<p>Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa discussed key investment proposals at the World Economic Forum in Davos, including two ‘Centres of Excellence’ that Dassault Systems wants to setup in the state and a solar plant that steel magnate Laxmi N Mittal offered to start.</p>.<p>Florence Verzelen, vice-president, Dassault Systems, which already has presence in Bengaluru, said she would soon initiate measures to setup two “centres of excellence”, one of them in Bengaluru.</p>.<p>“Dassault plans to train nearly 2000 youths in each centre every year to take up skilled jobs in big companies,” Verzelen said, according to a release by Chief Minisiter BS Yediyurappa’s office.</p>.<p>Dassault is also interested to train youths in smart city projects. The defence firm would investment around a million Euros on these centres, the release added.</p>.<p>When Yediyurappa pointed out the growing demand for youths trained in aerospace and defence production techniques, she said that the firm would plan such centres of excellence in coming days.</p>.<p>Richard Ambrose, executive vice-president, Lockheed Martin, promised to visit Bengaluru soon and explore possibilities of his company investing in Karnataka for research and development activities.</p>.<p>Mittal, who met Yediyurappa at the Karnataka pavilion, discussed ArcelorMittal’s interest to invest in the state where it already has 3,000 acres of land in Ballari.</p>.<p>Noting that permission was given by previous BJP government in 2010 to start a steel plant, he said that the<br />project had run into troubled waters.</p>.<p>He promised to invest in a solar power plant in Karnataka.</p>.<p>Lulu Group chairman<br />Yusuf Ali assured to initiate measures to invest Rs 2,000 crore in Karnataka in the logistics sector.</p>
<p>Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa discussed key investment proposals at the World Economic Forum in Davos, including two ‘Centres of Excellence’ that Dassault Systems wants to setup in the state and a solar plant that steel magnate Laxmi N Mittal offered to start.</p>.<p>Florence Verzelen, vice-president, Dassault Systems, which already has presence in Bengaluru, said she would soon initiate measures to setup two “centres of excellence”, one of them in Bengaluru.</p>.<p>“Dassault plans to train nearly 2000 youths in each centre every year to take up skilled jobs in big companies,” Verzelen said, according to a release by Chief Minisiter BS Yediyurappa’s office.</p>.<p>Dassault is also interested to train youths in smart city projects. The defence firm would investment around a million Euros on these centres, the release added.</p>.<p>When Yediyurappa pointed out the growing demand for youths trained in aerospace and defence production techniques, she said that the firm would plan such centres of excellence in coming days.</p>.<p>Richard Ambrose, executive vice-president, Lockheed Martin, promised to visit Bengaluru soon and explore possibilities of his company investing in Karnataka for research and development activities.</p>.<p>Mittal, who met Yediyurappa at the Karnataka pavilion, discussed ArcelorMittal’s interest to invest in the state where it already has 3,000 acres of land in Ballari.</p>.<p>Noting that permission was given by previous BJP government in 2010 to start a steel plant, he said that the<br />project had run into troubled waters.</p>.<p>He promised to invest in a solar power plant in Karnataka.</p>.<p>Lulu Group chairman<br />Yusuf Ali assured to initiate measures to invest Rs 2,000 crore in Karnataka in the logistics sector.</p>
