Punjab’s Hyderabad & Chennai roadshows attract top industries, boost MSME growth, and strengthen investment momentum ahead of Progressive Punjab Investors’ Summit 2026.

The Government of Punjab has successfully completed a high-impact outreach across Hyderabad and Chennal, creating substantial interest from prominent South Indian industries ahead of the Progressive Punjab Investors’ Summit 2026. This is a significant boost to its national investor engagement efforts.

Senior representatives from the Department of Industries & Commerce, Punjab Development Commission (PDC), and Invest Punjab joined Sanjeev Arora, Cabinet Minister for Industries & Commerce, Investment Promotion, Power, and NRI Affairs, in leading the trip. Mobility, aerospace, defense, electronics, IT, food processing, healthcare, tourism, and engineering services were among the many industries that were the subject of the engagements.

Focused conversations with notable organizations like Ceph Life Sciences, Vibrant Energy, ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, TIE Global, and Baba Group of Companies were part of the Hyderabad leg. Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Visakha Pharmacity (Ramky Group), and Ellenbarrie Industrial Gases. BEL indicated interest in adding more MSMEs from Punjab to its supply chain for electronics and defense.

In order to investigate extensive opportunities in manufacturing and infrastructure, Arora also met Alla Ayodhya Rami Reddy, a Rajya Sabha MP and the founder of the Ramky Group.

Opportunities for Punjab’s MSMES to participate in India’s expanding aerospace industry were covered during a thorough tour of the BrahMos Aerospace complex.

The committee also went to Sindhu Hospital, which was founded by the Hetero Group under Dr. B. Partha Saradhi Reddy, MP (Rajya Sabha), to find opportunities for collaboration in medical technology, advanced healthcare, and diagnostics.

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Stakeholders emphasized Punjab’s robust research ecosystem, enhanced ease of doing business, and proactive regulatory mechanisms during an evening interaction that included senior representatives such as Dr. Reddy, Prof. Dulal Panda (NIPER Mohali), Abhijit Banerjee (Lunde India), Varun Surekha (Hartex), Sudhakar Rao (ICFAI), and Anirudh Gupta (DCM Group).

Highlights of the Chennai Roadshow

Chennai was as enthusiastic. The delegation had meetings with senior executives from Dr. Agarwal’s Eye Hospital, Virtusa, Rattha Group, GlobalLogic (Hitachi), Bahwan CyberTek, CavinKare, Garuda Aerospace, Hatsun Agro, and Portman Enterprises.

Food processing, sustainable transportation, engineering design, digital transformation, and healthcare services were among the main topics of conversation.

Of particular interest was the engagement with the Murugappa Group. Group executives acknowledged Punjab’s robust manufacturing base and people. valued the State’s responsive facilitation and open governance.

expressed a desire to grow their business, especially in the field of electric mobility.

Given Punjab’s advantageous location for North Indian markets and easy access to the National Capital Region, a number of businesses stated their intention to assess prospects in Mohali, Ludhiana, and Rajpura. Mohali was dubbed “the next Gurugram of North India” by Bahwan Cyber Tek leaders, particularly for tech-driven digital businesses. Another important factor that was identified as facilitating data center operations was Punjab’s power surplus advantage.

Highlights of Punjab’s Investment Credentials

Sanjeev Arora updated industries during the outreach on Punjab’s better business environment, including the state’s recent designation as a “Top Achiever” in the Government of India’s Ease of Doing Business rankings.

He emphasized that:

Punjab has drawn significant on-the-ground investments totaling 1.37 lakh crore. There are now around five lakh new jobs.

Strengthened is the Right to Business Act. Within five working days, units in authorized industrial parks are given in-principle permission.

Through the Fast Track Punjab Portal, all other applications outside of RTBA must be addressed within 45 working days.

Punjab’s modern, dependable infrastructure surprised industry leaders in both cities. Effective logistics and a calm work environment

availability of talent, top-notch research facilities, Transparent and digitalized governance paradigm Punjab was widely recognized as a reliable and competitive substitute for the conventional industrial centers in the north.

Team Invest Punjab has returned to Chandigarh to get ready for the next round of their national and international outreach after the South India roadshows were completed successfully. Prior to the Progressive Punjab Investors’ Summit in 2026, it is anticipated that the momentum created would translate into closer partnerships and a more robust pipeline of strategic investment interests.