Andhra Pradesh will seek to strengthen its position as a global investment destination at the 31st CII Partnership Summit 2026, with Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu scheduled to hold a series of high-level meetings with Union Ministers, international delegates and leading corporate executives in Visakhapatnam on November 12 and 13.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate the two-day summit on November 12, attending the inaugural session as chief guest from 10.30 am to 12.30 pm. He will also participate in the inaugural session of the Women & Growth Summit from 1.40 pm to 2.40 pm.
Naidu is scheduled to discuss issues concerning Andhra Pradesh with Shah. He will also meet Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Chirag Kumar Paswan at 5.45 pm on November 12 to explore opportunities for setting up food processing units in the state.
The Chief Minister’s engagements on November 13 include meetings with Union Minister Prahlad Joshi at 2 pm and Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari at 3.15 pm to discuss matters relating to the state.
Global industry leaders in focus
The summit will bring together global industry leaders, diplomats, international delegates and chief executives of multinational companies, providing Andhra Pradesh an opportunity to showcase its investment potential and build international partnerships.
Naidu is scheduled to interact with Singapore Minister Gan Siow Huang, UAE Minister of Economy and Tourism Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri, Japanese Ambassador Keiichi Ono, Russian Ambassador Denis Alipov, Slovak Finance Minister Ladislav Kamenický and Guatemala’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Julio Eduardo Orozco Pérez.
The engagements will also include meetings with Dr Daren Tang, Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and Kenji Hiramatsu, former Japanese Ambassador to India.
Among the corporate leaders scheduled to meet the Chief Minister are Sumant Sinha, Founder and CEO of ReNew; Gwanggu Lee, Managing Director and CEO of Kia India; Shashwat Goenka, Managing Director of RPSG Group; Samir Jain, President of Mondelez India; Sreedhar N, CEO, Asia-Pacific and India, Saint-Gobain; and P V Krishna Reddy, Managing Director of MEIL.
Senior executives of NALCO and Levista are also expected to participate in discussions.
Space technology companies on investment agenda
A special interaction with representatives of four space technology companies — AgniKul, Skyroot, Bellatrix Aerospace and Hathor Rockets — is also scheduled, highlighting the state’s efforts to explore opportunities in the emerging space technology ecosystem.
The discussions are expected to cover investment prospects across manufacturing, renewable energy, food processing, advanced technologies, infrastructure and employment generation.
Multiple memoranda of understanding (MoUs) and government order-related programmes are scheduled during the two-day event. A dedicated agreement with Kia is also part of the summit’s programme.
Women & Growth Summit and investment partnerships
Apart from the investment-focused engagements, Naidu will participate in the Women & Growth Summit, a special fireside chat hosted by Palki Sharma and the valedictory session on November 13.
The summit comes as Andhra Pradesh seeks to attract investments across traditional manufacturing as well as emerging sectors, leveraging international partnerships and corporate participation to accelerate industrial development.
The high-level interactions and proposed agreements are expected to provide fresh momentum to the state’s investment ambitions, with the government seeking to translate the summit’s international participation into industrial projects, employment opportunities and long-term economic growth.