Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that this decade is for “building new multinational companies within India” and that it was the perfect time for “the influence of India to spread throughout the world.” The prime minister was laying the foundation stone for the permanent IIM-Sambalpur campus with Odisha’s chief minister, Naveen Patnaik, also present, and said that the way the country handled the COVID pandemic should be a matter of “documentation. and research “.
The Prime Minister said that previous decades saw a trend in which multinational companies from “outside of India” came to the country and grew in India. “This decade, and this era, is of the construction of new multinationals in India. May the influence of India spread throughout the world, this is a perfect time for that. Today’s startups are tomorrow’s multinational companies. And in which cities are these startups being built? Those we call Tier 2, Tier 3 cities in our language. Today, the explosion of new companies is seen in those places, “he said.
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Modi said: “I want to ask you, other IIMs and other business schools to study how the country functioned during the Corona pandemic with technology and teamwork. How measures were taken to protect 130 million people. Responsibilities were assumed, Jan Bhagidari plans launched. On all these topics, there should be documents, there should be research. How did a country of 130 million people innovate from time to time? How did India expand capacity and capacity in a very short time? Here’s a great lesson for management. During COVID a permanent solution has been found for PPE equipment, masks and ventilators ”.
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Modi said that from the “agricultural sector to the space sector” there were “unprecedented reforms” that left a lot of scope for new companies. “For these new possibilities, you have to prepare. You have to link your career to the hopes and dreams of India. In the new decade, giving Brand India a new global recognition is the responsibility of all of us, but especially of young people… To increase the tourism potential of this area, the ideas and management skills of the students will be of great use. Thus, Sambalpuri textiles are known in the country and in the world. In the same way, so much artisan work is done in this area. Silver filigree, woodwork, bronze work, our Adivasi brothers and sisters are also very prodigious at this. For students, making Sambalpur speak out locally is one of their main responsibilities, ”he said.
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The Prime Minister said that the country’s IIMs can “act as a bridge” between the Aatmanirbhar Bharat program and international collaboration. “For local to go global, all of you and your IIM colleagues must find new and innovative solutions. I believe that our IIM’s, in the mission of aatmanirbharta, can function as a bridge between local products and international collaboration. Your network of alumni, which spans all corners of the world, can help a lot in this. Until 2014, there were 13 IIMs. Now there are 20 IIMs. Such a large talent pool can give Aatmanirbhar Abhiyan a lot of expansion, ”he said.
The Prime Minister also said that digital connectivity was going to transform the 21st century and that the concept of working from anywhere had turned the world into a global workplace. “Technology is removing geographic limitations. Air connectivity made the 20th century perfect, then digital connectivity will transform the 21st century. The concept of work from anywhere has turned the global village into a global workplace. India has also introduced all the necessary reforms with great speed in recent months. It is our effort that we must not only walk with the times, but try to do so in advance, ”said the Prime Minister.
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