Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Vibrant Gujarat Global Trade Show at Helipad Ground in Gandhinagar, along with the Vibrant Gujarat Global Investor Summit. He was accompanied by Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, Russian deputy PM Dimitri Rogozin, and Poland's deputy PM Piotr Glinski.
NaMO visited stalls of Japan, Russia, Poland, UAE, Thailand, USA, Britain, Sweden, and various summit partner, and participating countries as well as those of Indian and foreign companies and the Indian defence pavilion. He also interacted with a few foreign participants at the Russian, UAE, Japan, and Poland stalls.
The Vibrant Gujarat Global Trade Show 2017- the largest exhibition in the country, has 14 themed halls, including an exhibit area with nearly 1500 stalls. VGGTS 2017 will provide a forum for global businesses from over 25 different industry and social sectors to showcase themselves. The 2017 edition has nearly 1500 companies participating and over 1.5 to 2 million visitors are expected. International delegates from a large number of countries are also expected to visit the exhibition.
Some of the major pavilions include automobiles, agro and food, aerospace and defence, energy and petrochemicals, environment, healthcare, pharma, biotech, engineering and manufacturing, urban mobility and infrastructure, maritime, R and D, IT-ITES and financial services, skills and education, textiles and special focus pavilions on international organisations, women entrepreneurs, MSME and startups.
All visitors and delegates are offered free wifi internet during the event. More than 150 hotspots have been set up at the global trade show and an additional shareable telecom tower has been set up along the route from the airport to Mahatma Mandir. This infrastructure is shared with all operators to ensure seamless connectivity and was completed in a record time of 30 days.
