- Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendrabhai Patel will also be present at this youth festival
- The venue will be YMCA Club, SG Highway and the event will be held from 9 am to 4 pm
- Gujarat has been ranked as the best performer for the fourth time in a row in nurturing startups by the Centre
NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, JAN 27
In alignment with the mission of visionary Prime Minister Narendra Modi to help the enterprising youth to become job-providers, Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate the first-ever ‘Vejalpur Startup Festival’ in Ahmedabad on Saturday, February 3.
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendrabhai Patel will also be present at this youth festival. This will give startup founders an opportunity to connect with peers and investors, announced Vejalpur MLA Amit Thaker here on Sunday.
ગુજરાતની સદાય અગ્રેસર રહેવાની પરંપરામાં વધુ એક ગૌરવસિદ્ધિ.
મુખ્યમંત્રી શ્રી ભૂપેન્દ્રભાઈ પટેલના નેતૃત્વમાં ગુજરાત સરકારની સ્ટાર્ટઅપ્સને સપોર્ટ કરતી વિવિધ પહેલ અને નીતિઓને મળ્યું રાષ્ટ્રીયસ્તરે સમર્થન.@DPIITGoI દ્વારા જાહેર કરવામાં આવેલ #StateStartupRanking 2022 અંતર્ગત મજબૂત… pic.twitter.com/hqRvSVDwSe
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) January 16, 2024
“With a vision to reimagine the start-up landscape in Ahmedabad in general and Vejalpur in particular, we are committed to empowering entrepreneurs and fostering a startup community that will enable them to unleash their full potential. This festival will be a vibrant hub of entrepreneurial energy and innovation. Anyone having the voter ID card of Vejalpur Assembly constituency can register by scanning the QR code or by visiting vejalpurstartupfestival.com. So far over 800 have registered and it is soaring,” Amit Thaker added.
Under the able leadership of CM Shri @Bhupendrapbjp, Gujarat Govt’s various exemplary initiatives and policies for developing a robust Start-up ecosystem have become a national benchmark.
Gujarat awarded the best performer, fourth time in a row, in #StateStartupRanking 2022 by… https://t.co/tTxRQIwvi3
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) January 16, 2024
Throwing light on this initiative for youth, Amit Thaker said, “Of the 10,000 registered startups in Gujarat, nearly 147 are from Ahmedabad city and over 50 percent are from Vejalpur Assembly constituency. With an aim to facilitate them, we have joined hands with i-Hub, a catalyst for nurturing entrepreneurship and innovation and the Gujarat University Startup and Entrepreneurship Council (GUSEC) who will help them in mentoring and help get funding.”
PM’s vision pays rich dividends
Incidentally, the Startup India initiative was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 16, 2016, at a time when the total number of start-ups was just about 400. After eight years, it has grown into 1.18 lakh. Start-ups are significantly contributing to the Indian government’s efforts to strengthen the economy.
Gujarat nurtures startups
Gujarat ranked as the ‘best performers’ in developing startup ecosystem for budding entrepreneurs, according to the ranking of states and Union Territories by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT). Gujarat has been ranked as the best performer for the fourth time in a row and bagged the award for 2022 recently.
