NE BUSINESS BUREAU
GANDHINAGAR, DEC 31
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 10th edition of Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2022 on January 10 at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar, in the presence of five heads of states, 26 partner countries, 15 foreign ministers and 4 foreign governors, galaxy of leaders, business magnates, and investors from India and overseas, says a release.
Commenting on the preparations, Chief Minister of Gujarat Bhupendra Patel said, “We are delighted by the response we have received and are confident that Gujarat will deliver on the Hon’ble PM’s clarion call of an Aatmanirbhar Bharat.”
આપણા ગામો હવે વિશ્વગ્રામ બન્યા છે અને વડાપ્રધાન શ્રી નરેન્દ્ર મોદીએ આપેલો વિચાર -‘રૂર્બન : આત્મા ગામનો સુવિધા શહેરની’ ગુજરાતે સાકાર કરેલ છે. ભારત સરકારના ગુડ ગવર્નન્સ ઇન્ડેક્ષમાં દેશમાં પ્રથમ ક્રમે ગુજરાતનું આ મોડલ શહેરોની સાથે સાથે ગામડાઓમાં પણ વ્યાપક બન્યું છે – મુખ્યમંત્રીશ્રી pic.twitter.com/hhkjzPEgZQ
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) December 31, 2021
Adding further, the CM, said, “We have confirmed participation from 15 foreign ministers, four foreign governors and Heads of State alike, and the CEOs from global brands. The VGGS 2022 will set new benchmarks for stakeholders, the State, and the country.”
મુખ્યમંત્રીશ્રી ભૂપેન્દ્ર પટેલના વરદ હસ્તે ગુજરાત મેરીટાઇમ બોર્ડ હેઠળના નવલખી બંદર ખાતે 485 મીટર જેટીની સુવિધાના બાંધકામની ભૂમિપૂજન વિધિ યોજાશે. pic.twitter.com/Ud1Hw1hfM9
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) December 31, 2021
For the first time, Heads of States and Heads of Governments of five nations would attend the Summit. They include Mikhail Mishustin, Prime Minister of Russia, Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, President of Mozambique, Pravind Jugnauth, Prime Minister of Mauritius, Sher Bahadur Deuba, Prime Minister of Nepal, and Janez Jansa, Prime Minister of Slovenia.
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Russian minister for Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic Alexei Chekunkov and four governors of Far East Provinces of Russia will participate in the summit that will take place from January 10 to 12.
મુખ્યમંત્રીશ્રી ભૂપેન્દ્ર પટેલે આજરોજ કોરોનાની સંભવિત ત્રીજી લહેરનો સામનો કરવા માટે રાજકોટ સિવિલ હોસ્પિટલ પાસે ચૌધરી હાઈસ્કૂલ મેદાનમાં વિશેષરૂપે કાર્યરત કરવામાં આવેલ 100 બેડના ઇન્ડો-અમેરિકન પોર્ટેબલ હેલ્થ કેર યુનિટને ખુલ્લું મૂક્યું હતું તથા ઉપલબ્ધ સાધન-સુવિધાની માહિતી મેળવી હતી. pic.twitter.com/HnwNh22d54
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) December 31, 2021
The 26 countries that have partnered for the VGGS 2022, will further enhance the reach and engagement of the Summit with the international business and knowledge community. Prominent countries such as Germany, France, Italy, Canada, Australia, Japan, Russia, the UK, UAE, Israel, Singapore, Sweden, South Korea, Sri Lanka Denmark, Finland have chosen the Summit as their springboard to explore opportunities in the State. Over the past two decades, the Summit has established Gujarat’s position as the world’s gateway to India, the land of opportunities.
Among those gracing the occasion will be global business tycoons and CEOs. They include Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem (DP World), Didier Casimiro (Rosneft), Tony Fountain (Nyara Energy Limited), Toshihiro Suzuki (Suzuki Motor Corp), Dr Vivek Lall (Global Atomics Global Corporation), Maeda Tadashi (Japan Bank for International Cooperation), Salil Gupte (Boeing India Pvt Ltd) and William L Blair (Lockheed Martin India Pvt. Ltd.).
The prominent Indian business leaders who will be participating in the Summit include Mukesh Ambani (RIL), Gautam Adani (Adani Group), KM Birla (Aditya Birla Group), Sunil Bharati Mittal (Bharati Enterprises), Ashok Hinduja (Hinduja Group), N Chandrasekharan (Tata Group) and Harsh Goenka (RPG Group). The participation of these industrial titans reiterates Gujarat’s dominance as the most preferred destination in India for global businesses.
The wide area of sectors these stakeholders represent includes, among others aviation, automobiles, financial services, energy, defense, retail, and realty. They demonstrate Gujarat’s expansive opportunities and capabilities to industries and businesses worldwide. This VGGS will indeed surpass expectations and lay the foundation for the next growth phase for the State.
True to its central theme, From Aatmanirbhar Gujarat to Aatmanirbhar Bharat, the VGGS 2022 will pave the way for a self-reliant and enterprising India. The Summit was conceptualized in 2003 by Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi (the then Chief Minister of Gujarat) with a vision to promote Gujarat as a national leader in the country’s socio-economic development. Since then, the State has emerged as a fulcrum of India’s economic growth story.
The VGGS 2022 brings to the fore Gujarat’s entrepreneurial spirit and it reflects the State’s unwavering commitment to fulfill the Prime Minister’s vision of an Aatmanirbhar Bharat.
