New Indian BPO company to provide 120 jobs for Guyanese

– MoUs for production of millet, others to be inked during Indian External Affairs Minister’s visit

India’s External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyan Jaishankar’s official visit to Guyana will see several agreements being signed between the two countries in an effort to continue strengthening bilateral relations.
This is according to the Indian High Commissioner to Guyana, Dr. K.J. Srinivasa, who made this disclosure during a pre-arrival press conference on Wednesday.
For one, the Guyana Office for Investment (GO-Invest) and Decipher Health Records, an Indian Business Outsourcing (BPO) company, are expected to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in anticipation of the BPO’s establishment in Guyana within the next two months.
“It is going to provide 120 jobs…in the next few weeks for Guyanese,” Dr Srinivasa has said.

During Minister Jaishankar’s extensive visit, an agreement to commence the production of millet in Guyana, as well as the Air Services Agreement to ease travel between India and Guyana would both be signed.
Dr Srinivasa also relayed expectations to sign “a few deals” with the Private Sector, as the Federation of India Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and the Private Sector Commission are looking to form a Joint Business Council.
“We have had tremendous interest in business-to-business (B2B) meetings… Companies from India from various sectors, especially agriculture and agro-processing, engineering, infrastructure, food and beverages, renewable energies [and] chemicals,” Dr Srinivasa added. “So, we are organising B2B meetings.”
An MoU between the two countries in regard to the energy sector is also pending, as it requires clearance from both sides, Dr Srinivasa has said.
Following President Dr. Irfaan Ali’s official visit to India in January, a technical group was formed to consider how the two countries would move forward in their partnership in regard to the energy sector.
“There’s a joint working group on energy, and it’s not limited to oil and gas, [but] renewable energy also,” Dr Srinivasa has said. “We are going to have discussions on that, and we are working on that MOU, [but] it needs some clearance from both sides.”
India is an energy-hungry nation, Srinivasa explained, and that nation is openly diversifying its energy sources; exploring Russia, Brazil and Africa as well.
“We will work with Guyana because it’s a mutually beneficial thing. Guyana will get a direct buyer for a long time without the need for an intermediate,” Dr Srinivasa has said.
Jaishankar’s trip will come to a close on Monday. Within his agenda, he will be engaging with Foreign Ministers from 13 of the 15 Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states during both joint and bilateral discussions. He would also engage more than 80 leading Guyanese companies during a roundtable event; and have discussions with President Ali, Vice-President Bharrat Jagdeo, and Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir.