power and tourism sectors in Jammu and Kashmir.

An official spokesman said Mufti, in his meeting with Ambani, sought cooperation for investment in the information technology sector to create employment opportunities for the youth in the state.

He laid emphasis on establishing call centres and a Dhirubhai Ambani management institute, which would enhance the employability of skilled human resources.

“A team will visit the state after Diwali to work out modalities to set up the call centre,” Ambani was quoted by the spokesman. He assured the Chief Minister of his keen interest in preparing a blueprint of cooperation between his company and the state government.

Apart from Ambani, the Chief Minister held a series of meetings with Dr Subash Chandra of Zee Media, Arun Nanda of Mahindra Group and Nikhil Meswani, Executive Director of Reliance Industries Limited, to discuss measures taken by the government to create a positive atmosphere for private sector investment in the state.

Mufti asked top names of the corporate sector to enter into strategic partnership with the state government.

In his meeting with Chandra, the Chief Minister discussed the matter of setting up two amusement parks in proximity of Ranjit Sagar Dam in Kathua and Wullar Lake in Bandipora district to boost the state’s tourism sector, the spokesman said.

Chandra informed the Chief Minister that a team would travel to J&K in the next couple of months to assess possibilities of setting up of Essel World-type amusement parks at identified locations.

During his meeting with Nanda, Mufti discussed the possibility of developing tourism and handicraft villages similar to Interlaken in Switzerland. He discussed the issue of setting up two information technology parks in J&K on the pattern of Chennai.

The Chief Minister met Anshuman Ruia of the Aegis Group. The promoter promised to double the capacity of existing centre at Rangreth by March 2016.