The Narendra Modi government is going all out to promote the upcoming Vibrant Gujarat Summit, scheduled for January 2013.
The low translation of investments committed at successive Vibrant Gujarat Summits into actual investments notwithstanding, the Narendra Modi government is going all out to promote the upcoming Vibrant Gujarat Summit, scheduled for January 2013.
The five Vibrant Gujarat Summits, starting from 2003 to the last one in 2011, lasted two days each. However, Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2013 will take place over three days. Instead of starting on January 12 and culminating the next day, as has been the case all these years, the 2013 Summit will start on January 11 and conclude on January 13.
“Vibrant Gujarat Summit is now a brand in itself. The coming edition will be bigger and better than the previous editions in all ways,” said state industries minister Saurabh Patel.
According to officials, the Vibrant Gujarat Summit exhibition will be spread over 1,00,000 sq m, as against 35,000 sq m in 2011. Like in 2011, the event would take place at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar. The total number of events in the 2011 Summit was 65, which would go up to 115 this time around.
While Japan and Canada will again be the partner countries for the investment Summit, Russia’s Astrakhan and Australia’s South Australia are expected to join as partner provinces.
“The focus of previous Vibrant Gujarat Summits was on attracting investments. For the upcoming Summit, this is being expanded and will also comprise innovation, sustainability, skill development and knowledge creation,” Patel, who also heads advisory committee of Vibrant Gujarat Summit, said.
The committee, which also comprises government officials and business leaders, met on Monday and took stock of preparations for the event. The committee also finalised a host of events that would take place in the run-up to and during the mega investment Summit.
In tune with the theme on knowledge creation, the upcoming Summit would see a host of discussion forums, panel discussions, conventions, round-table events, conclaves, among others.
The focus will be on sectors such as pharma, green-energy, manufacturing, ports, environmental technology, and automobiles, SIRs, among others.
Already, more than two dozen events, including seminars, conventions, lectures, B2B meets and exhibitions, have been organised in the run-up to the Summit in January. The coming months will see more such events.
Trivia
1,00,000 sq m – area
115 – total events
18 – knowledge events
Japan & Canada will again be partner countries, while Russia’s Astrakhan and South Australia may join as partner provinces
The themes so far
Edition Theme
2003 Re-establishing Guj as an investment destination
2005 Making Guj a preferred investment destination
2007 Making Guj most preferred investment destination
2009 Showing Guj – The Growth Engine of India
2011 The Global Business Hub
2013 The Global Business Hub
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