New Forums planned for summit
The 9th edition of Vibrant Gujarat Summit gets underway at Mahatma Mandir Exhibition cum Convention Centre in Gandhinagar on 18 Jan 2019 with Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the inaugural session of the summit aimed at giving a fillip to investments in Gujarat.
In the run up to the start of the Vibrant Gujarat Summit scheduled to be held during January 18-20, the Prime Minister inaugurated the Global Trade Show at the Exhibition centre and visited the various pavilions and evinced keen interest in the stalls of ISRO, DRDO, Khadi etc on 17 Jan 2019.
Modi was accompanied by the Chief Minister of Gujarat, Vijay Rupani and other dignitaries.
The Global trade show is spread over an area of 200,000 sq. Mts, with more than 25 industrial and business sectors showcasing their ideas, products and designs under one umbrella here.
In addition to the flagship events organized as part of Vibrant Gujarat, the 9th edition of the Summit will also witness the launch of a completely new set of forums aimed at diversifying the nature of knowledge sharing at the Summit and intensifying the level of networking between participants.
Vibrant Gujarat Summit was conceptualized in 2003 to re-establish Gujarat as a preferred investment destination. The Summit will provide a platform for brainstorming on agendas of global socio-economic development, knowledge sharing and forging effective partnerships.
The Highlights of Vibrant Gujarat 2019 include among others:
1. Roundtable for Opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education & Research in India. It will be attended by eminent educationists and key policy makers to prepare the “Roadmap for opportunities in STEM Education & Research in India”;
2. International Conference on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM);
3. Exhibition on Futuristic Technologies and Space Exploration which offers a vision of the future of space travel;
4. Seminar on Port Led Development & Strategies to establish India as the Trans-shipment Hub of Asia;
5. Seminar on Make in India to showcase the Success Stories of Make in India program & key interventions by the Government;
6.Seminar on Opportunities for Industry in Defence & Aerospace to sensitize participants about opportunities in defence and aeronautics in Gujarat, and to deliberate on a way forward for India and Gujarat to emerge as a manufacturing hub for defence and aeronautics.
Since its inception in 2003, Vibrant Gujarat Summit has played the role as a catalyst spurring several other states to come forward with such summits to promote trade and investments there. fiinews.com
