Rajasthan CM Bhajan Lal Sharma visits Seoul Technical High School in South Korea

Seoul (South Korea), September 10 (ANI): Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma on Tuesday visited Seoul Technical High School in South Korea.

During his visit to the school, Rajasthan CM was seen interacting with officials. This is the second day of his visit to South Korea.

“Today, on my second day in Seoul, the capital of South Korea, I visited Seoul Technical High School and observed the excellent education system there. This school has a special focus on skill development, which is an important part of a modern education system. On this occasion, he held a cordial meeting with the school management and students studying there and invited everyone to visit the brave land of Rajasthan with a warm feeling of ‘Padhaaro Mhare Desh’. Apart from this, he discussed with the officials present about setting up similar advanced educational institutions in Rajasthan, taking inspiration from this model school,” the CM wrote on X.

“For the bright future of every student of Rajasthan, our government is also fully committed to provide quality, innovative, practical, employment-oriented, skill-focused and inclusive education in the field of education. Giving special importance to skill development, our government is also organizing training programmes in various fields so that the youth can get better employment opportunities and can contribute towards nation building,” he further said.

He is scheduled to hold various meetings in South Korea during the day. Rajasthan CM is visiting South Korea to invite investors for the Rising Rajasthan Global Investment Summit 2024 to be held in Jaipur from December 9-11.

A high-level delegation led by Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma on Monday attended an investors’ meet in Seoul and invited businessmen and investors from the East Asian country to explore investment opportunities in Rajasthan.

As per a press release issued by the Rajasthan Chief Minister’s Office, this was the first meeting of international investors under the upcoming Rising Rajasthan Global Investment Summit 2024, which will be organised in December this year.

The Chief Minister, addressing the gathering, outlined his government’s plan to double the state’s economy from the current $180 billion to $350 billion in the next 5 years and assured investors that “the state is continuously improving processes and policies to ensure ‘ease of doing business’ in the state”. Urging startups, innovators and members of leading South Korean business groups to do business in Rajasthan, Chief Minister Sharma said, “The Rajasthan government does not look at South Korea merely as a source of investment but also aims to build strong and long-term cross-sector partnerships with South Korean business leaders. As part of our investor-friendly initiatives, my government will soon introduce a number of new policies that will strengthen the business-friendly climate in the state, including the new Industrial Policy, Export Promotion Policy, MSME Policy and One District, One Product (ODOP) Policy.” Apart from the investors’ meet, Rajasthan Chief Minister Sharma also held one-on-one meetings with senior officials of several major South Korean companies and associations from key sectors such as infrastructure, chemicals, startups and tourism, according to a press release.

This included meetings with senior representatives from POSCO International, SG Corporation (a South Korean producer of asphalt concrete), GS EC (a South Korean renewable energy and battery storage company), Hanwha Solution (chemicals), and the Jeonbuk Creative Economy Innovation Center (JCCEI), which acts as a startup incubator. In addition, several investors at the investor meeting also expressed interest in investing in the country.

The Rajasthan government will host the Global Investment Summit ‘Rising Rajasthan’ 2024 in Jaipur from December 9 to 11. The three-day mega summit, which aims to attract and facilitate global investments, innovations and partnerships in the state, is being organised with the support of the Department of Industries and Commerce, Bureau of Investment Promotion (BIP) and RIICO, with BIP acting as the nodal department for the summit.

The summit will feature special plenary sessions on various sectors, including agriculture, renewable energy, education and professional development, automotive and electric vehicles, infrastructure, chemicals and petrochemicals, tourism, startups, mining, ESDM/IT and ITeS, and others. (ANI)