Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit is the name given to a biennial investors summit held by the government of Gujarat in Gujarat. The event is aimed at bringing together business leaders, investors, corporations, thought leaders, policy and opinion makers; the summit is advertised as a platform to understand and explore business opportunities in the State of Gujarat

VGGIS 2003 - Signed 76 MOUs worth US $14 billion
VGGIS 2005 - Signed MOUs for setting up projects worth INR 870 Billion
VGGIS 2007 - Signed 343 MOUs worth Rs 461835 crores.
VGGIS 2009 - Signed 8668 MOUs having total investment of Rs.12,24,482 crores.
VGGIS 2011 - About 7,936 memorandums of understanding (MoUs) were signed for Rs. 20,83,000 ($ 450 billion) crore.

Vibrant Gujarat 2013 seeks to expand global participation[ (http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-06-11/news/32175004_1_delegation-adani-group-vibrant-summit)

A 50-strong contingent of senior management officials from industrial houses like Reliance Industries Limited, Adani Group, Essar Group, Zydus Cadila, Suzlon, Torrent Group, Rasna Industries, Tata Group companies, Mamta Group, Cadila Pharmaceuticals would promote Gujarat as investment destination to the potential investors in different countries as a run up to Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2013.

The first group of corporate and state government representatives, for the Vibrant summit to be organised between January 11 and January 13 next year, left for China and Hong Kong on Sunday.

"The Vibrant Summit will focus on innovation, knowledge, sustainability and youth empowerment by proper skilling," said Maheshwar Sahu, principal secretary of Industries and Mines department. This will be the sixth biennial Vibrant Summit.

The delegation for China is being led by resident commissioner of Gujarat in New Delhi, Bharat Lal, for roadshows between June 10 and 22.

The team includes officials from Suzlon, Sai InfoSystem (SIS), Gujarat Venture Fund Limited, India China Economic and Cultural Council, Gujarat International Finance Tech City as well as officials from Vadodara-based M S University, Ahmedabad-based Centre for Environment Planning and Technology (CEPT) University and Gujarat Pollution Control Board. The delegation will later visit Hong Kong.

Post chief minister Narendra Modi's visit to China in November 2011, several Chinese companies have shown interest in investing in Gujarat. Transformer manufacturing company Tbea is setting up a manufacturing facility in Gujarat with an investment of Rs 2,000 crore. Telecom company Huawei is also interested in setting up a facility in Gujarat.

The second leg (June 18-28) of Vibrant delegation will cover France, Germany and Switzerland and will have representatives of RIL, Adani Group, Torrent Group, Hazira LNG Private Limited, Essar, Rasna Group, Tata Group and Mamta Group. The delegation will be led by A K Sharma, CEO of Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board (GIDB).

The third leg (July 2-12) will see officials of Adani Group, Essar Limited, Gujarat NRE Coke, Vedanta, JSW, ABG Shipping, Amul (GCMMF), NDDB covering Australia and Singapore. The delegation will be led by H K Dash, principal secretary in Narmada and Water Resources department.

The fourth leg (July 7-19) will see officials from RIL, Adani Energy, Dahej SEZ, Suzlon Energy as well as others seeking partnership with companies from the US (East Coast) and Canada.

D J Pandian, principal secretary of Energy and Petrochemicals will lead the delegation comprising of new entrants like Sun Edison, Azure Power and Abellon Clean Energy Limited.

Other delegations will cover countries like the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Algeria, Morocco, Nigeria, Israel, Austria, Sweden, Finland, South Korea, USA (West Coast). Dates of these delegations are yet to be finalised.

Experts from Gujarat Technical University, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University as well as representatives from industry associations like Diamond Association, Confederation of Indian Industries, consultancy company PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Industrial Extension Bureau (iNDEXTb) will also be a part of the delegations.

Vibrant Gujarat 2013 to be 'bigger, better' (http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_vibrant-gujarat-2013-to-be-bigger-better_1704559)

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.

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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

Guj delegation holds roadshow for VGGIS 2013 in Shanghai (http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/guj-delegation-holds-roadshow-for-vggis-2013-in-shanghai/477208/)

In run-up to Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors' Summit (VGGIS) 2013, a high-level delegation of government officials and business leaders from Gujarat visited Shanghai-based large corporate having diversified interests.

A two-day visit of a fifteen-member delegation from Gujarat was a part of the road show for the VGGIS, scheduled to be held in January next year.

The visit comes in the wake of rapidly growing business and cultural ties between China and Gujarat, which got a major boost after state chief minister Narendra Modi led a delegation to People’s Republic of China in November, 2011.

The delegation, led by Bharat Lal, principal resident commissioner, government of Gujarat, showcased investment opportunities in Gujarat. The delegation discussed investment possibilities in upcoming large projects and big-ticket investment projects including Dholera Special Investment Region (D-SIR) along the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) and also a multi services Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Gujarat International Finance Tech (GIFT) City, which focuses on financial services and technology.

"The delegation along with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) representatives also met members of China Council for Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), the Government agency responsible for promotion of investment and business to promote partnership between China and Gujarat," a statement from the state government informed.

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Gujarat delegation explores business ops in Hong Kong

A business delegation from Gujarat explored trade and investment possibilities with leading Hong Kong based companies in power, construction, and urban transport.

The 12-member business delegation that toured different Chinese cities -- the last being Hong Kong -- to scout for investment opportunities, held a series of meetings with top corporate groups and business organisations in the country.

At a seminar organised by the India & Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce, the delegation showcased the progress made by Gujarat and the opportunities the state offers, said a statement.

In view of huge opportunities available in Gujarat these companies are keen to invest in the state and develop large infrastructure through public private partnerships, it said.
Investors, it said, displayed keen interest and inquired about investing in the State's financial and infrastructure sectors.

The delegation also briefed the audience in Hong Kong about the state-sponsored private equity investment company - Gujarat Venture Finance Limited as well as about its operations and funds where Hong Kong based investors could make investments.

The delegation met leading companies including those having interest in power, construction, and urban transport along with major financial institutions based in Hong Kong.

Projects like urban transport, Dholera Special Investment Region, Gujarat International Finance Tech-City city project, industrial parks among others attracted serious interest, statement said.

The Consulate of India in Hong Kong had a detailed briefing of the delegation and plans to actively work with apex organisations and associations to facilitate participation of their members in Vibrant Gujarat 2013 Summit.

The delegation during its visit to China and Hong Kong explored trade and business opportunities, following up on the last year's visit of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to China.

http://www.business-standard.com/generalnews/news/gujarat-delegation-explores-business-ops-in-hong-kong/23877/

Sparkle 2013

Sparkle 2013, an exhibition showcasing Gujarat's prowess in diamond and jewellery, will be organised between January 4 and January 7, 2013 at Surat, a week ahead of the biennial Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit. For the first time, traders and manufacturers of diamond jewellery from Dubai and Thailand will participate in the event. Earlier, they were mere visitors.

The exhibition will be spread across 1.16 lakh sq feet of pillar-less dome and will display modern and traditional jewellery designs under one roof. Besides jewellery, on display will be precious, semi-precious and coloured gemstones; pearl, silver, white gold and fine finish jewellery; software, machinery and equipment; packaging products and services.

"For the first time manufacturers and traders from Dubai and Thailand will be participating in the event. This will be an opportunity to buy directly from the manufacturers. There will be around 147 participants. We expect close to 25,000 visitors during the event. The event will provide ample opportunity for B2B and B2C meets," said Paresh Patel, president of Southern Gujarat Chambers of Commerce and Industry (SGCCI), the organiser of Sparkle 2013.

The diamond industry is one of the major industries of Surat and it accounts for an annual turnover of about Rs 80,000 crore. Surat is the world's diamond manufacturing hub processing 8 out of the 10 diamonds processed in the world. Hare Krishna, Shree Ram Krishna, Venus Jewel, M Suresh & Co., Kiran Gems, Rosy Blue, Karp, H Vinod Kumar & Co., Blue Star, Arzyav Diamond are among the manufacturers that will display their offering to visitors and trading partners. Popular brands like KISNA, A Star, Agni, D damas, Parimeeta, Nakshatra, Gili, Orra, Kiha, Tanishq, Jewel Goldi, +B2 and Ciemme will be on display.

SGCCI represents manufacturers and traders in industries like textile, gem and jewellery, automobile and heavy industries. It has set up Surat International Exhibition and Convention Centre (SIECC) in 13 hectare area.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/cons-products/fashion-/-cosmetics-/-jewellery/biennial-gems-and-jewellery-show-sparkle-2013-to-see-participants-from-dubai-and-thailand/articleshow/14462868.cms

Vibrant Gujarat Summit not about MOUs alone (http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_vibrant-gujarat-global-investors-summit-not-about-mous-alone_1712635)

Principal secretary of industries & mines department, Maheshwar Sahu is a busy man. In the country’s most ambitious industrial state, Gujarat, he is also the key person for the Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors’ Summit since 2010.

For him, a usual day in office starts with meetings and most end pretty much similarly. His main job is to meet corporate bigwigs from India and elsewhere to sell Gujarat as an investment destination.

The next milestone ofcourse is the VGGIS 2013. After almost a week and a few visits to his office, DNA manages to catch up with Sahu as he agreed to spare a ‘maximum’ of 10 minutes. Refusing to give an interview, he agrees to answer a few questions about the countdown to VGGIS 2013 in the shadow of state Assembly elections.

VGGIS over the years

The idea behind the very first Vibrant Gujarat Summit in 2003 was to attract investments in Gujarat, but 'this is not the case any more'.

“Gujarat has changed over the years, and so has Vibrant Gujarat Summit. From being a preferred investment destination, Gujarat became the growth engine of India before reaching its current position of a global business hub. This is exactly how the Vibrant Gujarat Summit has also evolved,” he says.

I ask him to tell us more about the Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2013, scheduled in Gandhinagar from January 11 to 13, just a few weeks after the state elections are over.

“We successfully projected Gujarat as a global business hub through Vibrant Gujarat Summit in 2011. This can be gauged from the fact that many countries and other states used the platform as an opportunity to woo investors. We plan to take this further ahead in 2013,” he says.

He further says that Vibrant Summit 2013 would focus on innovation, sustainable development, skill enhancement and knowledge creation.

“There will also be a lot of exchange on green energy, environment technology and other such topics,” he says. He gives me figures about the events to be organised before and during Vibrant Gujarat, and the size of the exhibition to stress on the scale of the upcoming Summit.

I ask him whether focus would also be on signing MoUs. He shirks, before saying “The Vibrant Gujarat Summit is not about MoUs alone. The MoUs are just incidental – to show that the government is willing to support business houses if they decide to invest in the state.”

Sahu reminds me that my ten minutes are up. I tend not to hear it, and ask him about the low translation rate of Vibrant Gujarat MoUs into investment. He denies that translation rate is low. “The overall success rate of MoUs signed at Vibrant Gujarat Summits is an impressive 53%. This is in spite of the fact that large projects have gestation period of 5 to 7 years, and it would not be fair to take MoUs signed in 2009 and 2011 into consideration,” he claims.

He senses that I am not impressed or satisfied with the answer. He hands over a paper to me showing ‘The Real Story’ of Vibrant Gujarat MoUs, which gives a detailed breakup of investments proposed and investments realized.

“We are focusing on SME sector. They are the ones that create large number of jobs, and also play an important role in attracting big industries,” he says further.

I ask him about the prevailing uncertainty and fears of economic slowdown and its potential impact on Vibrant Gujarat Summit in 2013.

“We do not see the slowdown having a substantial impact on Vibrant Gujarat Summit. Large business houses do not take decisions keeping immediate future in mind. They always look at the long term. There is a slowdown today, but it doesn’t stop a businessman from making plans or taking any decisions,” he explains.

“We have received excellent response for the Vibrant Summit 2013. We are expecting wider and much bigger participation. This shows that there is hunger for Gujarat,” he says further.

Sahu has to attend a meeting and says no more questions. As I am winding up, he calls for tea. I sense an opportunity for another question.

I ask him how Gujarat plans to differentiate Vibrant Gujarat Summits from the ones being organised by other states, most recently by Karnataka. “You cannot compare apples with oranges,” he chides me.

“What other states are doing now, we were doing in way back 2003 and 2005. Their objective is to attract investment. We are aiming much higher and projecting Gujarat as a business hub,” he adds before leaving.

xposting re prev VGGIS figures:

Of course, not every project will come into reality, but the important thing to remember is to look at the bigger picture. Before the land-bank policy came into play, there was always a delay due to land acquisition and even now, environmental and other central clearances have to be factored in. Besides that, projects in certain sectors, esp Energy, Ports, Construction, usually tend to have seperate phases within them, so all things considered, its not really that surprising if vast amounts of the money isnt seen straight away.

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The amount implented and under implementation is pretty massive. Were talking over Rs 10 lakh crore, so no matter how hard ppl try, these cannot be ignored as "paper projects" or "hype".

Now that few years have passed, the early summits are all at 60-70% of proposed investments implemented/under implementation.

A lot of the projects announced in 09 summit and especially 11 summit were focussed on the DMIC, hopefully as that project inches itself closer to reality, we will see more of the projects get moving.

That said, 13% implemented/under implentation of the proposed investments from 2011 summit is pretty good, (considering the count was done only 10months after the event itself)

Vibrant Gujarat 2013 (http://www.vibrantgujarat.com/index.htm) (official website)

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Apparently they have actually already been promoting VGGIS2013 at many events, going back to last September! Mahatma Mandir will be used for many of the build up events.

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Alongside, another thing that seems quite interesting is the Vibrant Gujarat Trade Show, which will go from Jan 08-13

Vibrant Gujarat Trade Show (http://www.vggts.com/) (official website)

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that is awesome! Any idea of what is actually happening at Mahatma mandir?

that is awesome! Any idea of what is actually happening at Mahatma mandir?

I visited gandhinagar 15 days back to see akshradam .... I saw Mahtama mandir AND ITS HUGE.. 2 BUILDINGS ARE COMPLETED.. AND LOOKS GREAT.. REST OF THE WORK IS UNDER FULL FORCE... I THINK.. THESE 2 AUDITORIUM WILL BE USED IN VIBRANT GUJARAT..

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Gujarat delegation complete Nigeria visit (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Gujarat-delegation-complete-Nigeria-visit/articleshow/16477299.cms)

The Gujarat delegation visiting Nigeria for promotion of Vibrant Gujarat winded up their visit Abuja and Lagos where it held meetings with top corporate groups and business organizations.

The delegation led by Pankaj Kumar, IAS, Vice Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Gujarat Maritime Board, Government of Gujarat has signed a Declaration for Intent of Co-operation with The Lagos Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) to facilitate investments in their respective regions, enhance bilateral trade and participate in investment promotion related events in the respective partner's country. LCCI has agreed to bring a high level delegation during the sixth Vibrant Gujarat 2013 Summit.

The two-day visit commenced with the Gujarat delegation meeting Suresh Makhijani, acting High Commissioner of India to Nigeria at his office. During the visit, the delegation focused on showcasing socio-economic profile of the state and shared the details of the current business and infrastructure opportunities available in Gujarat with the prospective investors through business road shows and seminars. These Road Shows & Seminars were well attended by over 180 representatives of different companies and were jointly organized by Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission, Abuja Chamber of Commerce, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, Lagos Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Indian Professional Forum and NACCIMA.

The high-profile 9-member business delegation met most of the key business organizations, large sector companies and education sector representatives of Nigeria. They also met senior representatives of The ECOWAS Commission, which is a community of 15 West African countries to explore possible areas of collaboration between Gujarat and their 15 member countries. Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC), Abuja Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mining & Agriculture (ABUCCIMA), ECOWAS Commission and The Lagos Chamber of Commerce have promised to bring business delegations to Gujarat during the sixth Vibrant Gujarat 2013 Summit.

Gujarat delegation visit Algeria (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Gujarat-government-delegation-completes-Algeria-visit/articleshow/16557329.cms)

A high profile business delegation of 10 members led by Pankaj Kumar, and vice chairman and chief executive officer, Gujarat Maritime Board, Government of Gujarat completed their four day vist to Algeria.

The delegation was in Algeria since September 23 2012. The delegation invited the business community from Algeria to invest in Gujarat and participate in large numbers during Vibrant Gujarat 2013 summit.

The delegation during its visit called on the Indian Ambassador to Algeria, Kuldeep Singh Bhardwaj to get briefed about the investment climate in Algeria and its ties with India.

During the visit, the Government of Gujarat organized a Road Shows followed by Business to Business (B2B) meetings to showcase socio-economic profile of the State and shared the details of the current business and infrastructure opportunities available in Gujarat with the prospective investors. These Road Shows and B2B meetings were well attended by over 70 representatives of different companies. It was supported by Algeria Chamber of Commerce & Industry and High Commission of India in Algeria.

During the visit, the delegation met senior most representatives from following key federal government bodies at their respective offices of Ministry of Industry and Investment Promotion, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Energy and Mines.

The top-notch companies in the respective industry in Algeria were invited during the meetings with these respective federal government departments.

The delegation also visited Algiers Port to meet the local Port Authority to learn from their best practices around project structuring, roles & responsibilities, operations management, safety measures etc.Ministry of Industry & Investment Promotion and Ministry of Energy & Mines have promised to bring similar high profile business delegations to Gujarat during the 6th Vibrant Gujarat 2013 Summit.

Gujarat seeks investment from Dubai (http://www.emirates247.com/business/economy-finance/gujarat-seeks-investment-from-dubai-2012-09-26-1.477060)

A high-level 10 member delegation from Gujarat, India’s most industrialised state is showcasing investment opportunities to leading industrialists and businessmen at a seminar in Dubai.

The seminar was jointly organised by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and the Indian Business and Professional Council under the aegis of the Consulate
General of India in Dubai.

The delegation, led by Kamal Dayani, Industries Commissioner, Government of Gujarat, comprises of senior executives from Gujarat’s leading private and government companies in oil and gas, chemicals and fertilisers, information and communications technology, and infrastructure sectors.

The delegation will be visiting Abu Dhabi and Sharjah this week as well for a series of B2B meetings with leading industrialists to discuss business and investment opportunities of mutual interest.

Dayani and the delegation members will be extended an invitation to UAE-based business leaders, investors, corporations, academicians and policymakers to the forthcoming Vibrant Gujarat Summit to be held in Gandhinagar, the state capital of Gujarat on January 11-13, 2013.

Vibrant Gujarat 2013 Summit will be the stage for a host of world leaders to deliberate on the issues facing global economies as they strive towards inclusive and balanced development. The last summit – the biggest in South Asia - was a major success with more than 100 different countries gathering in Gujarat to discuss new cross-border investment opportunities or ways to expand their existing operations.

Sanjay Verma, Consul General, Government of India in Dubai, Abdul Rahman Saif Al Ghurair, Chairman of Dubai chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Bharat Butaney, President of Indian Business and Professional Council will also address the gathering.

Located on the western coast of India, Gujarat is India’s leading industrial state with a unique combination of a strategic geographic location, developed infrastructure, a multilingual workforce and a high concentration of corporate and financial resources. Its pro-active government and business-savvy population make a perfect ground for businesses to flourish. By carefully planning special industrial zones and investment regions, the state has created a much more conducive business and regulatory environment within many industries. With UAE’s strong foothold in these sectors, the delegation’s meetings will provide an excellent foundation for building partnerships that will invigorate the economies of both regions.

Gujarat delegation holds roadshow in California (http://www.businessghana.com/portal/news/index.php?op=getNews&news_cat_id=2&id=173989)

Ahead of its Vibrant Gujarat investment summit in January next year, a high-powered delegation is holding a series of road show in US, to woo American investors into west Indian Gujarat state.

Led by Ravi Saxena, Gujarat's Additional Secretary for Science and Technology, the delegation comprising of officials and businessmen, held its first road show in Palo Alto, California over the weekend and is now headed to Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle.

In his address to the business community in Pao Alto at an event organized by the US India Business Council (USIBC) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Saxena said that transparency, accountability and promotion of businesses have been main factors behind Gujarat's success.

In his presentation Saxena pointed to to Gujarat's strengths in terms of reliable energy and infrastructure systems, the entrepreneurial spirit of its people, its strategic location providing access into India from its western coast, and a growing young and dynamic population as some of the main reasons why businesses in California should look to invest in Gujarat.

He particularly pointed to the strength of the Gujarati diaspora in the United States, which provides a natural bridge, connecting both countries.

Major priority sectors for Gujarat over the next 5-10 years include education, healthcare and nutrition, he added.

Raj Nathan, CMO, Sybase said in terms of investments, Gujarat not just participates, but dominates, as evidenced in the fact that 22 percent of India's exports come from Gujarat which has just nine per cent of the country's workforce.

Other members of the delegation include R J Shah, CEO, Dahej SEZ; Nayan Parikh, CEO, Nayan Parikh and Consultants; Deval Parikh, managing director, Epiphania; Jaimin Shah, Founder Director Adev Information Technology Private Limited; and Nirav Shah, managing director, Jaiatma Informatics Private Limited.

Thailand to take part in Vibrant Gujarat 2013 (http://deshgujarat.com/2012/09/29/thailand-to-take-part-in-vibrant-gujarat-2013delegation-meets-cm/)


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A 47-member business delegation from Thailand led by their Ambassador Mr. Pisan Manawapat today called on Gujarat Chief Minister Mr. Narendra Modi at Gandhinagar to strengthen economic and cultural relations between the two regions.

The delegation was overwhelmed by the warm welcome and response accorded to them in the state. Mr. Manawapat said there is a huge scope for increasing partnership between the two on a large scale.

It is by far the biggest delegation of industrialists and businessmen from Thailand to India. It reflects Gujarat’s rising image under the leadership of Mr. Modi.

They discussed the possibility of starting a direct flight between Ahmedabad and Bangkok, developing places of tourist interest and festivals like Rann Utsav in Kutch, building infrastructure in and around GIFT and port cities along Gujarat’s coastline, building houses with prefab technology for urban development, setting up cattle feed and poultry farming in the state.

The Chief Minister accepted Thailand’s wish to set up a stall depicting mini Thailand at the Theme Pavilion during the next edition of Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors’ Summit (VGGIS) in 2013. He expressed the desire to hold an international competition among heritage pavilions during the event.

Those present on the occasion included Principal Industries Secretary Maheshwar Sahu, Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board Managing Director A. K. Sharma and Industries Commissioner Kamal Dayani.

State govt delegation woos Russian investors to Gujarat (http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/state-govt-delegation-woos-russian-investors-to-gujarat/488165/)

While Gujarat is yet to have any significant big-ticket investment from Russia and neighbouring countries, a state-level delegation visited the Central European countries to woo investors for the upcoming Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit (VGGIS) in January 2013. In a poll-bound Gujarat, the state government is going all out to promote its flagship investment meet.

A delegation led by Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) vice chairman and managing director BB Swain visited Russia, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary and Kazakhstan recently.

While Japan and Canada will be the partner countries for the 2013 edition of VGGIS, Russia's Astrakhan province and Australia's South Australia province are likely to be partner provinces.

A senior government official who went as a part of the delegation said that the focus sectors this time on were oil & gas, information and communications technology (ICT), pharmaceuticals, automobiles and engineering. "Auto ancillary units in these Central European countries have shown interest in coming to Gujarat", the official said.

Gujarat and Russia are likely to explore investment opportunities in the areas of oil and gas, shipbuilding, food industries, pharmaceuticals, fisheries, diamond cutting and polishing among others.

Apart from Russia, Poland has shown interest to invest in the renewable energy sector in the state. The delegation has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indo-Polish Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IPCCI). And as per the MoU, IPPCI would be the sole representative to promote Gujarat in Poland.

Already around seven to eight delegations have visited several countries across the globe to promote the VGGIS event, including one led by chief minister Narendra Modi himself to Japan.

Article is slightly incorrect at the start about no Russian investments in Gujarat as petro giants SIBUR have already invested $450mn in a jv with Reliance for the worlds 4th largest butyl rubber plant at RILs Jamnagar refinery complex.

Kenyan PM Raila Odinga meets Narendra Modi (http://deshgujarat.com/2012/11/01/kenyas-prime-minister-raila-odinga-meets-narendra-modi/)


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The Prime Minister of Kenya Mr. Raila Amolo Odinga today called on Gujarat Chief Minsiter Narendra Modi in Gandhinagar. The Kenyan Prime Minster came to Gandhinagar from Mumbai and was accompanied by his special advisor Mr. Ahmed Kassam and industrialist from Mombasa.

The two leaders discussed strengthening of economic, industrial and educational ties between Gujarat and Kenya. Shri Modi recalled his visit to Kenya in 2008 and the participation of the Kenyan delegation led by their Prime Minister in the 2009 Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit and how these landmark events set the tone for a strong relation between Gujarat and Kenya. The Chief Minister invited Kenya to participate in the 2013 Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit.

The Chief Minister shared an overview of the innovative Dholera SIR and GIFT city projects of the Gujarat Government.

Kenya will be electing a new President in March 2013 and Mr. Odinga is one of the candidates running for the Presidency.

Mr. Odinga lauded the development in Gujarat expressed interest exploring partnerships especially in gas, petroleum, solar & wind energy, diamonds and agro processing- fertilizers sectors. Other aspects that were discussed include increasing skill development among the youth, LNG Terminal and power energy industry.

The Kenyan Prime Minister said that through IT Network Kenya could initiate a Telemedicine Superspeciality Project with Gujarat and the way Gujarat has been using specialized universities to enhance human resource development by joining hands with universities from all over the world, Kenya and Gujarat could strengthen cooperation in the education sector.

The two leaders discussed enhancing ties in the field of cotton production and textile garment manufacturing and setting up of a Centre of Excellence for Cotton Research and Textile.

Those present during the interaction included Principal Secretary (Industry) Mr. Maheshwar Sahu, Additional Chief Secretary Mr. K Kailashnathan, Additional Principal Secretary Mr. GC Murmu, Secretary to Chief Minister Mr. AK Sharma among other officials.

While national Govt still undervalues the growing economic importance of Africa, Gujarat can lead the way, especially in countries with influential Gujarati populations, such as Kenya.

Some pics of the venue for VGGIS 13: Mahatma Mandir

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The 1st and 3rd pics remind me of SVP airport, I dont know why.. but dam man that hall is huge in the last few pics. Nice work!

True...looks more like an airport.

And yes, it is really huuuuge...

Modi reviews vibrant summit 2012 (http://deshgujarat.com/2012/12/19/modi-reviews-vibrant-summit-2012-here-are-the-details/)


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Gujarat Chief Minsiter Shri Narendra Modi today chaired a high-level meeting at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar to review the preparations of Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2013. The meeting lasted for two hours. The sixth edition of Vibrant summit is going to be organized during 11-12-13 January 2013. It will be participated by more than 5000 delegates from 110 countries.

Japan and Canada are partner countries of this summit. As many as 300 delegates from Japan are going to participate in this summit. Online sign in process has been launched for MoUs. New initiatives, employment, small scale industry and technology are the areas in focus. Preparations for summit kicked off one year ago. So far 57 pre-event seminars are completed. During 24 December and 10 January 50 more events including 8 important seminars will be organized. A mega exhibition of summit will be organized on helipad ground in one lakh square meter area. USIBC, UKIBC and AIBC will represent American, British and Australian delegations.

Theme based seminars, panel discussions on rurbanization, youth development and good governance, discussion forums on sustainability, innovation and corporate social responsibility, two symposium on innovation and technology and international level conference of academic institution and young entrepreneurs are planned.

Summit will be inaugurated on 11 January at Mahatma Mandir.

Seminars on green and efficient water management, technology solution for environment, solar energy, smart grid, port-led development, integrated smart city will be organized on first day while seminars on land use efficiency, financial hub, youth convention, transportation and auto hub, small-medium enterprises convention, higher education-environment, zero waste, 21st century city will be held on second day.

The meeting was attended by minister Saurabh Patel, Chief Secretary AK Joti, ACS Kailashnathan, Principal Secretary Sahu, CM’s Secretary Arvind Sharma, PWD Secretary S.Rathor, Industry Commissioner, and Indext-B MD.

Went to MM yesterday, a workforce of 4000 workers is working to meet the deadline. The entire thing is just grand and unbelievably huge in scale...unfortunately no pics.

Except this one (of the salt mound u/c)

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Vibrant Summit:Base price of Swarovski Gem car Rs five crore, auction on 13th, Guinness book team in Gujarat (http://deshgujarat.com/2013/01/04/vibrant-summitbase-price-of-swarovski-gem-car-rs-five-crore-auction-on-13th-guinness-book-team-in-gujarat/)

A first of its kind in the country and possibly in the world, a concept car designed and studded with thousands of Swarovski Gems, Gold and Silver will be on display at the Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit 2013 mega exhibition venue.

According to Mumbai based Rajesh Bajaj, the car will be auctioned at the venue on 13 January, 2013 after 11.00 am. The base price has been fixed at Rs 5 crore. The entire proceeds will be donated to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund.

The car has been covered with one lakh gems, 3 Kg gold and 25 Kg silver. Chevrolet company’s diamond car has been decorated with gems, gold and silver by Austria’s Swarovski company. The car has 1.5 cc engine and four seats.

A team of five persons has arrived from London to judge suitability of entry of this car in Guinness book of world records. Similarly Limca book of records team will also visit Gandhinagar to watch the car.

Vibrant Gujarat exhibition will also showcase glimpses of rural Gujarat (http://deshgujarat.com/2013/01/04/vibrant-gujarat-exhibition-will-also-showcase-glimpses-of-rural-gujarat/)

Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit 2013′s mega exhibition and trade fair spread over more than one lakh square meter area will have 22 big domes and 1,000 stalls.

One interesting part of this giant exhibition will feature village life of Gujarat in 150 x 150 square ft area.

The village exhibition will showcase art and culture of Kutch. It will show glimpses of rural craft, rural life, chadiya, bhunga, bullock cart, spinning wheel to make Khadi etc. Rural artists will cater music and songs sitting on a ranch set up under the tree.

Global trade show to set new record

It will be the largest-ever exhibition under a temporary structure in the country and is likely to make it to the Limca Book of Records


Source (http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/3/201301072013010700542081b472d534/Global-trade-show-to-set-new-record.html)


The global trade show, being organised as part of Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2013, is expected to set a new record in terms of expanse, say top government official. The six-day trade show, starting January 8, would be spread over an area of 1,00,000 sq m and will have participation of over 1,000 companies from 14 countries.

"It would be the largest-ever exhibition under a temporary structure in the country. We expect footfall of 15 lakh," Principal Secretary (Industries) Maheshwar Sahu said. "It will have largest-ever facade of 3,000 sq m, 300 m in length and 10 m in height," he said.

"The show will have 30 domes, 14 exclusive pavilions, over 1,000 stalls and more than 25,000 products on display from 25 diverse sectors such as renewable energy, plastics, electrical, real estate, amongst others. "On demand, a special agri-business pavilion has been set up," Sahu said.

There will also be a model of solar village. "The trade show spread across 25,000 sq m at VGS 2011 had entered Limca Book of Records, and this exhibition would set another benchmark," Sahu claimed. The government expects the CM’s pavilion to draw a crowd as the plans for future cities of Sanand, Bahucharaji and Dholera will be displayed here.


PSUS TO INK MOUS

Public Sector Undertakings are likely to take up the cause of upgrading state government’s education and health facilities in coming years. During Vibrant Gujarat meet, various PSUs will sign MoUs with health and education department to set up greenfield schools/upgrade existing schools and open modern diagnostic health centres in next 2-3 years.

A total of 70 schools and 73 diagnostic centres will be set up. This was decided at a meeting held between principal secretary (education) and principal secretary (health) on one hand, along with PSUs and other stakeholders on December 31.

Principal Secretaries (Industries) Maheshwar Sahu said, “After industrialists, we are going to rope in PSUs/government boards for health and education sectors. Seven PSUs are going to ink these MoUs in education sector and nine (including industries) in health sector.”

Some images of Beautiful Gandhinagar from Narendramodi.in
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^^ the pics wont load for me. Anyways here are some pics from DG

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Vidhan Sabha looks cool with the tricolour effect!

VGGIS 2013 promo:

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Wonder what we can look forward to? Another Auto major and a couple of big finance/tech firms for GIFT would be awesome. Hope to see a big push in textiles to capitalise on being a major Cotton growing state.

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And some revival for the Dholera SIR would also be good. Thanks to the center's apathy, it has almost slipped into coma...:ohno:

Yeah, at least with GIFT there are 2 towers to show, Dholera is almost exactly as it was at the end of the last summit. The lack of progress on DMIC should be seen as a matter of national shame!

I reckon they should kill 2 birds with one stone by promoting Dholera for the new textile parks. To be honest, I've never really been convinced by this Sabeer Bhatia guy and his Nanocity even when it was proposed for Haryana. Modi has been talking about Dholera a bit lately, I hope that's a sign that there is already some investment/news lined up!

Yeah, at least with GIFT there are 2 towers to show, Dholera is almost exactly as it was at the end of the last summit. The lack of progress on DMIC should be seen as a matter of national shame!

I reckon they should kill 2 birds with one stone by promoting Dholera for the new textile parks. To be honest, I've never really been convinced by this Sabeer Bhatia guy and his Nanocity even when it was proposed for Haryana. Modi has been talking about Dholera a bit lately, I hope that's a sign that there is already some investment/news lined up!

Dholera is a flood prone area. flood control studies are being done at present for dholera. All the automobile companies were shown dholera but they did not move there because of flooding problems.

Another solution is to move shift dholera 10km inland from the current position. this will make it move out of the flood zone area. For this another round of master plan will have to be made but that will be feasible.

Feel free to download and read the actual Dholera SIR development plan link (http://dholerasir.com/DraftDevelopmentPlan01.pdf) I'll warn you it's a 26MB document but it literally covers every single detail you could imagine, including flood risk both with and without the Kalpasar Dam.

The idea that flood risk is something that hasn't been looked at or planned for is just plain ridiculous. From day 1, they have always made it clear that of the land that will be acquired, approx 1/3 cannot be developed because of CRZ/flooding. Along with GIFT, there seems to be a major desperation for the project to be undermined by certain usual suspects the media.

There has never actually been any quote from any auto exec saying they are avoiding Dholera because of flooding, that it just the inference of biased journalists who are republishing all their old articles about Dholera in time for Vibrant Gujarat Summit. Auto majors were all shown locations at Dholera, Sanand, Halol, Mundra and Rajkot. Obv each project can only go to one location with all others being rejected. Dholera is still on paper now let alone when negotiations were going on with Ford and Maruti, surely that'd be a bigger factor than this "flood myth"?

If fear of flooding was a deterrent then 1/3rd of the Netherlands would not be present today...

Mahatma Mandir

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Fast facts of VGGIS 13

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If you look at the map, area to the rights of central spine road gets flooded. in the past 10 years three times area to the left of spine road has also got flooded. to overcome this problem WAPCOS has been engaged for the flood studies.

as for auto majors not coming to dHolera its a fact due to the flooding situation. It was not a imagination of the journalists. But thats a fact Most of journalist are biased in there reporting otherwise.

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Wow that water feature looks nice! :cheers:

Vibrant Summit MoUs: 2905 projects commissioned, 1417 in implementation stage

Out of total 8380 MoUs signed in year 2011 Vibrant Gujarat Summit, 2905 projects have been commissioned, while 1417 projects are in implementation stage. Gujarat Industry Minister Shri Saurabh Patel today shared this detail in Gujarat assembly in reply to a question.

He said 18.40% projects announced in Vibrant Gujarat Summit – 2011 are dropped as per the details available on 31 December 2012. Other projects worth Rs 18,27,697 are under process of investment, the minister added.

Patel said, some projects don’t materialize due to various factors like unfavorable market conditions, change in business plan, shortage of finance and global slow down among others.

He said, while small projects take two-three years for execution after MoU, the bigger projects take five-seven years.

Patel said, there’s a provision of follow-up system, and Indext-B has been assigned that task in connection with the MoUs signed during the Vibrant Gujarat summits.

http://DeshGujarat.Com/2013/03/06/vibrant-summit-mous-2905-project-commissioned-1417-in-implementation-stage/