The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the 10th edition of Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024 at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar today. The theme of this year’s summit is ‘Gateway to the Future’ and includes the participation of 34 partner countries and 16 partner organizations. The Summit is also being used as a platform by the Ministry of Development of the North-Eastern Region to showcase investment opportunities in the North-Eastern regions.
Chairman of ArcelorMittal, Lakshmi Mittal recalled visiting the 20th anniversary of Vibrant Gujarat last year in September and praised the Prime Minister’s emphasis on process continuity to create an institutionalized framework for the mega global event of Vibrant Gujarat Summit. He also highlighted the Prime Minister’s belief in the principles of One Earth, One Family, One Future and strengthening the voice of the global south in every international forum. U
Toshihiro Suzuki, President of Suzuki Motor Corporation, Japan credited the Prime Minister for his strong leadership and thanked him for the support provided to manufacturing industries in the country. Stating that India has now become the 3rd largest automobile market in the world, Mr Suzuki highlighted the impact of the Prime Minister’s progressive approach on the country’s economic growth.
Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Group, called Vibrant Gujarat the most prestigious investment summit in the world today as no other summit of this kind has continued for 20 long years and is going from strength to strength. “This is a tribute to our Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s vision and consistency”, he said. He informed that he has participated in every single edition of Vibrant Gujarat. Expressing pride in Gujarati origins, Shri Ambani credited the Prime Minister for the transformation of Gujarat.
Sanjay Mehrotra, CEO of Micron Technologies, thanked the Prime Minister for his vision to open up the country to semiconductor manufacturing and said that it will become a huge economic driver in the future as India marches forward to become the third largest economy in the world. He stated that Vibrant Gujarat Summit addresses the visionary ideas critical to India’s growth as a semiconductor power, and also threw light on the multiple growth opportunities in the sector. .
Gautam Adani, Chairman of Adani Group expressed pride in being a part of every edition of the Vibrant Gujarat Summit so far. As he thanked the Prime Minister for his extraordinary vision, Mr Adani lauded his hallmark signatures, grand ambitions, meticulous governance and flawless execution. He credited the Prime Minister for his appeal which ignited a nationwide movement as the states marched forward competing and cooperating to fundamentally remodel India’s industrial landscape.
Mr Jeffrey Chun, CEO Simmtech, South Korea said that as key supply chain partner in the semiconductor assembly and test facilities expressed excitement for their India project as a co-location investment following their major customer Micron’s project in the state of Gujarat. He said Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit showcases a global movement of creating a new supply chain network in a fast growing nation like India.
N Chandrasekaran, Chairman Tata Sons Limited said that ‘steady and spectacular progress of Gujarat consistently over such a long time clearly demonstrates visionary leadership and the mindset of our Prime Minister, Narendra Modi ji”. He underlined that economic development has also resulted in tremendous social development and Gujarat has clearly established itself as the gateway to the future.
Chairman of DP World, Mr Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem said that it is heartening to see the Prime Minister’s vision for a vibrant Gujarat becoming a reality as he congratulated the Gujarat Government for organizing the Summit. He said that the Vibrant Gujarat Summit showcases its exponential rise as India’s premier business forum guided by the Prime Minister’s vision of a ‘Viksit Bharat @ 2047”.
Shankar Trivedi, Sr VP Nvidia noting the growing importance of generative AI recalled that PM Modi invited Mr. Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia to deliver a lecture to the leaders to senior members of the Indian government and said that “it was the first time that a global leader actually talked about AI.
Nikhil Kamat, Founder and CEO remarked that the last 10 years have been incredible as he hailed the country’s startup ecosystem and the rise of small entrepreneurs and ecommerce which was not the case 10 years ago. He credited the Prime Minister for facilitating a stable ecosystem allowing startups to thrive.
