mumbai the first meeting of maharashtras economic advisory council eac got off on monday with presentations from both deputy chief minister devendra fadnavis and tata sons chairman n chandrasekaran who chairs the panel but adani ports ceo karan adani son of gautam adani was absentearlier shiv sena ubt leader ambadas danve had objected to adanis presence on the council asking how he was a member when the adani group is causing losses to the countrys economyril group chairman mukesh ambanis son anant ambani head of the groups new energy vertical was also among those absent the 21member eac was formed on december 30 2022 with top leaders of india inc as membersthe focus of the eac is to move maharashtra towards becoming a trilliondollar economy with inclusive growth and the removal of regional disparities said fadnavis chandrasekaran gave a presentation on maharashtras current status and what needs to be done to accelerate its growth the eac has come with an aggressive timeline for the path ahead said fadnavisindia is well positioned to achieve the highest growth among large nations globally for many years to come under the leadership of prime minister modi there is a lot of confidence and aspiration across the country said chandrasekaran he said the eac had members with diverse backgrounds who would be formulating a blueprint for the economic growth of the statechandrasekaran said the members of the eac would be contributing ideas not only for the economic development of the state but also to improve the quality of life and per capita income across the region he said the eac members would look into different areas including agriculture and infrastructure as well as new trends like ai machine learning supply chains and green energyall the members of the eac are very excited and consider it a great honour to contribute ideas for the growth of the state said chandrasekaranchief minister eknath shinde said forming the eac for the allround development of the state was a revolutionary step and that the common man would be at the epicentre of the states development maharashtra is the growth engine of the country and the effort is to increase its capacity output and productivity he saidthe role of the eac is to advise the state on financial and policy matters and formulate growth strategies it is supposed to submit a fiveyear plan to the state government it also has to submit its interim report within three months of its first meetingother members of the eac include bain capital md amit chandra sun pharma md dilip sanghavi chairman and md of hindustan unilever ltd sanjiv mehta ceo of mahindra and mahindra anish shah vicechancellor of gokhale institute of politics and economics ajit ranade and azb managing partner zia mody