Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be inaugurating the seventh edition of Vibrant Gujarat Summit — to be held between 11th and 13th January next year — in Gandhinagar.
Perhaps, the inaugural function of the summit would be his first visit to Gujarat as the Prime Minister of India.
The biennial event is the brainchild of Modi. The event was started in 2003, when he was the Chief Minister of Gujarat. In fact, Vibrant Gujarat summit gave Modi a platform to showcase his development agenda on a larger scale.
On Wednesday, Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel extended the invitation to more than 1,000 industrialists, diplomats, captains of Indian Industry and other Indian States, to partner and participate in the Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2015.
“We have created an entire ecosystem that assures a business-friendly and investment conducive environment, be it re-engineering of our systems, creating requisite infrastructure, skilling our manpower or networking for finances, Patel said at the curtain raiser event of VGGS 2015 in New Delhi on Wednesday.
She also held one-on-one meetings with representatives of leading industrial houses prior to the event where she was accompanied by a high-level delegation from the Government of Gujarat. Th
e CEOs and MDs of Maruti Suzuki, Mitsubhishi Corporation India, Moserbaer Hindustan Power Project ltd, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt ltd, PHDCC, ONGC, GAIl, BHEl, Petronet lNG, EIl, Hero Corp, Jubilant Biosys ltd, Honda Cars India ltd and DCM Shriram ltd met the CM. Medanta Medicity Director Dr Naresh Trehan and Railway Board chief Arunendra Kumar also called on the Chief Minister.
Ambassadors of Japan and Republic of Korea HE Takeshi Yagi and HE Joon-gyu lee called on Gujarat Chief Minister Smt Anandiben and discussed issues related to bilateral ties. A high-level delegation from Thailand embassy and the representatives from Israel Embassy also called on the Gujarat CM here.
The seventh edition of the Summit 2015 will witness seven partner countries — Australia, Canada, Great Britain, Japan, Netherlands, Singapore and South Africa and we look forward to meaningful engagement with all the stakeholders, the Gujarat CM said. in areas of Innovation, Sustainability, Youth & Skill Development, Women Empowerment, Knowledge Sharing and Networking, she said.
Sharing the success of Vibrant Gujarat 2013 that witnessed participation from nearly 121 countries with over 2,100 foreign delegates and around 58,000 Indian delegates, Anandiben apprised that nearly 17,719 Investment Intentions and 2,670 Strategic Partnerships were signed in a number of areas including technology transfer, R&D, education and manufacturing during the biennial summit.
The seventh edition of Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2015 will witness seven partner countries — Australia, Canada, Great Britain, Japan, Netherlands, Singapore and South Africa and we look forward to meaningful engagement with all the stakeholders in areas of Innovation, Sustainability, Youth & Skill Development, Women Empowerment, Knowledge Sharing and Networking, she said.