Gulf CEOs in Valley : All you need to know about UAE delegation visiting JK

Gulf CEOs in Valley : All you need to know about UAE delegation visiting JK

J&K L-G Manoj Sinha hosted a dinner on March 21 for entrepreneurs and CEOs from Gulf countries who are on a visit to explore business opportunities in the UT (Image : @OfficeOfLGJandK)



On the evening of March 20, a chartered plane hovered over Srinagar for an hour before it landed at the Sheikh-Ul Alam International Airport. The ‘Royal Jet’ that had flown in from Dubai five hours ago had on board a 34-member delegation of business owners from the UAE, including Indian-origin CEOs, who were to begin a four-day trip to the Kashmir Valley, looking for business opportunities in Jammu and Kashmir.

The delegation was escorted with high security in a fleet of bullet-proof cars to the Lalit Grand Palace hotel on the Gupkar Road –­ the high profile stretch which is home to top politicians –­ a 25-minute drive from the airport.  At the hotel, the guests were welcomed over dinner by Ranjan Prakash Thakur, J&K government’s principal secretary, Industries and Commerce.

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The group of businessmen was led by Bal Krishen, CEO of Century Financial, a Dubai-based financial consultancy firm worth multi-million dollars. In 1993, Krishen, born in the