VGGIS 2013 to be bigger and better: Patel

The sixth version of the bi-annual congregation of global investors in Gujarat, Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors' Summit (VGGIS) 2013 will be bigger and better than ever, informed state industries minister, Saurabh Patel on Tuesday.

Speaking at the announcement, the minister informed that VGGIS 2013 will have a mega exhibition spreading across 100,000 square meters, making it the World’s first such exhibition to be organized in an open ground, under a super-structure, with fully air-conditioned domes, an official statement said. "At every Vibrant Gujarat Summit, we aim to showcase the best possible opportunities on one platform not only from Gujarat but from around the country and the globe. Our ambition of getting bigger and better with every summit is known to the world. Efforts have already started to rope in technological partners from different countries. Atleast 20 per cent of the area is kept reserved for international participation," said Patel.

The exhibition will have a multi-level exhibition super structure with a live agricultural exhibition in the Agro Pavilion for the first time. Countries like Turkey, The Netherlands, Japan, Germany, France, and Canada have given assurance of participation in the event, which is a brainchild of the state chief minister, Narendra Modi.