Shri Debashis Sen, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Information Technology & Electronics, Government of West Bengalmet the Members of the IT Committee of The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry on 11th August 2017 in the Chamber premises.

It was an interactive session with thoughts being exchanged with the Additional Chief Secretary. The Additional Chief Secretary shared with the Members that the focus of the State Government for exploring the potentially of West Bengal as an IT destination has two tiers:

• Promoting investment in emerging areas like Analytics, Big Data, IoT, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and others

• Promoting IT Start Ups in the State to empower the youths

The meeting was attended by Mr. Arnab Basu, Chairperson, IT Committee; Mr. Sanjoy Sen, Co-Chairperson, IT Committee; Mr. R N Lahiri, Chairperson Emeritus, IT Committee; Mr. S Radhakrishnan, Past President, The Bengal Chamber; Mr. Deb A Mukherjee, Chairperson, Energy and Environment and Emerging Areas Committees, The Bengal Chamber and other Members of the IT Committee of the Chamber.