Delegations comprising industrialists, govt officials to market Brand Gujarat.
The countdown to the forthcoming Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors’ Summit (VGGIS) has begun.
As many as nine high-profile delegations comprising industrialists and government officials will fan out to different parts of the world to market Brand Gujarat for the upcoming summit. Besides, the state government has also planned roadshows in big cities across the country.
The delegations, which will have senior bureaucrats as nodal officers, will start flying from the first week of November.
The one with Guruprasad Mohapatra, chairman GSFC will visit Russia, Belgium and Germany, while Rajgopal, commissioner geology and mines, will accompany the team going to England, Brasil and France.
Among others delegations visiting Japan, South Korea and Australia (M Sahu, CEO, GSDMA) Singapore, Malaysia (Rajkumar, state IT secretary), UAE, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia (A K Sharma, principal secretary, chief minister’s office), East and South USA (MM Shrivastava, principal secretary, energy and petrochemicals), South and west USA (Atanu Chakraborty, CEO, Gujarati Maritime Board), Israel and Egypt (K Kailashnathan, principal secretary, chief minister’s office) and Kenya, South Africa and Uganda (GC Murmu, additional principal secretary chief minister’s office).
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The state industries department currently has approached leading industrialists including Gautam Adani, CMD of Adani group, Pankaj Patel, CMD Cadila Healthcare, Shashi Ruia of Essar group, Piruz Khambatta of Rasna group just to name a few to lead the delegations.
“The idea is that instead of government officials talking about Gujarat, industrialists who have business interests in the state should talk about their experiences to the outside world. A businessman in any part of the world would believe another businessman more than anybody else,” said a senior government official.
According to him, whether chief minister Narendra Modi or senior ministers will join the delegations is yet to be finalised.
The state had successufully sent several business delegations in the run up to the previous global investors’ summit.
“The experiment was hugely successful if one considers the number of MoUs signed during the previous summit. We want to stick to our winning ways,” he says.
The teams will apprise the world business community of the new policy initiatives and the business environment prevailing in the state.