PM Narendra Modi inaugurates 7th vibrant Gujarat summit

January 11, 2015

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated 7th Vibrant Gujarat Summit in Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar.
Key facts

Inaugural ceremony was attended by United Nations General Secretary and US State Secretary John Kerry.
Apart from them, several ministers from Europe, Japan, Australia and Canada and over 50 CEOs of top Indian as well as international companies attended it.
Gujarat Chief Minister Anandi Ben Patel earlier had welcomed all head of states dignitaries, diplomats and deligates to the summit.
This edition will be 3 day event, starting from 11 January and conclude on 13 January 2015.
For the first time, eight countries Canada, Japan, China, Australia, the Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa and U.S. have become partner for the summit with State.
This event is expected to bring in record investments to Gujarat. State government expects to sign over 20,000 Expression of Interest during the summit.

This mega business event is brainchild of PM Narendra Modi and had started it when he was Chief Minister of State.
It is biennial event and started in 2003.
The summit is advertised as a platform to understand and explore business opportunities in the State of Gujarat.
It aims to provide single window platform to bring together business leaders, investors, corporations, thought leaders, policy and opinion makers.
In previous six Vibrant Gujarat Summits, state government had signed MoUs worth Rs. 48 lakh crore.