Registration is open for five more days for the ambitious first state investors' summit to be held in Gurgaon on March 7 and 8. Till now, as many as 901 delegates - 823 domestic and 78 international – have registered with the state government for participation in 'Happening Haryana' meet 2016.

The numbers of delegates is expected to rise further. As a further 836 companies from India and abroad have given their consent to participate in it.

Also expected to participate are 223 NRIs with roots in Haryana, from 59 global cities like Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Hong Kong, London, Moscow, New York, Singapore, Tokyo and Washington.

To highlight Haryana's business opportunities, the state government will host 14 sectoral sessions. The sectoral sessions will focus on sectors in which Haryana has an edge/potential to do better.

They are expecting bigger attendance and presence of a large number of companies in the summit, said an official involved in the preparation for the summit. As Gurgaon is already the India-base for many global firms, and that they expect many more to come after the summit.