Trade and Industry minister S Iswaran, who is also the second minister for Home Affairs will start his four-day visit with a business delegation and is scheduled to call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel during the 7th Vibrant Gujarat Summit.
The minster is leading a business delegation including about 70 business representatives across 40 companies from the urban solutions, construction, logistics and IT sectors to the annual summit.
During the summit, Iswaran will speak at the opening ceremony and visit the Singapore Pavilion, organised by International Enterprise (IE) Singapore, where 20 Singapore companies will showcase capabilities in a wide range of sectors such as urban solutions, manufacturing and energy.
On January 12, the minister will travel to Hyderabad with a group of Singapore company officials and will make a call with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu for a discussion on the partnership between Singapore and Andhra Pradesh in master planning and developing the latter's new capital city and surrounding region.
Iswaran will be accompanied by senior officials from the Ministry of Trade and Industry, International Enterprise (IE) Singapore, Singapore Cooperation Enterprise (SCE) and Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC) during the 10-13 January visit.