Curtain raiser: State holds meet on VGGIS 2011

“The Vibrant Gujarat Summit will be much more than just business. The summit will showcase the opportunities for investment in Gujarat,” he said.

Sources said representatives from the UK,Japan,Canada,Russia,Poland,Oman,the UAE,Sri Lanka,Ghana,Nepal,Bangladesh,Thailand,Uganda,Mauritius and Austria attended the meet.

Earlier in the day, Patel said the government has lined up nine delegations,comprising industrialists and senior officials who will be visiting 27 countries to seek global participation in the summit.

“The government is deputing senior secretaries to visit focus countries to meet their prominent industrialists and diplomats to extend the invitation to participate in the event,” said Patel.

He added that following the success of Vibrant Gujarat meets,the state is being positioned as South Asia’s premier platform for discussion of the issues affecting the investment ecosystem.

VGGIS 2009 saw a mammoth investment commitment of

Rs 12 lakh crore through signing of over 8,500 memoranda of understanding (MoUs).

Sources said as compared to 2009,when as many as 39 delegation had attended the event,the state is aiming to attract about 65-66 delegations this time. Moreover,the number of delegates,which stood at 600 in 2009,is also being increased to 1,000.