On the eve of the beginning of nation’s leading business event Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit–2017 at the Gujarat’s capital Gandhinagar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend four important functions in his home-State.
On Monday afternoon PM Modi would inaugurate a Rs250 crore redevelopment project of the Gandhinagar Railway Station. A five-star hotel has also been planned on top of the railway station situated just a stone-throw distance from Mahatma Mandir –the venue of Vibrant Summits held every couple of years. A Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) would be form by the Gujarat Government for the ambitious project.
later on Modi will inaugurate Vibrant Gujarat Global Trade Show 2107 focused on 25 key industry sectors in Gandhinagar. The expo is organised by Gujarat Government’s nodal agency iNDEXTb and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). As per an estimate, nearly 2 million people are expected to visit the expo spread over 1.50 lakh meters sq mts.
The Prime Minister would also witness Indian Air Force (IAF) flying display over Swarnim Park, Sector 11 Gandhinagar along with international dignitaries on same day. Subsequently he will inaugurate India International Exchange – India INX promoted by Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) at Gujarat International Finance TEC- CITY situated on the outskirts of Gandhinagar.
late in the evening, Modi would drive down to Science City situated in Ahmedabad to inaugurate Nobel Prize Exhibition and take dinner with Nobel laureates. Since the beginning of Vibrant Gujarat in 2003, first time Nobel laureates are participating in the state’s flagship biennial event. The exhibition would remain open for public for five weeks. As many as nine Nobel laureates including Dr. Richard Robert (Medicine, 1993), Dr. Harold Varmus (Medicine 1989), Dr. David Gross (Physics 2004), Dr. Serge Haroche (Physics 2012), Dr. Randy Schekman (Medicine 2013), Dr. W E Moerner (Chemistry, 2014), Dr. H C Hartmut Michel (Chemistry, 1988) and Dr. Venkatraman Ramakrishna (Chemistry, 2009) would attend eighth edition of Vibrant Gujarat.
The Vibrant Summit 2017 is organised by Government of Gujarat from Tuesday January 10th to Friday January 13th at Mahatma Mandir Exhibition cum Convention Centre in Gandhinagar. This time as many as 12 countries including the USA, UK, Canada, Australia, France, Sweden, Poland, The Netherlands, Denmark, Singapore, Japan and UAE are partnering the event. Apart from PM Modi, Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya and Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda would attend the inaugural ceremony of Vibrant Gujarat 2017 on Tuesday. Moreover Prime Ministers of Portugal and Serbia António Costa and Aleksandar Vucic respectively would share the dais with other dignitaries.
Meanwhile, on Sunday Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani inaugurated 5-day long International Kite Festival at picturesque Sarbarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad. The annual festival to promote tourism in Gujarat attended by 113 foreign kite flyers from 32 different countries and 5o kite flyers from 10 Indian States. On the occasion, Rupani said that Gujarat had become global destination for investments and growth engine of India thanks to Vibrant Gujarat events conceptualized by former Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.