A 14 member delegation of government representatives, professionals and businessmen are travelling from Gujarat to UK for organising a Vibrant Gujarat Roadshow, meeting 20-25 top business and government representatives as well as the Non Residential Gujarati (NRG) community in London between 4-6 August 2016.
Vibrant Gujarat is a biennial investors' summit held by the government of Gujarat in Gujarat, India. The event is aimed at bringing together business leaders, investors, corporations, thought leaders, policy and opinion makers; the summit is advertised as a platform to understand and explore business opportunities in the State of Gujarat. This visit by the delegates to the UK is mainly planned for attracting investments into Gujarat as well as build tie-ups in various sectors.
The focus sectors for discussion with UK leaders has been identified as Chemicals & Petrochemicals, Electronics, Aerospace & Defense, Renewable Energy, Technology & Startups, Financial Services, Pharmaceuticals and Textiles.
The delegation will be led by Mrs Mamata Verma, IAS from Gujarat Government-Industries Commissionerate. She will focus on business/technology tie ups between UK & Gujarat, especially promotion of investments into Gujarat.
Other delegates will include Mr Manu Srivastava, Director of Gujarat Agro Infrastructure Mega Food Park, Mr Vikas Nath, CEO- UK & Europe, Adani Global PTE Ltd, Mr Sunil Parekh, Advisor, Zydus Group, Mr Sanjay Randhar, Managing Director, Gujarat Venture Finance Ltd, Kiritkumar H Patel, CEO, Urmi Solar Systems Ltd, Mr Amit Agrawal, MD & CEO, Jindal textiles, Mr Ajay Pandey, CEO, Gujarat International Finance Tec City, Mr Dipesh Shah, Vice President, Gujarat International Finance Tec City, Mr Chintan Thaker, Head, Corporate Affairs, Welspun Group, Mr Vipul Vachhani, Founder & CEO, Jaivel Europe, Mr Harish Mehta, Director, Suzlon Group, Mr Shrunkhal Shah, Asst Manager, KPMG and Mr Saikat Roy Chowdhury, State Head- Gujarat, CII. Each of them will focus on different areas of interests.
