About Vibrant Gujarat Summit
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Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit is a place where innovators, entrepreneurs and even business tycoons from across the world meet and interact. It also brings excellent networking opportunities, chance to connect with many people like Thought Leaders, Academicians and Researchers, Youth icons and motivators, chambers of commerce and Industry Associations, Venture Capitalists, PE Investors and Angel Funds, Innovators, Entrepreneurs and Tinkerers. Most importantly you even get a chance to meet and listen to the speech of Hon’ble Prime Minister of India and his core team, even Hon’ble Chief Minister of Gujarat and Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat.
Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit was initiated in the year 2003 by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India Mr Narendra Modi when he was the chief minister of Gujarat State. The aim to start the vibrant Gujarat summit was to establish Gujarat as an investment destination within India.

(Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2015, 7th edition)
Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2019
Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2019 is the 9th edition of the grand event. The theme for this year’s summit is ‘Shaping the new India’. The event will take place at Mahatma Mandir Gandhinagar. It is four days event which is starting from 17th January 2019 till 20th January.
The Summit has been evolved a lot since 2003, and the best example for it is the 8th Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit, held in January 2017, witnessed participation from 25,000+ delegates from 100+ countries, including 4 Heads of States, Nobel Laureates, Captains of global industry and Thought Leaders.

(Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2015, 7th edition)
Vibrant Gujarat Trade Show
The Vibrant Gujarat Trade show 2019 will be inaugurated on 17th January. Initial three days will be reserved for visits by the participants and invitees, general public visit for VGTS 2019 will start from 20th January.

Vibrant gujarat trade show 2017
Vibrant Gujarat Trade Show 2019 is expected to witness more than 1.5 million visitors and around 3000 delegates from over 100 countries.

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Schedule and Location
Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2019 is four days event, i.e. from 17th January to 20th January. The venue is Mahatma Mandir Gandhinagar.
Here is the curated list of all the Seminars, Exhibition, Speeches and discussions which will be taking place at Vibrant Gujarat summit 2019.
Day-1
17 January 2019 | Day-2
18 January 2019 | Day-3
19 January 2019 | Day-4
20 January 2019 |
Roundtable for Opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education & Research in India | Inaugural Session | Vibrant Gujarat: Africa Day | Repositioning Indian Talent Pool on a Global Frontier |
Exhibition on Futuristic Technologies and Space Exploration | B2B / B2G meetings | Global Conclave of International Chambers | Renewable Energy – Opportunities in Gujarat and India |
International Conference on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) | Seminar on Make in India | International Solar Alliance (ISA) Forum | Sustainable Technology Driven Agriculture for New India |
Inaugural of Vibrant Gujarat Global Trade Show | Port Led Development & Strategies to establish India as the Transshipment Hub of Asia | Germany & Gujarat – Partners in Growth | Textile Conclave – Exploring growth potential of Textile for Building New India |
GIFT International Financial Services Centre: A New Financial Gateway of India | Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) Seminar | Global Conclave of International Chambers | |
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| Haryana State Seminar | |
Opportunities for Defence & Aeronautics in Gujarat | B2B / B2G Meetings | Valedictory Session | |
Global Investors Roundtable Interaction with Sovereign Wealth Funds, Pension Funds and Institutional Investors | Seminar on Bilateral Trade (Trade & Exports) | ||
Free State of Bavaria (Germany) – Gateway to European Market and Innovation | |||
Shaping a New Paradigm in Medical & Pharma Services | |||
Mobility Led Urban Development | |||
MSME Convention Economic and Investment Potential of Tyumen Region (Russia) | |||
The Special Economic Zone at Duqm (Oman) |
Vibrant Gujarat 2019 Partner Countries
The 9th edition of Vibrant Gujarat, Vibrant Gujarat Globa summit 2019 will witness 16 countries this time, which is the highest number so far. At the 8th edition of Vibrant Gujarat, i.e. 2017, 12 countries participated. Countries like South Africa, Australia, South Korea, Uzbekistan, Czech Republic, Morocco are contributing for the first time.
The government informed that a separate pavilion of the partner country will be created at vibrant Gujarat Tradeshow. This year summit includes Africa Day for the first which will be attended by government and business delegation of African countries.
Here is the list of the 16 countries which will partner the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2019.
- Australia
- Japan
- Morocco
- Canada
- Norway
- France
- Poland
- South Korea
- South Africa
- Denmark
- Thailand
- Netherlands
- Czech Republic
- Thailand
- Uzbekistan
- UAE
How to Register for Vibrant Gujarat Summit
Participation in Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2019 is by invitation only. However, you can proceed for registration without an invitation code and request for participation via following links. On successful submission of a registration request, it will be approved or declined as per the discretion of the concerned department.